But I'll be receiving a new commem this week! Can't wait to see it in person.
But others that I like? I don't have a redbook with me so I don't know the designs off the top of my head.
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My personal favorite in my collection is the Stone Mtn half.
But I'll be receiving a new commem this week! Can't wait to see it in person.
But others that I like? I don't have a redbook with me so I don't know the designs off the top of my head.
But I'll be receiving a new commem this week! Can't wait to see it in person.
But others that I like? I don't have a redbook with me so I don't know the designs off the top of my head.
Got to say that the Stone Mtn has always been one of my favorites. Columbian Half is another.
i like the panama-pacific expositon(1915),(1921) missouri centennial,(1925) ston mountain memorial, (1926-1939) oregon trail memorial,(1934-1938) texas independence centennial, (1983-1984) los angeles olympiad, and of course (2001) american buffalo commem.
i have one of the buffalo commems but its a 207 bullion peice but close enough for me
i have one of the buffalo commems but its a 207 bullion peice but close enough for me
I like the Pan-Pac, Texas, Oregon and San Diego designs the best.
QUOTE(jtryka @ Sep 22 2007, 10:18 PM) 
I like the Pan-Pac, Texas, Oregon and San Diego designs the best.
I got a nice San Diego last week from Heritage. Can't wait to see it in hand. Any day now.
The Panana Pacific series. I own the half dollar and the gold dollar, and a very nice reproduction of the $50 gold piece.
I recently acquired the $2.50 gold, been looking for that one for many years. It's an ex-jewelry piece from a gun shop in Oregon, but still in very nice condition.
And it's mine!
I recently acquired the $2.50 gold, been looking for that one for many years. It's an ex-jewelry piece from a gun shop in Oregon, but still in very nice condition.
And it's mine!
QUOTE(thedeadpoint @ Sep 23 2007, 02:11 AM)
I got a nice San Diego last week from Heritage. Can't wait to see it in hand. Any day now.
That was the first commemorative I ever bought, a really beautiful design, and I still have it.
QUOTE(hiho @ Feb 3 2008, 05:18 AM)
The Panana Pacific series. I own the half dollar and the gold dollar, and a very nice reproduction of the $50 gold piece.
I recently acquired the $2.50 gold, been looking for that one for many years. It's an ex-jewelry piece from a gun shop in Oregon, but still in very nice condition.
And it's mine!
I recently acquired the $2.50 gold, been looking for that one for many years. It's an ex-jewelry piece from a gun shop in Oregon, but still in very nice condition.
And it's mine!
The Pan-Pac gold dollar is probably one of my top 3 favorite gold designs in US history. That is the one with the panamanian and poseidon on the back?
QUOTE(thedeadpoint @ Feb 3 2008, 07:41 AM)
The Pan-Pac gold dollar is probably one of my top 3 favorite gold designs in US history. That is the one with the panamanian and poseidon on the back?
The Poseidon design was actually rejected.
"Keck’s initial design carried a depiction of Poseidon, the god of the sea in Greek mythology.
This was rejected, however, by Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo, who deemed it too detailed for such a diminutive coin."
Instead they chose the potrait of a Canal laborer. I would have gone with Poseidon. Some people actually think the laborer is a baseball player because of his cap.
No one would have confused Poseidon with a baseball player!
The reverse has ONE DOLLAR in the center with dolphins above and below, symbolizing the joining of the two oceans.
The 2.50 coin features Columbia on a hippocampus, a Greek mythological sea horse. I'll post photos of it when I get some time.
It's a very busy coin, I like that... 
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