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Do you have one special coin in your collection that just stands above the rest? Whether it's your most valuable, rarest, most expensive, highest grade, most beautiful, or with the most sentimental value, post the single best piece in your collection. Here's my centerpiece, an 1882-S Morgan dollar graded MS-64 by NGC:   |
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This is the most important coin in my collection( Colour is true to life):  Until this particular coin came to market this coin was only hypothesised to exist. Its a 1780 Maria Theresa Thaler struck in Guenzburg in the year 1780. Its one of three known to exist!! Edited by austrokiwi
12/07/2014 11:08 am
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Wow, that's am incredible piece, austrokiwi! How much would something like that be worth? I'm not familiar with 18th century European issues, could you give me some background information on this type/series?
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For my centerpiece coin I've chosen a 1783 8 reales from Mexico City. It's roughly in the center of my Charles III 8 reales portrait collection, but really, it was a poor quality one of these in an "America's First Coin" holder that made me want to find collectible examples. Historically, this coin, or rather its siblings that were sunk with the El Cazador, are connected to the US purchase of the Louisiana Territory. Millions of 8 reales were minted annually, so this one, even in almost uncirculate state, is not particularly scarce.  |
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Mine is my Brutus "Eid Mar" denarius, which was minted by Brutus to commemorate his assassination of Julius Caesar in on the Ides of March (March 15) 44 BC. It has been consistently voted the #1 ancient coin and the amount of history built up in it makes that a very understandable designation.  For more information, see my website here: http://www.colosseocollection.com/p444364358 |
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Wow, that's am incredible piece, austrokiwi! How much would something like that be worth? It looks almost like a restrike. That depresses its value somewhat. I paid €1550.00 for it Almost three years ago., and I out bid the author of the one catalog on the coin. He has asked to buy it from me earlier this year. I won't sell! Its best described as a sleeper, to me it is irreplaceable. A monetary value just can't reflect the importance of the coin! Just its appearance answers so many questions! Edited by austrokiwi
12/07/2014 3:24 pm
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When I was under ten years old my grandmother gave me a silver dollar and told me to put it away and not spend it. I found this coin a few years ago packed in an old box in a 2x2 my dad gave me. It was a 1921S Morgan dollar in AU shape. I can still hear her voice today..... |
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some amazing coins being posted here, so that merc is a proof?
Feel free to call me Will.
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some amazing coins being posted here, so that merc is a proof? No. Merc proofs were not made until 1936. That is a really unusual coin though. |
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not technically a proof as none where made but It is believed the coin might have been clashed on the hydraulic press according to Drsandman2 he stated Okay, I did some more research. In the Authoritative Reference on Lincoln Cents by Wexler and Flynn, they say that no proof coins were struck between 1917 and 1935. If I am not mistaken, the proofs were made again starting in 1936. Proofs in this period were struck using a hydraulic press operating between 300 and 400 tons psi. Business strikes were struck on conventional presses at about 60 tons, 5-6 times less pressure. No proofs were struck in 1917, although a single Lincoln Cent has drawn controversy as being a possible proof. It seems plausible that in 1917 they started using the hydraulic presses for business strikes since the mint stopped making proof coins. I know nothing about these presses, but it seems possible that they could have been used without reducing the PSI, or not reducing it enough. This theory could be used to help explain why the clashing on your coin is so outrageous, and why that 1917 cent looks so proof-like. https://goccf.com/t/189655&whichpage=2 |
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The pride and joy of my U.S. collection.   |
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A very difficult question to answer for me because there are so many coins I value a lot (mostly sentimental reasons), but when it comes to sheer visual impact/size, it is my 2 Daler 1750 shown here https://goccf.com/t/188098 |
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Hmm... Well having only collected for 9 or 10 months, and buying lots of junk for the first half of that time, I have not acquired any really rare coins, or anything all that historically significant. I suppose my center piece would be this, because it stands out from the rest of my collection due to it's small size and different color.  I also like this coin, because it features the moon, and an odd animal that we don't have here in the US (in the wild). |
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Mine is my Brutus "Eid Mar" denarius Woah.  Amazing--that would be the centerpiece of a museum's collection!  I kinda like my ordinary Athens Owl Tetradrachm, 454-431 BC.  Edited by DVCollector
12/07/2014 9:51 pm
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A very difficult decision but I'll go with my 1860-O Seated dollar. Sorry my pictures are rather amateurish, it looks better in hand.   Edited by Joe2007
12/07/2014 9:49 pm
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