Master Jmd Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 What are the top 10 favourite coins in your collection?for the moment, mine is:1) Scacer 1940 ABU/BU full lustre - single exergue penny2) 1901 ABU/BU full lustre - penny; quite rare in its current state3) 1953 BU full lustre - penny; also quite rare in its condition4) 1823 AVF/VF - farthing5) 1855 VF/GVF - Penny6) 1879 Fair/Fine - penny; Even with wear, it is easy to see that it is Obv. 9 Rev. K witch is rare according to spink7) 1937 FDC - Proof Penny8) 1860 AVF/VF - smaller bronze farthing with some lustre9) 1907 EF - lusrous shilling10) 1853 VF - Farthing; nothing special, just like it Quote
Sylvester Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 Wow! good Question, erm where to start? (do i have 10?) 1) Stephen penny (right up here at the top)2) Phillip and Mary Groat3) James II Half guinea (no one else likes it, but i do!)4) Edward III Quarter Noble (not the nicest specimen, but it's my first [and only] hammered gold coin so i like it for that reason)5) Henry III Penny (pretty cheap bog standard specimen but i've grown to like it!)6) 1864 Gothic florin, say no more! *drool*7) Charles II tin farthing, i'm smitten with that one!8) George III 1807 penny in fair condition, it's the last of my first ever coins, and it's got some eye appeal.9) 1879 Morgan dollar, in UNC, gorgeous bright white!10) Edward I penny, with a slight light rainbow tone on the reverse! (just got it today for £27!) Quote
william Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 1) Two quarts, Guernsey F - VF2) Two kopekh, Russia, fair3) 1900 gold gilt farthing, GEF4) 1901 farthing, UNC5) 1844 third farthing, VF6) 1844 half farthing, EF7) 1843/34 threehalfpence, NF8) 1839 threehalfpence, AF9) 1845 crown, F10) 1889 crown, VF, beautiful toningThese are in no particular order BTW Quote
Chris Perkins Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 notice anything odd there? Absolutely no sixpences!(and Willaim, I believe the top coin is Gibraltarian) Quote
Emperor Oli Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 In no particular order, kind of a variation between medals and coins but here we go:1) 1833 VF Sovereign2) George IV Coronation Medal (not a coin but it's divine!)3) 1797 Cartwheel Penny VF4) Edward VII what we decided to be a Mule 1911 "Coronation" coin5) 1910 EF Florin6) All my pre-Wren Farthings7) 1795 fairly worn Guinea8) 1931 GVF Irish Penny9) Errrm10) DittoThat's all I can think of at the minute! Quote
custard1966 Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 In no particular order (all pennies)1797 lustrous choice unc1806 proof - fdc1839 proof - aFDC1851 - this beauty I just boughthttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEBWN:IThope it's as good as it looks1856 PT - GEF1860 Moore Pattern1860 n of one over sideways n - lustrous GEF1863 open 3 - aF (one of only 6/7)1865/3 GVF1912H - BU full lustre Quote
Emperor Oli Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 1851 - this beauty I just boughthttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEBWN:ITThat's a sheer beaut! Please do tell us if it's as good as it loks - that Britannia shield is truly excpetional! Quote
custard1966 Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 1851 - this beauty I just boughthttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEBWN:ITThat's a sheer beaut! Please do tell us if it's as good as it loks - that Britannia shield is truly excpetional!Hopefully it'll arrive early next week - I'll report back. Quote
kuhli Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 TOP 51) Yugoslavia (Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes) 1925 20 dinara gold. Found this one buried in eBay, under a misleading, misspelled title from an Italian stamp dealer. paid less than 25% catalog value for it, and that includes sending my cashiers' check to him certified, and the fees to have him send the coin insured to me.2) Yugoslavia 1992 mint set. Issued in March, withdrawn when the government collapsed on April 11. Very hard to find, catalog prices very wrong!3) Yugoslavia 1993 500 dinara. Authorized and minted during the peak of the Yugoslavian hyper-inflation, but never released, since the value of the base metal in the coin began to cost more than the face value of the coin. All but 1000 were supposedly melted. It was during this hyper-inflation that Yugoslavia issued a 500,000,000,000 dinara note!4) Yugoslavia 1983 500 dinara Olympic Biathalon. This is the first slabbed coin I ever bought, graded MS70 deep cameo. I don't really care that it is slabbed, I wanted the coin for my collection, and the price was right.5) Yugoslavia 1984 500 dinara Olympic Slalom. see above for same situation (another MS70 deep cameo) Quote
Sylvester Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 Absolutely no sixpences! I kinda like those equally, but all the other coins have either a jaw dropping design (gothic stuff), or are teeming with history, much more so that anything dated 17XX is.And i like the farthing cos it's tin, i like tin much nicer than copper. Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 Ok, here goes:1. 1903 BU half penny.2. 1909 BU half Penny.3. 1910 BU half penny.4. 1901 BU half penny.5. 1932 BU half penny.6. 1932 BU half penny.They are my only really special coins at the moment because I am building up a specialist half penny collection. My faviorite's are the gleaming Edward VII ones which are quite hard to get in BU. I will hopefully add some more half pennys to my growing collection at the London Coin fair. Quote
william Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 notice anything odd there? Absolutely no sixpences!(and Willaim, I believe the top coin is Gibraltarian) Damn, I always get those two mixed up Quote
Master Jmd Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 1851 - this beauty I just boughthttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEBWN:IT wow ...that is lovely...i hope youare proud 1912H - BU full lustredo you have any pictures? Quote
custard1966 Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 1851 - this beauty I just boughthttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEBWN:ITwow ...that is lovely...i hope youare proud 1912H - BU full lustredo you have any pictures?When the 1851 arrives I'll post pictures of both if you like - if I can get a good result with my scanner. Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 That seller was selling loads of nice pennies. Your new addition looks lovely! Quote
Geoff T Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 In no particular order, kind of a variation between medals and coins but here we go:2) George IV Coronation Medal (not a coin but it's divine!) Is that the Pistrucci one, and if so what metal is it?I'll have a think about my list. Several of them I know will be medals, the rest half crowns and a place for an EF+ 1874 sovereign (alas, not the shieldback). Quote
william Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 ...and a place for an EF+ 1874 sovereign (alas, not the shieldback). Is that the one you showed me? Quote
Master Jmd Posted May 24, 2004 Author Posted May 24, 2004 4) Edward VII what we decided to be a Mule 1911 "Coronation" coin 1911 Edward VII??? Quote
Geoff T Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 ...and a place for an EF+ 1874 sovereign (alas, not the shieldback).Is that the one you showed me? Yes, that's right. It's now safely locked away at home again. Quote
Emperor Oli Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 Try George VNo, don't try and be clever. I said it was a mule 1911 Edward VII Coronation coin. Quote
Master Jmd Posted May 24, 2004 Author Posted May 24, 2004 No, don't try and be clever. I said it was a mule 1911 Edward VII Coronation coin. how did you get that?...is it unrecorded? Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 Could you post a picture of your mule it would be very interesting? Quote
Master Jmd Posted May 24, 2004 Author Posted May 24, 2004 (edited) Could you post a picture of your mule it would be very interesting?yes, good idea PM...Edit: oops i mean HPJ Edited May 24, 2004 by Master Jmd Quote
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