Twelve Days Of Your Favorite Coins.

pepactonius - Beautiful Saint!

The circulated cameo on this bust half helps make it on my list.

Day X

day 10

a ducaton (taler sized silver piece) from Holland 1734 that never circulated

it was recovered from the wreck of a VOC ship 't Vliegend Hert which perished in 1735 after hitting sand banks in the North Sea, 10 miles from the coast of Vlissingen (there were no survivors)

the ship was found in september 1981 in 20 meters deep water with a money chest containing 2000 golden ducats and 5000 silver pieces

Day 11

Diana 1892
subject created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens
American Art Treasures Medal
(sculptor of medal unknown to me)



This medal is practically never seen offered for sale.
If you see one, I suggest you think about getting it before I find it or I'll add another to my collection.
I have only ever seen this single example for sale outside of complete sets.
Recently I found American Gothic by Grant Wood, another elusive medal from this set,
but this one, without a doubt, is easily one of my 12 favorites items in my entire collection.

It comes from the 1975 Franklin Mint Treasures of American Art 100 medal set.
This is a very large medal at 45 mm, and it is close to 1 troy oz. of sterling silver.
I think it is beautifully done and of course, why not?
It shows the famous sculpture of Augustus Saint-Gaudens titled Diana of the Tower.

She is known in Roman mythology as Diana the Huntress or Diana Goddess of The Hunt or simply, in Greek mythology, Artemis.
She is usually seen with a bow in hand, a companion hound or two and a deer, dead or alive.

I posted about this acquisition here

http://goccf.com/t/301479&whichpage=14#2613003

1578 English sixpence with portrait of Queen Elizabeth I:

Day11
This the first seated liberty coin I've found; first year issue, large date

Italy -- 1 lira, 1917:



I've always been fond of the quadriga design on coins.