What's your favorite coin and why, irrespective.of value? 2 2

[Henri Charriere]

My favorite coin is the 1910 PCGS MS-64+ FRENCH 20-Franc gold 🐓 because it is a strong strike with sharp devices featuring high-point details.  The fields are smooth, shine brilliantly with a bright honey golden hue with exceptionally dazzling eye appeal. 👁

[Lem E]

I would have to say it is my 1951 P. This one has both color and shine. Usually it is one or the other. I like how the colors gently fade into each other and has symmetrical toning rather than the typical ring toning (which I also like). The reverse is a deep orange/magenta and has a bonus die crack to give it more character. The obverse has a nice glossy shine to it as well that covers and accentuates the color. One of the most striking coins in hand when you can move it around in the light.

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[RWB]

"Gothic" crown of Victoria.

[Henri Charriere]

1 hour ago, Lem E said:

I would have to say it is my 1951 P. This one has both color and shine. Usually it is one or the other. I like how the colors gently fade into each other and has symmetrical toning rather than the typical ring toning (which I also like). The reverse is a deep orange/magenta and has a bonus die crack to give it more character. The obverse has a nice glossy shine to it as well that covers and accentuates the color. One of the most striking coins in hand when you can move it around in the light.

My birth year. High grade! What's there not to like? 

[Henri Charriere]

46 minutes ago, RWB said:

"Gothic" crown of Victoria.

When I first thought of posting this question, I anticipated a complete surprise 😮 and I must say your choice must have surprised a lot of other collectors as well. Extraordinary state of preservation!

[Alex in PA.]

9 hours ago, Quintus Arrius said:

with sharp devices featuring high-point details.

So Q.A., that's what this Rooster you always talk about looks like?  IMHO a very nice coin.  I like the design and I have a soft spot for the French and gold.  Very nice, thanks for posting it.

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[Alex in PA.]

8 hours ago, RWB said:

"Gothic" crown of Victoria

Must be a very old one to have Victoria looking that young.  Very nice Roger; coins of the British Empire are always fascinating.

[Alex in PA.]

I Like gold - any gold - in any form - and in my pocket.     Here's one of my favorites:

PS:  It doesn't have a Privy Mary!  

 

[RonnieR131]

Today, I'm infatuated with early American gold coins. BUT, I can scroll through the 'Follow the Lead' thread and change my mind 99 times in one day. 

[RWB]

2 hours ago, Alex in PA. said:

Must be a very old one to have Victoria looking that young.  Very nice Roger; coins of the British Empire are always fascinating.

Date is on the reverse, lower right in Roman numerals - 1847. It's one of the few coins I own for pleasure, not research, and one that I do not intend to sell.

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[Alex in PA.]

35 minutes ago, RWB said:

It's one of the few coins I own for pleasure,

And very nice indeed.  I own some Scot money; also for pleasure.  I don't collect it but the notes I found very attractive.  Thanks.

[LINCOLNMAN]

I have a tie: a 1937 Australian crown my father brought back from his service in the Pacific during WWII; a 1902S dime given to me by my mother when I first started collecting 60+ years ago. 

[Walkerfan]

I love all of my early Walkers.

I could never pick a favorite child.  

[GoldFinger1969]

That we OWN -- or just wish we had ?   

[Woods020]

Right now it’s a Standing Liberty Quarter that was a recent acquisition. It’s well struck and the toning is simply amazing to my eye. In fairness my “favorite” is a moving target. 
 

[Henri Charriere]

5 hours ago, GoldFinger1969 said:

That we OWN -- or just wish we had ?   

Compromise: one you own and one you would like to have.

[RWB]

13 hours ago, Woods020 said:

Right now it’s a Standing Liberty Quarter that was a recent acquisition. It’s well struck and the toning is simply amazing to my eye.

Really nice example of George Morgan's fix to the 1916 version. The clarity of detail results from his manual touch-up of a Janvier reduction. Compare detail to the 1917 Type II which was made from an unretouched reduction in February 1917.

[Woods020]

1 hour ago, RWB said:

Really nice example of George Morgan's fix to the 1916 version. The clarity of detail results from his manual touch-up of a Janvier reduction. Compare detail to the 1917 Type II which was made from an unretouched reduction in February 1917.

The Type II are far inferior. I have been looking for an impressive one for a while now. There is inevitable weakness somewhere. Finding one with all rivets in the shield well defined is next to impossible. 

[World Colonial]

Probably my 1770 NGC AU-53 Peru 4R.  It's the coin I would be most interested in owning if it wasn't mine now and I could acquire it from my current collection.

[rrantique]

[VKurtB]

My favorite series, when found in nice condition, is the Liberty Head or “V” nickels. Or, as the are often pronounced by auctioneers with Pennsylvania “Dutch”, actually German, accents, “Wee Niggles”. There are so many beat to death that when we see nice ones, they are breathtaking.

[zadok]

no words necessary......

[farthing]

Impossible to choose but I am very fond of this one - catalogued by Dalton & Hamer as 1794 Invernessshire Inverness 2a.  A Matthew Boulton Soho bronzed proof, the diesinker was Conrad Heinrich Küchler.  The edge reads PAYABLE AT. MACKINTOSH INGLIS & WILSON'S

Added: NGC gave it 64BN

 

Edited June 1, 2021 by farthing

[ldhair]

My favorite is always changing. Seems like it's always something that has been in my collection for many years. 

 

[The 12th Denticle]

The U.S. Philippine Islands (USPI) one peso coin from the years 1903-1906 is my favorite so far. I really like the bi-national design of this coin. The obverse is Filipino while the reverse is American. Pictured here is a 1904 from my collection. As a circulating business strike coin, it is usually minted in the millions, but only 10K of this type were minted at the Philadelphia mint to be sold at the Philippine Exhibit, St. Louis Expo in 1904.

[RWB]

Very nice peso

[Joydeep]

Not as intricate as the British Crown but very beautiful none the less. One of my favorites.