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Fire Blade5

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Posted: 19 Feb 2012, 13:25 #

Which are the most beautiful, special, sentimental... coins for you (and why)? And add photo please :)

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 19 Feb 2012, 15:35 #

I am glad you wrote coins - plural - as if I had to choose just one not sure I could decide. I had a look around and found six, if I may.
Some pictures could be better quality, but here they are, in no order ...
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1 Victoria - large and heavy design piece, with UK 2011 coin 1 penny in corner for size comparison
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces23740.html

2 Virgo coin from Belarus - in capsule
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21932.html

3 Queen Jadwiga from Poland
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11014.html

4 Earth view from moon colourised coin from Guernsey - in capsule
[Not on Numista]

5 Millennium special edition (dome mintmark at 3 o'clock) UK five pounds
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13406.html

6 Eclipse coin (silver, with gold coating and black enamel) from Turkey - in capsule
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13412.html

I can't wait to see what coins other members treasure. Last time a topic like this was created I found out about the Jadwiga coins - she is so beautiful. Thanks :)

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

james wolfe

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Posted: 19 Feb 2012, 22:01 #

here are some i really like

james

adhira_dio457

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Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 10:03 #

Hi,

It's so nice to see your favorite coins. I would like to share some of mine. All of my favorite coins and my collection you can take a look on here : adhiradio97.blogspot.com

1 Krona Sweden 1927 G https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6154.html

It's make me impress, because the number of mintage this coin. I'm so lucky

I've sorted the coins that may interest me so much and here it is :

I'm sorry guys, i can't upload more. Probably you all have a nice your favorites than me. Anyway, How about your favorite coin Fire Blade 5 ?. I can't wait to see some snaps of you all

.

Adhira

A. Narindratama - Jakarta, Indonesia

Scotty

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Posted: 22 Feb 2012, 16:22 #

Yes, very nice coins. I'll go with the perennial favourite - The Polish Jadwiga coins. I think my Albania 1 Lek of 1931 would be close to that.

dude

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Posted: 23 Feb 2012, 11:28 #

Hello :)

Just a quick post with my favorite coin in my collection which I hold very dearly. I like its intricate design and the fact that is a big coin and made of silver, surely. That's why I think I like the pre-1900's coins, after all. Especially those from various kingdoms.

I'm sorry that the picture is rather unclear...

5 lei 1880 - https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5742.html
- http://romaniancoins.org/5lei1880.html

0gramz

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Posted: 24 Feb 2012, 01:44 #

these are some of my favorite

PyratMike

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Posted: 24 Feb 2012, 20:00 #

1679 8 Reales, Assayer V, Potosi Mint, Pillars and Waves type cob...my first shipwreck coin...a very good example from the Consolacion with minimum corrosion on the reverse, some minor flattening on the obverse. Far too nice a coin to be in jewelry, but I like to have it with me all the time so I had the pendant made.

1679 8 Reales, Assayer C, Pillars and Waves type cob...prime example from the Consolacion which sank off the coast of Ecquador in 1681. This coin is full weight, slightly double struck, with absolutely no visible corrosion. Most of the coins recovered from the Consolacion are very thin from sand errosion and badly corroded. This coin was "protected" when everything settled and remained in pristine condition. I absolutely love this coin. I call it my Pac-Man cob. The strike isn't perfect, but I think it has great character.

I enjoy collecting silver dollars as much as I do pieces of eight. Although I have a good number of dollars that are in much better condition, this is still an 1895-O Morgan Silver Dollar!! I think she has nice toning too.

Honorable mention goes to my 1921-P Peace Dollar...it's a shame they were only produced for ten years...it's a beautiful design.

Mike

PLVS VLTRA

0gramz

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Posted: 24 Feb 2012, 22:37 #

morgans and peace dollars are nice too
here are mine i only have a few

Enlilninlil

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Posted: 25 Feb 2012, 08:36 #

Uruguay 40 centimes, Paraguay 1, 2, 4 centimos 1870, current Danish coinage, old 20 penc UK, Zaire, 10 senigi, 1 likuta, 5, 10, 20 makuta, current Algerian coins. Western Satstraps, cash coinage, Yedyehas, Cholas Papel States and many more.

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redsmithstudios

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Posted: 26 Feb 2012, 03:27 #

I like this Italian coin, https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1958.html would like to find one in Unc. condition, I also like the Peace dollars.

And Queen Jadwiga is a beautiful coins, would like to get one of those.

Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!

Looking for pre 1783 coins

0gramz

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Posted: 26 Feb 2012, 05:40 #

wow while reading this it got me to thinking and i found these lost gems that i had stored away and forgotten about i had in the safe hard for me to pic a single one becouse i just think theyre all great

qqruzas

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Posted: 29 Feb 2012, 18:17 #

Hi!

Here are bigger coin

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8257.html

webeus

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Posted: 1 Mar 2012, 13:47 #

Artistically, I like flowing hair and flowing dresses on coins. My longtime #1 favorite has been the US Walking Liberty half dollars and the US silver eagle. And there are several others. In starting to collect Euro coins recently, I came across the 10 cent Italian coin. Of the Euro set, that has become my favorite:

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LucaRina

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Posted: 2 Mar 2012, 10:53 #

Hi,

Which is my favorite coin...the next one!!!

Luca

bam777

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Posted: 2 Mar 2012, 18:04 #

Quote: LucaRinaHi,

Which is my favorite coin...the next one!!!

Luca

That's great. I like that. A simple answer yet I'm sure; one which many people agree with.

radrick007

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Posted: 10 Mar 2012, 13:20 #

In addition to showing you the favorite coin in my collection, I thought I would also show you the favorite album page in my collection from which the coin comes. The album page is from my UK collection (naturally) and features the silver issues of King George V, 1910 to 1936.

Like many collectors, I am on a tight budget so I have used Hartberger non-adhesive 2x2's and Barrington Classic 20-pocket leaves, both of which I get online from Prinz Publications. The coin is the 1933 Wreath Crown, with a mintage of just 7,132, which I bought on eBay almost a year ago. This is the Numista catalog listing, https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8475.html, and this is my coin:

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

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Kräftskiva

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Posted: 10 Mar 2012, 19:17 #

I discovered these coins just recently, but these 2 are definitely my favourites except from the coins I already have. I hope I get the chance at some time to add them to my collection:

They're both 1 Lats coins from Latvia:

The first one:

And the second one:

It's sad that they're so expensive.

dptashny

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Posted: 16 Mar 2012, 23:02 #

and

PyratMike

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Posted: 17 Mar 2012, 05:13 #

Nice double eagle!

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tony_k_1965

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Posted: 19 Mar 2012, 14:29 #

My favourite at the moment has to be this 2012 Australia 50 cents.

lvcgrad2005

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Posted: 19 Mar 2012, 15:34 #

My favorite coin is the 1909 S VDB Lincoln Cent. My parents bought the coin for my birthday last month which I was very surprised when I got it and I was literally speechless.

james wolfe

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Posted: 19 Mar 2012, 18:17 #

Quote: lvcgrad2005My favorite coin is the 1909 S VDB Lincoln Cent. My parents bought the coin for my birthday last month which I was very surprised when I got it and I was literally speechless.

to numista an

james

Enlilninlil

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Posted: 19 Mar 2012, 23:08 #

Quote: tony_k_1965My favourite at the moment has to be this 2012 Australia 50 cents.

Oh isn't that a colourful coin, havn't seen any 2012 coins in circulation, let alone 2011. They are to big for value anyway.

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lvcgrad2005

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Posted: 21 Mar 2012, 03:41 #

Quote: james wolfe
Quote: lvcgrad2005My favorite coin is the 1909 S VDB Lincoln Cent. My parents bought the coin for my birthday last month which I was very surprised when I got it and I was literally speechless.
to numista an

I will definitely get pics of the coin up.

dptashny

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Posted: 21 Mar 2012, 22:47 #

Quote: PyratMikeNice double eagle!

I don't actually own those two coins. I might buy myself that Helvetia, but here are my favorite coins that I currently own:

zegeri Catalogue referee

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Posted: 23 Mar 2012, 12:37 #

The first bi-metallic coin, the first Braille, a very artistic and nice design. The most innovative coin centuries ago:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces302.html

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Dixxy

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Posted: 31 Mar 2012, 06:18 #

Now you got me thinking. Just spent the better half of 2 weeks cataloging and analyzing the entirety of my collection. personally I am rather drawn to anything with a hole through the center from the mint.

so much better of an idea to string your coins than to jam them in a wallet, at least that's my opinion.

Next favorite is just finding something 80+ years old. It thrills me to think of the history that coin has seen, where it's been, and how it made its way to me.

mayank

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Posted: 31 Mar 2012, 10:07 #

Quote: radrick007In addition to showing you the favorite coin in my collection, I thought I would also show you the favorite album page in my collection from which the coin comes. The album page is from my UK collection (naturally) and features the silver issues of King George V, 1910 to 1936.

Like many collectors, I am on a tight budget so I have used Hartberger non-adhesive 2x2's and Barrington Classic 20-pocket leaves, both of which I get online from Prinz Publications. The coin is the 1933 Wreath Crown, with a mintage of just 7,132, which I bought on eBay almost a year ago. This is the Numista catalog listing, https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8475.html, and this is my coin:

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

radrick007,

I just loved the way you have labelled your coins. Separate sheet with all the details mentioned on it. Thanks for the idea and I am gonna do the same now. Cheers!!

Warm Regards,
Mayank
Country: Mumbai, India
My want list: http://en.numista.com/forum/topic6830.html

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 27 Apr 2012, 19:54 #

Thanks to Numista I have seen an alternative to the hard-to-get Victoria Gothic crown, which is over 150 years old and made of silver. See my reply at the top. This one below is from Republic of Somalia 25 Shillings 2001 and uses the same reverse design, and made of copper-nickel. Here is mine, in a holder ...

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21618.html

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

james wolfe

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Posted: 28 Apr 2012, 16:41 #

Quote: ZacUKThanks to Numista I have seen an alternative to the hard-to-get Victoria Gothic crown, which is over 150 years old and made of silver. See my reply at the top. This one below is from Republic of Somalia 25 Shillings 2001 and uses the same reverse design, and made of copper-nickel. Here is mine, in a holder ...

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21618.html

wow!!! thats nice zacuk,how much did that cost???

james

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 28 Apr 2012, 16:54 #

Only £1.49 - so just over 0.1% of a Gothic Crown.

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bobbutler

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Posted: 29 Apr 2012, 22:35 #

Although I am am American, my most favorite coin is Great Britain #801 ... a Florin with King Edward the 7th (1902 - 1910). When I was about 7 years old (60 years ago) one was given to me. I was impressed with the king's bald head, and with the centurion with the shield and lance. It's still in my collection.

My second favorite coin is the US Indian Head Penny.

My Mother read all of the Mother Goose Rhymes to me as a child. That was my first exposure with the old Pound system. - Simple Simon sold pies for a Penny. Hot Cross Buns were one a Penny, two a Penny, Hot Cross Buns. And if you had no daughters, then you could give them to your sons! If you liked singing, you could "Sing a song of Six-Pence, a pocket full of rye; then find four and twenty black birds baked into a pie." Fortunately that little bit of English culinary art never worked it's way into the American Colonies, but the rhyme did. Lastly, Little Jack Dandy Prat had a little pig that cost him 5 Shillings.

IMO, British Coinage has always seemed regal, and most of the American (US) coinage has seemed to me as ethnocentric. "A Penny for your thoughts!"

baggasuresh

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Posted: 2 May 2012, 15:56 #

Bhutan, 200 Ngultrum (1982), National Day of Bhutan
Silver Coin

Nepal km1184 250 Rupees (2004) 400 yrs. Guru Granth Sahib
Silver Coin

India, Rupees 150 (2011), Rabindranath Tagore
Silver Coin

Col Suresh Bagga
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eminem

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Posted: 2 May 2012, 23:07 #

Although its hard to decide, these are two of my favourites: Estonia 2 Krooni 1932 and Canada 1935 silver dollar.

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jjlava

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Posted: 4 May 2012, 00:19 #

Quote: LucaRinaHi,

Which is my favorite coin...the next one!!!

Luca

Haha, yes, mine too!

There are numerous coin designs I like, but some really stand out, such as these-- I only own the Buffalo Nickel at present:

--
Jackie L.
St. Paul, MN USA

ArnoV Translator

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Posted: 4 May 2012, 16:54 #

In this topic, I see big silver coins, gold coins, old coins, rare coins, and quite a lot of beautiful ladies. My favorite is rather at the low end of coin collecting:

So incredibly simple and purposeful, and such a display of positiveness. One look at it makes me feel good for a day or so! (Even though I know that a thumb up just means 'one' all over Asia...)
The complete series with 0-1-2 fingers (India KM#374 331, 327) is absolutely awesome! I can't stand that I'm still missing the 50 paise.

bam777

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Posted: 4 May 2012, 17:54 #

Quote: ArnoVIn this topic, I see big silver coins, gold coins, old coins, rare coins, and quite a lot of beautiful ladies. My favorite is rather at the low end of coin collecting:

So incredibly simple and purposeful, and such a display of positiveness. One look at it makes me feel good for a day or so! (Even though I know that a thumb up just means 'one' all over Asia...)
The complete series with 0-1-2 fingers (India KM#374 331, 327) is absolutely awesome! I can't stand that I'm still missing the 50 paise.

That is a nice post. I think you are right, sometimes the ordinary coins...have their value and merits. Thanks for this.

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 4 May 2012, 18:19 #

Quote: ArnoVThe complete series with 0-1-2 fingers (India KM#374 331, 327) is absolutely awesome! I can't stand that I'm still missing the 50 paise.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5698.html

Is this the one (KM# 374) you are missing? I can send you this one if you want it, for adding a nice post like bam777 says. Send me a PM with address please if so! Here is the one I have to send ...

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

bam777

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Posted: 5 May 2012, 00:51 #

Quote: ZacUK
Quote: ArnoVThe complete series with 0-1-2 fingers (India KM#374 331, 327) is absolutely awesome! I can't stand that I'm still missing the 50 paise.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5698.html

Is this the one (KM# 374) you are missing? I can send you this one if you want it, for adding a nice post like bam777 says. Send me a PM with address please if so! Here is the one I have to send ...

This is what Numista is all about. Seems like I'm kissing the proverbial but this is good stuff going on.

james wolfe

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Posted: 11 May 2012, 14:30 #

i just got this

james

Fire Blade5

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Posted: 11 May 2012, 14:59 #

kommodore

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Posted: 11 May 2012, 19:25 #

I like all coins

ideologist

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Posted: 24 May 2012, 21:29 #

Very hard question!!!

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10585.html is one of my favorites, near-flawless condition, definitely uncirculated [the picture is of my coin]

So many others to list, I will just leave it at one for now.

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Posted: 25 May 2012, 14:30 #

Quote: kommodoreI like all coins

Now that image is what Numista is all about!

Inky

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Posted: 26 May 2012, 07:55 #

My 3 favorites out of my collection so far

Franc https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces189.html

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces578.html

And last but not least

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3006.html

I can't get over the lion, makes me smile every time I look at it.

james wolfe

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Posted: 26 May 2012, 13:53 #

inky to numista,and i see you are from

i was born in detroit

james

Inky

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Posted: 26 May 2012, 22:02 #

Thank you ^-^ Tis true, born and raised in Michigan. I was born in Grand Rapids. I live in a very small town right now, blink once while driving and you'll almost pass through it.

dptashny

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Posted: 21 Sep 2012, 03:28 #

Just saying, I want to revive this old topic, I want to see more favorite coins!!!

Akash7

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Posted: 23 Sep 2012, 13:46 #

There are so many good designs. For now I think I will chose this.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10623.html

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smoked_caramel

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Posted: 23 Sep 2012, 16:39 #

Quote: KräftskivaI discovered these coins just recently, but these 2 are definitely my favourites except from the coins I already have. I hope I get the chance at some time to add them to my collection:

They're both 1 Lats coins from Latvia:

The first one:

And the second one:

It's sad that they're so expensive.

There is also the 3rd one. I have the 2nd and 3rd, but the best I could find the 1st one for was $600! Darn expensive!

Kräftskiva

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Posted: 23 Sep 2012, 19:28 #

Quote: smoked_caramel
Quote: KräftskivaI discovered these coins just recently, but these 2 are definitely my favourites except from the coins I already have. I hope I get the chance at some time to add them to my collection:

They're both 1 Lats coins from Latvia:

The first one:

And the second one:

It's sad that they're so expensive.
There is also the 3rd one. I have the 2nd and 3rd, but the best I could find the 1st one for was $600! Darn expensive!

Wow, I didn't know they were that expensive!

It's probably the niobium that makes it so costly (apart from the very nice design of course).

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Posted: 24 Sep 2012, 02:00 #

Well, for me, my wife got me Coin of Time III for my birthday from a friend in Latvia who works in the bank so I got it for its actual price. I bought #2 on eBay for $100 shipped to Canada. But for some reason availability of the 1st one is very low which makes the price to go up so much. The fact that the mintage is only 5,000 does not help either. :-)

dptashny

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Posted: 24 Dec 2012, 23:45 #

My favorite coins that I scannned already

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Posted: 25 Dec 2012, 00:33 #

very nice !!!

james

Dr. Math

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Posted: 25 Dec 2012, 01:53 #

Revive attack is super effective!

This is probably #1
The rest are in no particular order.

#2
#3
#4
#5
#6

Mark240590

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Posted: 25 Dec 2012, 02:45 #

I think my favourites are..my

1806 penny
1919 Canada 50c
1953 Southern Rhodesia crown
1949 NZ proposed Royal visit crown
All 3 of my Victoria rupees (Alwar state, Bikanir state, and British India)
Barbados slave penny
Sierra Leone cent

The last because they represent probably the biggest thing to happen during the colonial era.

yorkie

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Posted: 25 Dec 2012, 17:03 #

my gold coast 1/2 ACKEY= because it's MINE

bam777

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Posted: 25 Dec 2012, 20:08 #

That is a very nice coin! Mark'll be jealous...VERY jealous!

Mark240590

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Posted: 25 Dec 2012, 22:31 #

Quote: bam777That is a very nice coin! Mark'll be jealous...VERY jealous!

I'm saying nothing !!!

didi83

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Posted: 25 Dec 2012, 23:33 #

My favourite: Slovakia - 500 korun - 2001

baggasuresh

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Posted: 26 Dec 2012, 00:39 #

My favorite:
New Zealand (Km# 273), 10 Dollars
America's Cup 2003,
Nickel-Brass Gold plated
Mintage 5000

Col Suresh Bagga
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androl

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Posted: 21 Feb 2013, 23:35 #

Finland 20 Markkaa

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Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 03:16 #

I have the Finnish 10 Markkaa, equally beautiful, but higher mintage :P

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Posted: 20 Mar 2013, 00:32 #

I have some love for the German eagle.

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Posted: 19 May 2013, 15:04 #

India-KM351_EIC_FiveFanam_ND(1808)
It contains four languages: English, Persian, Telgu and Tamil !!!!

lvcgrad2005

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Posted: 8 Jul 2013, 16:41 #

Quote: lvcgrad2005
Quote: james wolfe
Quote: lvcgrad2005My favorite coin is the 1909 S VDB Lincoln Cent. My parents bought the coin for my birthday last month which I was very surprised when I got it and I was literally speechless.
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I will definitely get pics of the coin up.

I finally got the pics of my 1909S, VDB. It took a while because I did not have a camera. It is not easy to photograph coins in a Dansco album, but I did the best I could.

Ernie68

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Posted: 9 Jul 2013, 00:38 #

My favourite two coins are definitely my three kreuzer from silesia https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces46020.html?mobile=0 and my vereinsthaler https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces29656.html?mobile=0

Regards
Ernie

torontokuba

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Posted: 9 Jul 2013, 01:06 #

Ernie68, your presence, presents a dilemma. You have too many nice coins, no ratings and you live too far.

What's a swapper to do?

torontokuba

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Posted: 9 Jul 2013, 01:17 #

Quote: lvcgrad2005I finally got the pics of my 1909S, VDB.

Very nice!

I'll have a turn. It's impossible to pick just one, but, you have to start somewhere...

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Posted: 9 Jul 2013, 05:33 #

This one has to be My fav,

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15330.html

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wrigerz1

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Posted: 10 Jul 2013, 22:39 #

My favourite is this 1815 Austrian 1/2 Thaler! I love it!

Ernie68

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Posted: 11 Jul 2013, 10:42 #

Quote: torontokubaErnie68, your presence, presents a dilemma. You have too many nice coins, no ratings and you live too far. What's a swapper to do?

Not sure what you mean here, torontokuba - there sure are a lot of people here with more (and cooler?) coins. The no ratings bit is because I'm a newbie, entering my collection on numista at the moment. I have no plans to stay without ratings tho, I have a swap lined up. The ratings will fix it self i guess :-)

There are three main reasons for not having started swapping yet and those are in order of importance:
a) I want to do things right. Therefore - as a newbie - I read the forums and try to find out as much as possible. I don't want to make errors or nag people unnecessary. Examples of questions I have in my head are "do people usually swap coin for coin?", or "do one use catalog prices to even up swaps?", "what about grading, do I grade coins correctly?", "what grade of coin does swappers expect?"
b) I'm having trouble deciding wether to collect a coin of each type - or each year. At the moment I am collecting each year/mintmark - and we'll see if this changes.
c) I don't have a KM-catalog available (it's on the way from Amazon). Ideally, I'd like to know the value of what I have before I enter coins for swap. Just because I have two of a coin, doesn't mean that I will swap that coin for any other that I don't have

That I live too far (away), I cannot do anything about, I'm sorry to say. But - too far - it's a matter of definition. Just have to make the swap worth the extra postage! Then again - being a newbie, I haven't yet studied the cost involved in sending 10-20 coins anywhere yet. Maybe I'll find it too far too

Anyway, nice to see others like my favourite coins - think I got a new favourite in the mail yesterday - a Cartwheel penny. Wow aren't they heavy...

Regards
Ernie

torontokuba

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Posted: 11 Jul 2013, 14:28 #

Quote: Ernie68"do people usually swap coin for coin?"

Some do, some don't. You can often find out by asking or checking their profile.

Quote: Ernie68"do one use catalog prices to even up swaps?"

Again, some do, some don't. When have catalogue prices ever been realistic? Most important is applying the same source of pricing to both sides of each swap, this keeps it fair.

Quote: Ernie68"what about grading, do I grade coins correctly?"

Easier to send or attatch a photo, grading is subjective.

Quote: Ernie68"what grade of coin does swappers expect?"

Varies, I expect VF or better and only uncleaned.

Quote: Ernie68I'm having trouble deciding wether to collect a coin of each type - or each year.

That will remain a personal preference.

Quote: Ernie68I don't have a KM-catalog available (it's on the way from Amazon). Ideally, I'd like to know the value of what I have before I enter coins for swap.

I do not own a single catalogue. Instead of buying them, I can spend that money on coins. I do not try to sell people coins and some third party opinion on value is not relevant in my eyes. The most realistic and fair tool I've found for determining value, is following a coin for some time on the sold eBay auctions. This tells you what interested people are willing to pay at that point in time. The internet is a great tool for determining fair and current prices.

Quote: Ernie68there sure are a lot of people here with more (and cooler?) coins.
Anyway, nice to see others like my favourite coins

I just found more than a handful I like in your list, that doesn't happen too often for me. You've got that Scandinavian theme going for you.

Good luck with setting up on Numista and finding out the worldwide post prices by weight, from your end of the woods. Cheers!

Brittania

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Posted: 11 Jul 2013, 22:39 #

Probably my 1909 Indochina Piastre in XF condition.
Some good contenders:
1855 XF Victoria Penny
1894 XF Victoria Penny
1898 High Relief Victoria Shilling EF
1934 EF George V Half Crown
1923 AU Peace Dollar (No mint mark)
1880 EF Morgan Dollar
1907 Edward VII EF Florin
1889 Victoria Double Florin EF
1869 Maundy 3 pence Victoria Queen AU
1891 Victoria Hong Kong 20 cents AU
1816 Ferdinand VII Spanish Bolivia 1 Real EF
1937 Indochina 10 cents EF
1831 French Louis Philippe I 1 Franc AU
1902 Edward VII 2 pence maundy EF

eminem

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Posted: 11 Jul 2013, 23:52 #

^other than the Spanish one, I want every single coin you just mentioned.

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otto rupee

Joined: 5 Mar 2013
Posts: 410

Posted: 13 Jul 2013, 17:50 #

2nd favourite: George V East African Shillings

Favourite: British Indian Rupees.

I like them for many reasons.

Here are my favourite "new" coins. I don't really collect coins unless they are older than the 1950's, but I do have some exceptions.

Belize 1 cent: The design is simple, yet it still catches your eye.

Canadian Pennies: These coins got me started on collecting when I lived in New York. Being a border state you occasionally found Canadian pennies in circulation. Unfortunately, now that I once again live in England, it is quite hard to find these

yorkie

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Posts: 135

Posted: 13 Jul 2013, 23:45 #

My best coin - even more now as I have seen the asking price on eBay.

yorkie

15turtles

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Posted: 14 Jul 2013, 03:54 #

What coin is that? Link please?

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torontokuba

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Posted: 14 Jul 2013, 05:04 #

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces36274.html

15turtles

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Posted: 14 Jul 2013, 05:40 #

Sweet, thanks

University is time consuming, cherish your free time!

Honi soit qui mal y pense.

nosouvenirs

Joined: 21 Jan 2014
Posts: 448

Posted: 3 Feb 2014, 06:10 #

The 1943 Newfoundland penny I am going to receive from eBay soon! Lol. But seriously... I'm hugely excited about this coin. It will be my first "old" coin. (And, yes, I know that to a lot of you 1943 is NOT old. But it IS a pre-Confederation coin, so it's going to be worth more than anything I have right now.)

A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?

kolikko99

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Posted: 6 Jun 2014, 21:23 #

My favorite coin is my 5 francs Switzerland Zurich shooting festival 1872 mintage:10 000
bought from Geneva for 100 CHF

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17141.html

tony_k_1965

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Posts: 1690

Posted: 6 Jun 2014, 22:28 #

Some additional favourites I have acquired this year.

JuliaBoon

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Posted: 26 Jun 2015, 09:43 #

Mine at the moment has to be the one in my profile picture just cause I love green and I think its so cool!

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muygrandeoso

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Posts: 449

Posted: 26 Jun 2015, 09:55 #

I love the Guadeloupe 1 Franc

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Fluke

Joined: 22 Mar 2015
Posts: 1864

Posted: 26 Jun 2015, 13:02 #

Quote: ZacUK
1 Victoria - large and heavy design piece, with UK 2011 coin 1 penny in corner for size comparison
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces23740.html

I want one, where do I get it Zac?

I don't really have a favourite, I love them all.

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ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 26 Jun 2015, 18:53 #

Quote: Fluke

I want one, where do I get it Zac?

I got mine many years ago from eBay in the UK. The seller said it was original and found in a grandfather clock - that one I have is a huge 89mm and I guess was made as a master copy, and then a pantograph was used to produce the normal-sized (38.61mm) smaller coins.
I keep looking out for another but not seen any, as I would like two - even more so as it has the very beautiful Gothic design on both sides, and the MDCCCXLVII 1847 Roman numerals.

I do remember a member somewhere up north in the UK saying he had seen a similar-sized large 'coin' in a shop. Also here are three other pictures of mine, with me holding it and includes a tilted side view to show how thick it is ...
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic21413.html#p170548

The same Gothic portrait on the obverse of that was used in 2001 by Somalia for the reverse of their 25 Shillings copper-nickel coin ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21618.html
so I had to get one as well. Probably would never be able to afford an 1847 original UK coin, so those two keep me happy.

Then finally, I bought a small modern non-silver replica as well. Here are both, side-by-side ...

EDIT: Just now looked on UK eBay and there are several of that smaller (39mm) replica shown on the left of the last two pictures ...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=89mm&_osacat=11116&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xgothic+replica.TRS0&_nkw=gothic+replica&_sacat=11116
which you may want to get one of - I may also.

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Fluke

Joined: 22 Mar 2015
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Posted: 27 Jun 2015, 02:58 #

Like a woman......I want a big one!

I found a Hong Kong Dollar that size but it has to be a Gothic for me, I love the design, its my favourite for sure.

I wont be able to bring myself to get a copy in normal size, has to be the real deal for me.

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dptashny

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Posted: 10 Aug 2015, 13:41 #

Time to bump an old thread, why not?

canadianjoe

Joined: 19 May 2013
Posts: 35

Posted: 10 Aug 2015, 22:05 #

here are my favorite 5 silver coins in my collection

andysla

Joined: 11 Sep 2015
Posts: 111

Posted: 27 Sep 2015, 01:51 #

My Paraguay Coins and Spanish Colonial coin
This is part of it

Sorry no Swaps. Paraguay Post Office is to risky and they don't allow to send coins nor notes

redsmithstudios

Joined: 20 Dec 2010
Posts: 3064

Posted: 27 Sep 2015, 04:39 #

Wow, Great collection Andysla, Lovely Spanish coins!

Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!

Looking for pre 1783 coins

JRo69

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Posts: 1008

Posted: 27 Sep 2015, 06:58 #

This one, that I received from my aunt when I was a child.

Mark240590

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Posted: 27 Sep 2015, 07:14 #

The 100 Yen Tokyo Olympics 1964 will always be dear to me. As a child my granda gave it too me, his dad gave it too him along with numerous coins which he accrued over a long career in the Merchant navy. Some of his collection even included war time issue Australian coins ! I can't imagine how scary it must have been to live through WWII never mind when your dad was at sea helping the Royal Navy and taking much needed supplied to our far flung outposts..
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces9584.html

my new favourite of my collection without a doubt it's this MS63 1821 24 Mariengroschen. Brunswick- Wolfenbuttel Gearge IV prince regent of Karl II.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces75951.html

Tallarian

Joined: 20 Feb 2013
Posts: 49

Posted: 29 Sep 2015, 08:21 #

My favourite coins:

the St. Gaudens Double Eagle

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces23126.html

and

the 5 Reichsmark "Oak Tree"

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15888.html

Tallarian

simoneo80

Joined: 30 May 2012
Posts: 624

Posted: 6 Aug 2016, 11:59 #

I decided to undertake the study and research of the Persian people, under the historical side and the numismatist.
I wanted to give space to this population in the numismatic, still little known and studied in Italy.
In particular I'm fond of this coin:

Drachm - Khusru II - 590-628 AD type Göbl# II/3 (APD-afid Brave/Praise in the margin at the bottom right)

WYHC : Weh-az-Amid-Kawad / Ctesiphon mint - Year 14

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces79364.html

rrgraic

Joined: 29 Nov 2019
Posts: 6

Posted: 19 Nov 2020, 19:40 #

It's interesting to see what everyone's responses are. Everyone seemed to pick a few of them. I split mine into two groups my three favorite US coins and my three favorite non-us coins.

United States
-walking liberty half dollar
-Morgan dollar
-liberty head nickel

World coins
-Mexican libertad
-five centesimos from Chile 1960s and 70s. With the Condor on the obverse
-and almost anything from Morocco

Moneytane

Joined: 28 Jan 2014
Posts: 3741

Posted: 21 Nov 2020, 05:03 #

Big shiny silver gets me going, my favourites change as my collection increases and adapts

But it will take one heck of a coin to top this

1826 UK Halfcrown

1941 Halfcrown - The Eye appeal

Several Shiny Australian Florins like this one

High grade NZ silver like this

There are more, but this is a nutshell of the type of thing I am into.

I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society

FredStewart

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Posted: 30 May 2022, 06:13 #

I love the bust of Wilhelm II and the imperial eagle. This has got to be my favorite. It's in great condition too.

michael_moreno

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Posted: 5 Jun 2022, 16:49 #

I inherited this coin, a 1921 Soviet ruble, from my grandfather, so it is my favorite coin. I know it's not an expensive coin at all, but it's important to me as a memory. There is a well-known story of how the new silver coins were delivered to Lenin's office. Despite the fact that the Bolsheviks had plans to do away with money after building communism, Lenin was very happy to see products from the Petrograd Mint. He proudly said he would keep the first Soviet ruble as a memento. The enthusiasm of the leader of the world proletariat is easy to understand: full-fledged money is (along with the presence of public authority, the territorial division of the population, and sovereignty) a necessary sign of a full-fledged established state, which the post-revolutionary Soviet Russia aspired to become as soon as possible. I also have tsarist (pre-revolutionary) coins and Soviet coins of the second half of the 20th century in my collection, but this is my favorite.

I've had many jobs, but it wasn't until I worked at one of the top https://writemyessay.nyc services as a online essay writer that I started collecting coins.

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