Ætheling Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Take it away, i repent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Well it's not as bad as that incuse indian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Gold is certainly my least favorite coin metal of the big four (Copper, Silver, Nickel and Gold) but I do love that design. And any nice, brown, copper coin is automatically pretty. I'd be a fan of the Shriver commem if I could find a nice EF copper one. Nickel's my least favourite of those four. Copper is in third. As for gold and silver i like them about the same. I like gold cos well it's a one of a kind metal, alot of metals are 'silver'. But i like silver because it's got a nice ring to it. Actually if you drop a gold coin from a height you'll notice it sounds similar. Tin's my favourite. Tin coins are out of this world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBobo Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Well, I like the incluse indian. I also love the Sac Dollar, so what the hell do I know about coins!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Beauty is in the eye of the coin holder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGT Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 You people need to learn to take pics big enough to look at. Here's one I just got in the mail yesterday. Size corrected in order to be politically correct. No computer user left behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGT Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 I don't know if you can call this pretty or not since it has that big fingerprint on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyd Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Nice die-break through UNITED on the two-cent piece... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGT Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Maybe you will like this one better... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyd Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Some might cosider 'dipping' that three-cent silver... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Great coins and great pics. I certainly wish I had the capability to take pics like that. Thanks for sharing. I'd love to have either coin, but the 2 center would be my first choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabone Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Oh my God that is hideous. What has that Liberty been smoking? She looks like she should go into rehab. And the hair! Member of the Addams family? I thought the Sac was bad but not after seeing that. Now now now Aetheling... Not nice casting stones across the pond at American coinage. I believe you Brits have minted a dreaded coin or two in your day... Say anything with old bug eyes George the 3rd cursed enough to have him on the Obverse, or what was the name of that other chap... Oh yes, Winston. I think you call them Churchills. Remember, stone chucking in not a family value Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Love those toned trimes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustchaser Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 If you like die breaks... 1820 cent from the Randall hoard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustchaser Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 or die clashes... 1817/3 half dollar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Ungh, Ungh, ungh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustchaser Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Or a pretty "coin" which isn't a coin... One of the best looking contemporary counterfeit bust halves I have ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Now now now Aetheling...Not nice casting stones across the pond at American coinage. I believe you Brits have minted a dreaded coin or two in your day... Say anything with old bug eyes George the 3rd cursed enough to have him on the Obverse, or what was the name of that other chap... Oh yes, Winston. I think you call them Churchills. Remember, stone chucking in not a family value But you'll note i don't collect that junk. Churchill's are hideous and should never have been minted. As for the George III post 1816 stuff that's the work of Bendetto Pistrucci so what do you expect? He was less interested in making the design nice, but he was more interested in making it striking. He often went over the top with things. If he were alive now he'd probably be one of the minimalist modern 'artists' that chuck a pile of stones in the centre of the flor and call it artistic expression. I call it a pile of stones whichever way you look at it. If you think his George III stuff is hideous you should sample some of his other work, namely a certain George IV farthing. I'm also not keen on any of the obverse of British coinge issued since 1985, i hate the 5p, the reverse commemoratives are forced and are total drivel. Did you see that stupid 2002 £5 coin? A child of 7 could have drawn that and submitted it. Then there was that Cordial Entende £5 coin for 2004 another pile of trash. Wreath reverse crowns are naff, as is most of the coinage produced since the mid 1920s. The Edward VII and George V obverses aren't all that great either, they are a graders worst nightmare. The 1977 crown was particularly bad too. Anything else i forget? Oh yeah Henry VIII old head coinage and Edward VI base issue coinages are pretty nasty in the scheme of things. Most of the other modern British coins i'm luke warm to. So i think the Brits are rivaling the Usians for crap designs. Although let it be noted we haven't gone to spaghetti hair just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 You people need to learn to take pics big enough to look at Which goes down well with us dialuppers. You're pictures are too large for my connection to cope with. I couldn't even wait for the proper "quote" button to load. Well i'm not waiting 10 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ageka Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Which goes down well with us dialuppers. You're pictures are too large for my connection to cope with. I couldn't even wait for the proper "quote" button to load. Well i'm not waiting 10 minutes. I am on ADSL but because of room restrictions my screen is only 15 inch so with favourites open I only see three quaters of the coin and scrolling keeps it at another three quarters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Oli Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Then there was that Cordial Entende £5 coin for 2004 another pile of trash. I thought that reverse was rather good, especially when compared to the other spate of £5 coins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 If you like die breaks... 1820 cent from the Randall hoard That's one of the most dramatic die cracks that I have ever seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryptonitecomics Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 That's one of the most dramatic die cracks that I have ever seen Agreed....looks like Barbed wire going arond the coin...truly spectacular......is it for sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 RGT, if you attach the images instead of embedding them in your post, it's up to the viewer to download it or not. you get a small thumbnail at the bottom of your post and clicking that will bring up the original image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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