Which Coin In Your Collection Has The Most Meaning?

I haven't received it yet but this is the first coin I have purchased since my Mother passed away in Halifax last week. She was born in 1931 and the coin is coming from Halifax, so this one will hold a special spot in my collection.

mine WAS my avatar, an backdoor mint error which I got in change from a convenience store.

I sold for a good chunk of $$$ and with the money I replaced all the coins that I sold as a kid (grandpa's coin collection) to buy beer and chase girls. that binder is pretty special and reminds me of lessons learned (dont let your kids collect anything that can be spent as face value or cashed it at the pawnshop as melt)

i also have an 1888 penny that I found on one of my first demolition jobs 20 years ago, not worth much but I doubt I would ever sell it.

but honestly my favorite changes everytime I get another envelope in the mail,

recently I came across this in a random lot on ebay. it's a high school fraternity coin (1899), stamped on top of an Indian Head penny. the frat went on to be a national chain. I have no idea what it is worth but the cool factor is monsterous!

Wade, there is nothing wrong with buying beer and chasing girls. I did the same thing, with a motorcycle or two thrown in the mix... I don't consider that money wasted, but rather an investment in my social education!

How to choose, how to choose.
Well, among all of the great coins that my Great Aunt Tootsie passed down to my family, I would choose an 1851 Gold Dollar.
You see, this was the only one of which she spoke of while she was still alive.
When I saw it after her death, (although she lived with us for a few years her coins were never opened from the plain wrapper),
its tiny size and the fact that it was issued exactly 100 years after my birth, 1951, it holds a special place in my heart.
Not the most valuable coin in her holdings, but the only one which has a special meaning to me.

Oh POOPIES!
This is a Canadian post question.
So sorry you Maples, wildlife loving people - please forgive me.
And God save the Queen!

at the time the 'return on investment' was vey much worth it!

in fact a 6 pack (roughly $1 face silver at the time) resulted in meeting a very special girl one summer (at 16 years old courage comes in a bottle!).

it worked out so well I married her... TWICE.

now the only girl I can chase is Queen Elizabeth

yes 1899 was the year my family immigrated to Canada the coin was the first piece of money that my great-great-great grandfather had earned in Canada.
if my memory is correct it was an ms 64-65ish. along with it stolen was basic house hold good and my entire coin-bill collection. though some of it was recover that coin was not.

Mine would have to be my collection of 5 cent coins.
The 1922 to 1991 coins belonged to my grandfather on my mothers side, and the 1858 to 1921 series came from my grandmother on my fathers side.
Oldest coin is a 1880 H. Collection has 1926 near & far 6 and at least a sample from each year 1900 to date, but not all verirties. Still a dozen or so holes to fill.

When I was younger I always wondered why my collection was missing only the 1921 coin to complete all the dates from 1900 to date

These coins mean the most to me because they came form both sides of my family and form one complete seriers, well almost