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Colofully toned gem cameo proofs.
Absolutely stunning.
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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I'll agree with Fenton Quote:The Walking Liberty half dollar is just phenomenally beautiful It's an incredible coin design. But classic coin beauty is in my world is old copper large cents starting in the 1790's. They are often crusty and the mint production was so primitive. That's my idea of beautiful coins and why I collect early copper. Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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Its pretty hard to beat a 1907 High relief Double Eagle in terms of beauty. I hope to eventually own one, but I doubt I'll ever have enough money for one.  |
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You could get a 1908-S Double Eagle. They only minted 22,000 of them. Now they are not cheap, but compared to the double eagles of the 1920's they are cheap. There are 4 low mintage double eagles that are just not that expensive. It does seem that collectors/investors want the really rare coins. This to me is because investors are ruling the roost. This to me is the Death Star for the true collector.
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I'm a sucker for the Standing Liberty quarters. Especially ones with a full head, a full strike (especially the shield and rivets) and with nice toning. But to my eye there's nothing quite like a beautifully toned Seated Liberty proof coin. You just don't seem to get this kind of toning on business strikes or other proof series for the most part. I've seen Barber proofs tone like this but something about the Barber design just isn't quite as attractive to me.  Edited by Tbone
01/31/2017 8:57 pm
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You could get a 1908-S Double Eagle. While they are much cheaper, they're not high relief. I feel that the high relief, although impractical for circulating coins, brings out the real beauty of the whole design. I think the closest that I will ever get to owning a 1907 high relief double eagle is getting a 2009 ultra high relief double eagle. Those are much easier on the wallet.  |
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Peace dollars >= MS65  The Augustus Saint-Gaudens $20 gold pieces in high grade are beautiful as well, just a little harder to finance.
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02/01/2017 11:16 pm
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The first time I saw a Walking Liberty half was a stunning revelation for me. I have never recovered. I love the design. |
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When I was a kid back in the 1950's I had a bottle of LWH dollars. They were all is just good condition but they were widely available. Now if you show them to some kid they won't even know what they are. It is no wonder that the Silver Eagle is the LWH design and the Gold one ounce bullion coin is Saint-Gaudens. Coming up on the rail is the 1 oz. Buffalo gold coin. I think the coins of the early 20th century are the most beautiful and I would like to have key dates for them all. I will hold onto my almost complete set of Morgans but I think I will concentrate on 20th century with maybe a Draped Bust 18th century coin thrown in somewhere.
Do you ever watch the classic car shows? The ones that really go over are the cars the fathers of the baby boom generation drove. I think baby boomers will move the collectables market for at least the next 15 years either buying or selling. The average baby boomer is probably less than 70 years old and may live another 15-20 years. Will they be buyers or sellers?
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I must chime in on some of the classic Commemorative coins where there are many handsome designs.   |
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1) St Gaudens $20 2) Walking Liberty .50 3) Peace dollar (mint state ,nice strike) |
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