Post your favorite coins/rounds!

[PDT]

I'll start! ;D

Most likely a Photoshop job, but what America's best Silver Dollar would have looked like if any survived from the 1963 minting:

(yes, 1963...it was falsely dated 1964 due to legal reasons)

[Tinman]

I like this one

[Steal]

I really like most all shapes and sizes of Kook's.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f60/Froggydogg/Bg-YjwBWkKGrHqMH-DUEsMus5qvBLHIrZcM.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f60/Froggydogg/DSCN2459.jpg

[Mister_Pennyweather]

http://opencurrencyme.com/coins/29_reverse.jpg

[madfranks]

I'll start! ;D

Most likely a Photoshop job, but what America's best Silver Dollar would have looked like if any survived from the 1963 minting:

(yes, 1963...it was falsely dated 1964 due to legal reasons)


Nope, not photoshopped, Dan Carr re-struck some peace dollars with the 1964 date - see link: http://www.moonlightmint.com/gallery.htm


“1964-D” Peace Dollar re-strike. Struck over a Peace dollar dated 1922-1935. Technically this is not a “copy” because it is a genuine Peace Dollar (over-struck), with a date that (according to the government) does not exist. I have not released any of these, and that will depend on a clarification of certain laws (I’m waiting to find out from the government if a “COPY” stamp is required in cases where a genuine coin is altered to show a date that was never released and/or does not exist):

http://www.moonlightmint.com/gallery_files/image005.jpg

[PDT]

I'll start! ;D

Most likely a Photoshop job, but what America's best Silver Dollar would have looked like if any survived from the 1963 minting:

(yes, 1963...it was falsely dated 1964 due to legal reasons)


Nope, not photoshopped, Dan Carr re-struck some peace dollars with the 1964 date - see link: http://www.moonlightmint.com/gallery.htm


“1964-D” Peace Dollar re-strike. Struck over a Peace dollar dated 1922-1935. Technically this is not a “copy” because it is a genuine Peace Dollar (over-struck), with a date that (according to the government) does not exist. I have not released any of these, and that will depend on a clarification of certain laws (I’m waiting to find out from the government if a “COPY” stamp is required in cases where a genuine coin is altered to show a date that was never released and/or does not exist):

http://www.moonlightmint.com/gallery_files/image005.jpg



Thanks for the clarification!

[MoShaniqua]

I'm partial to silver quarters.

[Grog]

I picked up these two recently.

[uranian]

not my favourites, but thought some might be interested to see norwegian silver:

http://www.pakcollectibles.com/images/coins/1970norway25kr500.jpg

picked up a few of these a year or 2 ago for less than spot (spanish ex-circulating currency):

http://i.ebayimg.com/15/!!d5k6bg!WM~$%28KGrHgoOKjUEjlLmU%297+BKqc3n6sjw~~_ 32.JPG

these'd be my personal faves, as they were the first way i ever found to buy silver without VAT (british ex-circulation currency):

http://www.collectingsilvercoins.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/-8903204408625850.jpg

[Bluegill]

I've yet to meet an Ag coin I didn't like. ;D

But my favorite would probably have to be Aussie.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l37/boris505/CopyofIMG_3629.jpg

[StackerKen]

I like halves

[FiftySense]

Count me in as another Kookaburra fan..


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2072/2279733293_c6152212ff.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2072/2279733293_c6152212ff.jpg

Every year keeps getting better

[etc]

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x260/dictum9/coins/ca_olympic_proof1.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x260/dictum9/coins/norfed2.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x260/dictum9/coins/maple1.jpg

[ximmy]

Kook's are cool... and yummy!
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s222/chrisneros/Dinnerisserved.jpg

[peachesinfla]

These are nice. US Eagles are better looking but I like these.

[Grog]

I really want to buy a nice Roman silver coin at some time. Not today, but some time.

Anyone got a good pic of a good Roman silver coin that I can set a goal for?

[bootstrap]

I would really like to have one of these... I can always dream.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4498899564_e4f22b2f3e_m.jpg

[madfranks]

Here's one I like for it's simplicity.

[Phil_Schnieder]

One of my all time fav's -
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/3057319700_ebfb0644b6.jpg

[RUNFORTHEHILLS]

Here's an old one...

back then the BLACK PLAGUE hit (1347) and KILLED of 33% of the workers...

this started the UNIONS and the TRADE GUILDS because of lack of workers...

[Phil_Schnieder]

Don't have any yet, but would love to get my paws on some Turkish Gold.
http://www.taxfreegold.co.uk/images/1973turkey500lire50thanniversaryofrepublicrev400.j pg
http://www.taxfreegold.co.uk/images/1909turkey100piastresobv400.jpg
http://www.taxfreegold.co.uk/images/1965turkey250krushgoldrev400.jpg

Gold Coins of Turkey
Some of the Earliest Gold Coins Were Made in Turkey
The world's first coins were Greek coins made in Lydia about 640 BC, but the area of Lydia is now in present day Turkey, so that the relationship between Turkey and gold coins dates back over 2,000 years.

A Variety of Denominations
With this long history, it is no surprise that Turkey has produced many different denominations of gold coins, which include Sultani, Serifi, Yarim, Cifte, Tek, Istanbul, Dort, Luk, Onluk, Altin, Mahbub, Piastres and Lire.

A Neglected Series
Because of the use of the Arabic style Turkish inscriptions of most earlier Turkish coins, most western coin collectors ignore Turkish gold coins. Modern Turkish coins are not much easier to identify either. This means that any collectors of Turkish coins should be able to find many relatively cheap Turkish coins, which may include rare and potentially valuable items, provided he is prepared to more research than the average collector.

Turkish Gold Coins
As Turkish coins are not within our main areas of specialisation, any of our cataloguing of Turkish gold coins may be in error. It also means that most of our Turkish gold coins will be offered by type, and will be quite reasonably priced. We give brief specifications for some of the most recent and commonly encountered Turkish gold coins, followed by a stocklist of any Turkish gold coins we have for sale.

Denominations
The names kurush and piastre are interchangeable. Some catalogues show denominations in kurush, others in piastres. They are both the same.

Monnaies de Luxe
Since 1899 Turkey has issued some monnaies de luxe. These were intended for presentation purposes or jewellery. They are issued at a slightly lower weight than their normal counterpart denominations, but the same alloy fineness, and of larger diameter but thinner, and from more ornate dies. We will denote these below by the abbreviation MDL.

Specifications
Technical specifications of the most frequently encountered Turkish gold coins.
Denomination Diameter Weight Alloy AGW
500 Piastres / Kurush 34 39.0800 0.9166 1.0638
500 Piastres / Kurush MDL 44.5 7.2160 0.9166 0.2126
250 Piastres / Kurush 27 18.0400 0.9166 0.5319
250 Piastres / Kurush MDL 39.5 17.5400 0.9166 0.5172
100 Piastres / Kurush 23 7.2160 0.9166 0.2126
100 Piastres / Kurush MDL 30 7.0160 0.9166 0.2069
50 Piastres / Kurush 17.8 3.6083 0.9166 0.1064
50 Piastres / Kurush MDL 22 3.5080 0.9166 0.1034
25 Piastres / Kurush 14.6 1.8041 0.9166 0.0532
25 Piastres / Kurush MDL 17.7 1.8041 0.9166 0.0532
10,000 Lire 26.5 17.00 .900 0.4900
50,000 Lire 26.5 7.96 ? ?

Key
Denomination = Face Value
Diameter = Approximate Diameter in millimetres.
Weight = Weight in grams.
Alloy = Fineness of gold.
AGW = Actual fine gold weight in troy ounces.
MDL = Monnaie de Luxe
Piastres = Kurush


This one must belong to RUNFORTHEHILLS already:
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01530/1_1530834c.jpg
Gold coin of Croesus, c. 550BC, from modern Turkey.
Due to his immense wealth, Croesus, king of the Lydian people who reigned from about 560-547BC, is thought to have been one of the first rulers to mint gold coins. Historians claim that the coin, called a croesid, depicting a lion and a bull, provides an insight into the earliest uses of currency.

[uranian]

i think there's only 1 example of this, possibly a jeton rather than a coin, from france/1680, no-one seems to know much about this one:

http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/50268d1245423256-ufo_coin_2c.jpg

the text means something along the lines of "opportunity arises".

another entertaining one:

http://www.cointalk.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=36883&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1229641017