What is your most ugly/boring coin you own..
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Post pics ! There are a few in my collection I will upload soon ! Also mention what they are.. And why you don't like em
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Do I really need to say it?
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Doctor Math,
If you are selling 'em, I'll buy them
-Daniel
If you are selling 'em, I'll buy them
-Daniel
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Seriously, you want us to narrow it down to one coin. There are so many, same old, same old and boring coins. Most of the newish UK coins in circulation, automatically get my ugly and boring vote. Mainly due to the horrible effigy.
You should be asking the opposite, "What is your favourite plain, unattractive, boring coin.
Mine would be this one, it's got nothing interesting on it and it's all bent out of shape...
You should be asking the opposite, "What is your favourite plain, unattractive, boring coin.
Mine would be this one, it's got nothing interesting on it and it's all bent out of shape...
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Quote: coinsnnotes2011Doctor Math,I'll tell my family to keep you in mind when I die.
If you are selling em, I'll buy them
-Daniel
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Quote: torontokubaSeriously, you want us to narrow it down to one coin. There are so many, same old, same old and boring coins. Most of the newish UK coins in circulation, automatically get my ugly and boring vote. Mainly due to the horrible effigy.That's what everyone would expect; I never said narrow it down to one - pick any you like; there are already most beautiful coin threads..
You should be asking the opposite, "What is your favourite plain, unattractive, boring coin.
Mine would be this one, it's got nothing interesting on it and it's all bent out of shape...
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In that case, you can't argue with ugly, plain and boring on one side and puzzle piece on the other...
(photo courtesey of Walder Coins)
(photo courtesey of Walder Coins)
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Although I rather like the Swedish 10 ore.
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Quote: torontokubaIn that case, you can't argue with ugly, plain and boring on one side and puzzle piece on the other...I will not argue with the fact these new British coins are ugly and disgracefully bad but not boring. Every time I look at one of them I am put into a bad mood and I spend ages going over in my mind constantly asking myself what were they thinking how could they do this and so on. So my point is an occupied mind can't be a bored one.
(photo courtesey of Walder Coins)
These coins were designed by a young artist called Matt Dent and they were as far as I know his first commission to design coinage, and I think it is a shame his first job has left such a bad impression. (Sorry about the pun I couldn't help myself)
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Excelent, let's sit here and throw platitudes at each other
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Quote: neilithicExcelent, let's sit here and throw platitudes at each otherI seem to have run out. But as long as we're throwing things I've got some nice heavy coins.
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Quote: pnightingale... the current depictions of QEII are very unflattering.The more I look, the more she reminds me of Arnold.
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You wanted Ugly, here's ugly...
A US dime found in a parking lot. It's been run over who knows how many times...
A US dime found in a parking lot. It's been run over who knows how many times...
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Looks remarkably similar 
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Quote: manxcat12Looks remarkably similarPoor FDR, he's not in the best condition on this coin
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Quote: kommodorehttps://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1388.htmlIt's only ugly because of the poor quality of the picture, it should look like this
Ugly.
earlier version
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Quote: manxcat12Looks remarkably similarI think someone has thrashed this coin to death. Maybe he bought it thinking a 1964 90% silver and was very upset knowing it's not.
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Quote: manxcat12Looks remarkably similarYeah it does, beat to hell. For the life of me, I have no idea why I've kept mine.
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Here's some of mine:
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It wouldn't be worth the wear to my shoes to go and try that. 
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Here's my quarters; neat aren't they?
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Quote: pileborgWell, I think this is really ugly: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/inde/g827.jpgThat one made me laugh really good.
For sure the only coin I have which has the picture of an Orc on it. Mine is a bit worn, so the nose and the moustache are inseparable.
I have this 1990-something Lincoln Memorial penny that looks like its been chewed up and spit out.
I can't read this last number on it.
Heads or tails? I dunno. I don't see a head or a tail...
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Well I am a zincie but came across this one
I think it's a plating issue
I think it's a plating issue
It is, what it is, or is it.
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That toning doesn't look too bad...
However, there are some difficult and rare chemical reactions that can strip the copper off of a CPZ coin while leaving the zinc intact... I think it involves a cyanide compound. Theodore Gray (science columnist, element collector) owns at least one... maybe he should send it off to NGC and try and take them down a peg
However, there are some difficult and rare chemical reactions that can strip the copper off of a CPZ coin while leaving the zinc intact... I think it involves a cyanide compound. Theodore Gray (science columnist, element collector) owns at least one... maybe he should send it off to NGC and try and take them down a peg
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Quote: nalaberongOh, hey now!Yes, Mexican coins have the "Mexican" obverse. The native depiction of the Eagle eating the snake on a cactus, it is the ancient tale of how Mexico city was placed right on that plot of land... water, cuz it was a lake. And it has changed 12 times over history from a kindergarten-like drawing of a skinny eagle eating a snake-worm
Lots of countries have more-or-less common reverses, even republics: like Turkey's usual depictions of Ataturk and the West African CFA franc's traditional weight symbol. Monarchs are traditionally depicted on one side, as they are, indeed, the head of state: some countries even depict the current president on their coins (I think Kenya does this). And there are various levels of Commonwealth membership (as far as I know): 16 "realms" have Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, 32 members are republics (like India), and 5 members actually have a monarch who is not Queen Elizabeth II (like Brunei), which explains the "inconsistency" you are complaining about. The United States is not a member of the British Commonwealth at all. And hey... don't Mexican coins always have the exact same obverse?
, til the most recent now right here <------ A Royal (hehe, yes I guess we also have royalty on our coins, but at last from animal kingdom) Eagle, beating the shit out of a rattle snake while standing with the other leg on a cactus full of thorns, growing out of a pile of rocks on the middle of a lake.
But it is as Mexican as it gets (maybe they could make the snake hold a Corona beer with the tail to make it slightly more Mexican), not a person from another country, not even a hero. They asked boring coins and to me those are as boring as it gets because the country decides to use it instead of having something that expresses their individuality.
And even Mexico's most plain coins are charming in their own, for example 1, 2, 5 , and 10 actual Peso coins by stacking them one over the other from biggest to smallest form the rings of the Sun Stone, the ancient calendar used to measure seasons by the Aztecs. And the 10$ coin contains the central piece of such stone, so you could actually switch the rings to measure time like the ancients did, so you have a calendar on your coins, no more digital calendar needed. Just kidding. But that is original and native.
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Quote: Mark240590Post pics ! There are a few in my collection I will upload soon ! Also mention what they are.. And why you don't like emHow bout an Ike dollar. Big ugly thing. Not struck well and not cleaned well well before it was struck. Quite often the surfaces are milky or spotted.
If you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything
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Quote: Mark240590They celebrate their heritage is what they are doing unlike America who ended thing bitterly and other countries. They still belong to the commonwealth and who's the head ? :)Yeah I guess the US was the first to have sense enough to get out.
If you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything
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Quote: neilithicHistory, coins have always had the head of state of them. I'm sure plenty of people hated the Roman Caesars but their faces are on all the coins over 2000 years ago.In fact there is a contemporary account of just that happening:
Epictetos, the Roman philosopher claims that we have our character imprinted on our souls, just as coins have impressions stamped on them. If we find a character objectionable, we reject the person. So we should look at the image on the coins: "whose image does this sestertius carry? Traian's? Give it to me. Nero's? Throw it away, it is unacceptable, rotten":):):)
Now doesn't that account explain why some coins are more mutilated than others even today?
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Quote: nalaberongLots of countries have more-or-less common reverses, even republics: like Turkey's usual depictions of Ataturkcome on, Turkey tried to change that: we also have Inonu the second president on the coins... https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22715.html but maybe the later politicians were considered so corrupt that they may have decided to stop putting pictures of living people on the Money here.
In fact only one other person while alive, a lady, got feautured on our coins for a while:
you can see her on for example https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1342.html and https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces14221.html her name is Sabiha Tansug (last g the Turkish letter ğ) She is in fact a very respected ethnologist and was photographed wearing a local brides headgear while preparing an exhibition on traditional costumes, and were on the coins for a while though many Turks would not know even then who she was.
Ah although I do not have it, I consider the following Cuban 1 peso very very ugly
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Quote: thespis26ah although I do not have it, I consider the following Cuban 1 peso very very uglyHa ha, I mentioned that coin on another post some months back. It was one of my "Coin at random" coins when I logged into Numista one day. Rather distracting having a bare breasted female pirate staring at you when you log onto the site.
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and she must have had a plastic enlargement job done at a Cuban goverment hospital for free
because this was how she looked like before...:)
but that above is in fact another famous female pirate, Mary Read. The real Anne Bonny is below
so Cuban mint also confused the pictures of the pirates with each other at one point as well:):):)
because this was how she looked like before...:)
but that above is in fact another famous female pirate, Mary Read. The real Anne Bonny is below
so Cuban mint also confused the pictures of the pirates with each other at one point as well:):):)
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Meet... the most horrible, obliterated penny you may see on Numista.
It is from 1988, but even in the enlarged photo you'd never be able to decipher the last numeral. I only know what it is because it shows in certain reflections of light. And by certain I mean about 1.
At least I got it free...
It is from 1988, but even in the enlarged photo you'd never be able to decipher the last numeral. I only know what it is because it shows in certain reflections of light. And by certain I mean about 1.
At least I got it free...
A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
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I bought this thinking it was a really dirty coin, and I wanted to try some cleaning techniques.
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