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What Are Your Top 3 Favorite Classic US coins?
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 1. Augustus St.-Gaudens' Double Eagle in High Relief 2. Robert Scot's Eagle with Small Eagle Reverse with Wreath 3. James Longacre's Liberty Head Double Eagle with Type 2 Heraldic Eagle Reverse with Motto It's changed over time but these days I favor the large gold designs.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com
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1915 S Pan-Pac commemorative half dollar St Gaudens $10 Eagle Liberty nickel (I know, most think it is ugly. For some reason I find it wonderful when well struck)
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I'm taking this question to mean coins that I have, not coins that I'd like to have. Based on that my three are:
1856 Flying Eagle (mine is an S-3 variety in MS-62) 1907 Augustus St. Gaudens' High Relief Double Eagle (mine is AU-50) 1793 Chain America Cent (mine is VG-10)
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All time favorites (I don't own) 1864 Small Motto Proof Two Cent Piece1794 Large Cent (specifically the S-48 Starred Reverse) 1907 MCMVII Saint Gaudens Ultra High Relief Coins I do have - based on design: 1864 Small Motto Two Cent Piece business strike 1837 Half Dime or Dime without stars on obverse 1794 Large cent
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440
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Quote: No Ike? The topic is What Are Your Top 3 Favorite Classic US Coins. The Ike is clearly modern. 
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My favorite coins I dont own (not including patterns) are Draped Bust Dollar Saint Gaudens double Eagle Flowing Hair Large Cent As for my favorite coins in my Collection Standing Liberty quarters Walking half dollarWisconsin Commem.
I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better?
Edited by Jakes Coins 03/15/2022 6:08 pm
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Quote:The topic is What Are Your Top 3 Favorite Classic US coins. The Ike is clearly modern. Whoops!  Speaking about classic coins, I just bought my first (and only) Saint Gaudens' Double Eagle. I'll post it when it arrives. 
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Coins I own: Pilgrim half dollar Walking Liberty half dollar Barber quarter dollar (yes, I like the Barber designs) Coins I don't own: Everything others have listed. My actual owned favorites non-US: Canada George VI dollar and half dollar, for the reverse designs.
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Oh boy, it for me is a tossup and equal to... 1) Morgan silver dollar, 2) Anything Seated Liberty, and 3) Indian centsThis doesn't count, but any other coins minted in the 1800's  ...
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