Full Version: Pretty Coin Picture Thread
I've always liked the rim toning on this half...
QUOTE(Stujoe @ Jul 2 2005, 09:39 PM)
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Well that killed this thread.
You can't really top that one can you?
I put up the Franklin to offset it. 
QUOTE(Stujoe @ Jul 2 2005, 09:55 PM)
I put up the Franklin to offset it.
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Franklin's are good, i'm fond of them even if i don't collect them.
Oh boy. I have a lot of pretty ones. 
I'll start with...
Which I think as far as grades go is the nicest pre-1900 coin I own.
I'll start with...Which I think as far as grades go is the nicest pre-1900 coin I own.
I've been thinking, i don't actually have any pretty coins.
QUOTE(Tiffibunny @ Jul 2 2005, 04:23 PM)
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I love that obverse!
QUOTE(Ętheling @ Jul 2 2005, 04:34 PM)
I've been thinking, i don't actually have any pretty coins.
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That's because you sold them!
Any coin with a CC mint mark automatically qualifies!
QUOTE(Tiffibunny @ Jul 2 2005, 04:23 PM)
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Did you happen to purchase this coin from a fellow CP member, who snagged it off eBay? Sure looks like a coin I remember someone else posting about their proud purchase. If it isn't the same coin, you two need to get together because you have consecutive strikes.
Well, I think it's pretty ...
Beautiful coins for sure. Nice toned six pence too Auldfartte.
Since there is no age limit I'll go with a three year old
After the Gothic Florin and Frankfurt Thaler, it is useless to show any other coin... but... the Gavroche is... I WANT ONE!!! 
Well i could post some hammered coins that i think are nice eye appeal wise but i'd be in a minority, since the designs are most just legends and no portraits or pictures.
However perhaps the only coin i have that might be able to partake in this with any success is this.
Which is alright but it ain't no $20 Lib.
However perhaps the only coin i have that might be able to partake in this with any success is this.
Which is alright but it ain't no $20 Lib.
QUOTE(Ętheling @ Jul 3 2005, 07:23 AM)
Well i could post some hammered coins that i think are nice eye appeal wise but i'd be in a minority, since the designs are most just legends and no portraits or pictures.
However perhaps the only coin i have that might be able to partake in this with any success is this.
Which is alright but it ain't no $20 Lib.
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However perhaps the only coin i have that might be able to partake in this with any success is this.
Which is alright but it ain't no $20 Lib.
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Nice one
Here's an English penny from 1180;
and a French gross from 1290;
and a French gross from 1290;
I have a few, some brand new, some a bit older.
Here's one:
(my own scan)
Tiff's got the same one, I think her pic is better:
Here's one:
(my own scan)
Tiff's got the same one, I think her pic is better:
or:
Wow!!! those are great looking at coins. 
QUOTE(Ętheling @ Jul 3 2005, 01:23 PM)
Well i could post some hammered coins that i think are nice eye appeal wise but i'd be in a minority, since the designs are most just legends and no portraits or pictures.
However perhaps the only coin i have that might be able to partake in this with any success is this.
Which is alright but it ain't no $20 Lib.
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However perhaps the only coin i have that might be able to partake in this with any success is this.
Which is alright but it ain't no $20 Lib.
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Now you got me confused I thought this one was the Double Eagle Liberty and the older one was the Double Eagle Coronet ?
Anyway I prefer this one
Liberty.
I only own it for a few more months, then again after Mom passes.
The $20 as designed by James Longacre issued upto 1907 are either Coronet Liberties, or Liberties. Usually just referred to as the $20 Liberty.
The front facing liberty issues from 1907 to 1933 were designed by Augustus Saint Gauden, and are thus referred to as either Saints or Saint Gaudens $20.
Or at least that's what i've always used.
The front facing liberty issues from 1907 to 1933 were designed by Augustus Saint Gauden, and are thus referred to as either Saints or Saint Gaudens $20.
Or at least that's what i've always used.
QUOTE(Tiffibunny @ Jul 3 2005, 07:47 PM)
Liberty.
I only own it for a few more months, then again after Mom passes.
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Once more Tiff....
(My favourite US coin of all time).
Latvia: 5 Lati 1931
The alltime favourite, Milda!
Ottoman Empire: 40 Para 1856
I think this is one of my nicest coppers. Looks quite bad on scan
Pitty it has those "edge-things" on it
Without them it would be even as good as XF 
Soviet Union: 1 Poltinnik 1925
Not actually "pretty", but it has "something"
ok so this is a coronet
I have
I have
QUOTE(ageka @ Jul 3 2005, 10:09 PM)
ok so this is a coronet
I have
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I have
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That i like!
Wipes the floor with my Saint.
QUOTE(Tiffibunny @ Jul 3 2005, 08:15 PM)
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Yeah, I have that one too, just no picture of it
All very nice!
My 'pretty coin' is this 1979-S SBA. only because it is the first Proof I have come to own.
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i have a couple of those new nickels...but i guess we've all seen those.
You folks have some wonderful coins. I love the toning around the palm tree on the un centavo coin.
QUOTE(Ętheling @ Jul 3 2005, 11:17 PM)
That i like!
Wipes the floor with my Saint.
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Wipes the floor with my Saint.
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No your Saint has some slide but is otherwise very nice
QUOTE(Blackhawk @ Jul 4 2005, 09:51 AM)
That's a gorgeous "Palmita", Blackhawk!!
Well, I have shown them before (don't think the thread made it accross) but it's a holiday here in the U.S. and I am feeling sorry for myself and missing my wife so here are a few pretty coins she bought me over the years.
Nice commems Bustchaser!
That Texas Centennial is one wicked nice hunk of metal! Really splendid contours - gotta keep my eye out for one at a "comfortable" price.
One of my latest purchases.
Here is my 64 half.
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