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New Zealand
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Day 6 for me is another hometown hero - the 1949 Royal Visit Crown, as you all may know I brought a few of these recently and spread the love around with them. My own example is one of the few UNC ones.   Excusing the stain on the head - this is an outstanding piece and one of my favourites as it also ticks the box for huge silver coin. Just 4 more coins and so many candidates. I promise to include at least 1 American coin as I genuinely love it as well as appeasing the majority here and one coin not from NZ, Australia or Britain. Loving Halfcrowns. British and Commonwealth coins 1750 - 1950 and anything Kiwi.
If it's round, shiny and silvery I will love it.
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United States
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Day 6 2021 marked 100 years since the last Morgan dollars were struck in the US. I have a lot of Morgan dollars that I would call "favorites" but this one is high up on that list because of the beautiful toning (and the massive obverse die crack!) I might post one of the others later. 1883-O (New Orleans) in a PCGS "Rattler" holder. VAM 39A for those interested.     Longhorn Coins & Exonumia Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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United States
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the beautiful toning (and the massive obverse die crack!) Beauty! Gotta love those die cracks - that's what I always look for and why I prefer the "O" mints...
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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United States
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Excellent examples!  |
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United States
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Just like the toning on this one.....   |
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United States
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Just like the toning on this one..... That looks quite amazing! 
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United States
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That is great toning @aces, although I also like @para's toned Morgans, @bump's toned cent, and @mud's toned half dollar too. Even @pt's crown has some toning on it! Definitely one of the themes for today's coins. Not so much for this Judean Prutah from 67-68 AD. Rather than describing it as "toned", "encrusted" is more accurate. However, it is another hand-me-down and I think the world of it.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Canada
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United States
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Another favorite in my collection is the 1935 Silver Dollar of Canada. It's Canada's first commemorative coin and it features a very regal portrait of King George V on its obverse and Emanuel Hahn's Voyageur design - IMO, a timeless classic - on its reverse. Overall, I think the coin's designs are among Canada's best!   Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1911-2011 Canada 1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Parks Canada.   (In random order : Coin # 07) A cultivated person is a citizen of the world*
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United States
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Oregon trail half dollars, great design.   |
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New Zealand
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Commems - I agree, the portrait is the Percy Metcalfe one from 1932 designed for the Rhodesian coinage of that time. It was then adopted for New Zealand in 1933 and Mauritius/Fiji/Seychelles in 1934. In 1935 it was also used on the Australian "Melbourne Florin" (One of which you can see on Page 7).
The Voyageur design is iconic too.
Todays coin from me will be American - but a bit later.
Loving Halfcrowns. British and Commonwealth coins 1750 - 1950 and anything Kiwi.
If it's round, shiny and silvery I will love it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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This has to be in my Top Ten!   muddler - love the Oregon Trail, hope to get one some day! |
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New Zealand
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Day 7 and I present my American beauty. This I got super cheap in a bulk collection buy in over 2 years ago before covid became a thing!   1917 Type 1 Standing Liberty quarter complete with her ta tas. It would have to be AU or at least EF British standards, a nice coin for the price and probably my best American piece (Okay its not a commem half or a St. Gaudens - thanks NR). Loving Halfcrowns. British and Commonwealth coins 1750 - 1950 and anything Kiwi.
If it's round, shiny and silvery I will love it.
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Australia
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Very nice coin Princetane. :)
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