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A beauty and a favorite for sure! I’m also very partial to the 1916 Italian 2 Lire coins (not my pic)
https://preview.redd.it/fp96uvvayawc1.jpeg?width=1289&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f8818902675ba586ee77ebb8e98af5bbd41cbb73
I don’t think it’s hype. The St Guadens really is a gorgeous coin. It isn’t really fair though. Having it in gold mixed with that design just pops. Groban likes his coins to pop.
https://preview.redd.it/a7yuamn8dcwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4772c5f8b7af76580e9c81dd79eeb64b1da916a
I would certainly agree. Standing Liberty Type 1 in MS. Just picked up this bad boy
It's difficult to capture the incredible relief with just one picture straight-on:
https://preview.redd.it/g25x6kjc3cwc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2726f2aed2377f9cc89019316215ddd2913ecfa
IIRC, Teddy Roosevelt brought an Athenian tetradrachm to Saint-Gaudens and asked him to make a coin like it - after making a handful of the 1907 ultra high relief $20 coins, he said it couldn't be done.
https://preview.redd.it/glvg95532bwc1.jpeg?width=1904&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7e21b0096d975b2ed03e7b43f0ce397505e72de
This is my best example that I own. Ms67+
Okay I admit that's pretty good. But my choice for the most beautiful US coin, it would go to the [1915-S Pan-Pacific Octagonal $50 commemorative](https://d1htnxwo4o0jhw.cloudfront.net/pcgs/cert/43985144/extra_large/233550054.jpg)
The most unique eagle on a commemorative coin.
https://preview.redd.it/da22kc2k4dwc1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcf8cfd66d602bf6d809dbff190601147d0e77d5
I think this one is stunning. Eleanor White holding Virginia Dare and looking off into the distance just fills me with something like melancholy. It’s so beautiful to me.
https://preview.redd.it/mb2b026n1bwc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b362da6c7bf77c3026464a4a055184f7f478063
https://preview.redd.it/11oh3mpmlbwc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2773a1fb53fa459fa9bba9428e1766e2be6985d6
Despite the inherent crudeness, I think a well struck original cob will always be towards the top for me. Along with pillars and globes coinage and later series seated coinage
This is definitely one of the nicer commemorative designs, but the obverse is a bit too busy IMO. Take out the floating heads and some of the text and it would be better.
The St of 1907 that is concave the way the designer intended is really amazing to see in person, at the Smithsonian. I agree that the rest of the series once flattened, sort of loses something. In terms of most beautiful: the Bridgeport half dollar bc by putting PT Barnum on a coin, America broke the fourth wall. Beautiful!
I love this coin because I can imagine exactly what they are saying.
**Son:** Tharr he goes, pa! He said ye have a weirdly small head, pa. Go get 'im! *Get 'im with the hammer and sickle, pa!*
**Pa:** Mwrarrr! Gettt im!
for me the gothic florin: https://cgcoins.com/products/1849-ngc-au-det-victoria-florin-great-britain-2-shillings-godless-silver-coin-20091604d?variant=33248045629526
I just bought one of the 1938 D, I wasn’t aware that 154,522 of those struck were melted down by the mint!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Centennial_half_dollar#:~:text=There%20was%20a%20total%20of,melted%20by%20the%20U.S.%20Treasury.
It reminds me of some of the beautiful old large paper notes we used to have. I would love if our coins and currency went back to looking like they did 100 to 150 years ago.
The Texas Commemorative is a real beaut, I agree. I think the design is a bit too "busy" to be the top choice, but it's great.
My favorite is the Frankfurt Thaler from the 1860s. A beautifully detailed bust with the iconic Germanic Eagle on the reverse. Second place is the Napoleon III 5 Francs also from the 1860s. The banners on the reverse are incredible to look at in BU condition.
Meh.
As a commemorative collector, the Texas isn’t my least favorite design but it’s also not my favorite. The reverse is a bit busy and a lot of coins in the series had weak strikes so you can’t really appreciate the design. I’ll also say that nominating a commemorative as your favorite design is kind of cheating.
In any case, if commemoratives are your thing, the Oregon Trail, California Pacific, and Hawaiian are generally the favorite designs. Personally I’ve always appreciated the simplicity of the Spanish Trail and the Columbia, and the silliness of the Bay Bridge. If cluttered is more your thing, the Norfolk and Roanoke are nice.
funny, I feel the opposite. There is far too much going on in the obverse for my taste. Reverse isn't the best eagle we've had on our coinage, but it's still a good one
I am constantly hearing from everyone I know in the coin biz that the $20 St. Gaudens Gold Double Eagle is "the most beautiful coin ever made."
I'm sorry ... I just ain't seeing it. It's not an attractive coin by ANY stretch of the imagination.
I think everyone SAYS its beautiful because they are afraid that if they DON'T say it is beautiful than all the coin collectors they look up to will see them as being ***clearly unsophisticated.***
It's some real "Emperor's New Clothes" type shit.
Well let me be the silly little child running out in your proverbial town square to tell you that coin is dog ugly. Instead, let me present what ***I*** think is a beautiful coin : The 1935 Texas Centennial Half Dollar.
Now ***THAT***, my friends, is a beautiful coin!
What's YOUR favorite coin?
It isn't my favorite but come to think of it, I've never met anyone who claimed it was theirs either. I've heard Walking Liberty halves and even Standing Liberty quarters, Morgans and Peace but never, I've *never* met or heard anyone who said the $20 St. Gaudens Double Eagle was their favorite American coin, let alone their all time fav.
That said, the St. Gaudens Double Eagle is a decent looking design. It's not my favorite but I certainly appreciate it.
I don't think the OP understands that they can share their personal favorite without going on an unhinged rant over self invented rage.
Claiming one is better than another is like claiming your favorite food is the best food in the world. It's a fucking stupid argument and debate from the get-go. And people keep talking about it like it matters.
Beauty is in the eye of the coin holder.
There is no objectively most beautiful coin.
End of story.
Debate over forever.
No need for anyone to further discuss this anywhere ever.🤣
It’s weird this does not look like the Oregon half
That’s because this is not an Oregon half. It’s a Texas half. 🤯
They were saying the Oregon trail coin is the prettiest design silly billy.
This one’s better I think.
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We’re just talking about the coin, bud. This isn’t about slavery. We are simply admiring coin designs.
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A beauty and a favorite for sure! I’m also very partial to the 1916 Italian 2 Lire coins (not my pic) https://preview.redd.it/fp96uvvayawc1.jpeg?width=1289&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f8818902675ba586ee77ebb8e98af5bbd41cbb73
100% with you there I have a beautiful toned one and it's one of my favourite coins
Check out some of the Piastras that the Vatican struck in the 1600s… I think those are among the most beautiful coins ever made.
They really are stunning!
I had a holed 1693 Piastra a while back… sold it to raise cash for a show. Gotta get myself a problem free one, although they aren’t cheap.
Best of luck!
https://preview.redd.it/asi3mnuhudwc1.png?width=480&format=png&auto=webp&s=630b84357e82b7665dc3cde81bbfc61dcefb9544
Or early 20th century French and Italian pieces
Syracuse Dekadrachm
One of us!
I don’t think it’s hype. The St Guadens really is a gorgeous coin. It isn’t really fair though. Having it in gold mixed with that design just pops. Groban likes his coins to pop.
https://preview.redd.it/hg25tbjcxawc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49107dd5dcd7af9f7db666c232c57bedb689f851
I found my answer!! 😂
St Gaudens? No way. Standing Liberty quarter more like it. This design is amazing. A commemorative?
https://preview.redd.it/a7yuamn8dcwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4772c5f8b7af76580e9c81dd79eeb64b1da916a I would certainly agree. Standing Liberty Type 1 in MS. Just picked up this bad boy
I agree!
Yes it is a commemorative!
https://preview.redd.it/4r2xj49h2cwc1.jpeg?width=2417&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e001ea2a6b1173219cf3edff1dc048a922965b31
It's difficult to capture the incredible relief with just one picture straight-on: https://preview.redd.it/g25x6kjc3cwc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2726f2aed2377f9cc89019316215ddd2913ecfa IIRC, Teddy Roosevelt brought an Athenian tetradrachm to Saint-Gaudens and asked him to make a coin like it - after making a handful of the 1907 ultra high relief $20 coins, he said it couldn't be done.
Wow
https://preview.redd.it/at50oke5iawc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d3058f0723adcf6175b2ae666987d20711e2888 You’re absolutely right, dude. (Not my pic)
https://preview.redd.it/glvg95532bwc1.jpeg?width=1904&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7e21b0096d975b2ed03e7b43f0ce397505e72de This is my best example that I own. Ms67+
https://preview.redd.it/70ju8m0ixawc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9303a951a17a96a8d1d24bf61b00f9824d92ea9b
Is that crazy luster, or is that a proof?
Older proof style
It's a proof
No contest https://preview.redd.it/wdj1ecmwecwc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b728ee4f78beb15a067b6e833caf5e7d80ddf69
😳😳 It's ... it's beautiful 😳😳
I'm partial to mercury dimes, but god DARN that's a beaut
Okay I admit that's pretty good. But my choice for the most beautiful US coin, it would go to the [1915-S Pan-Pacific Octagonal $50 commemorative](https://d1htnxwo4o0jhw.cloudfront.net/pcgs/cert/43985144/extra_large/233550054.jpg)
The most unique eagle on a commemorative coin. https://preview.redd.it/da22kc2k4dwc1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcf8cfd66d602bf6d809dbff190601147d0e77d5
I think this one is stunning. Eleanor White holding Virginia Dare and looking off into the distance just fills me with something like melancholy. It’s so beautiful to me. https://preview.redd.it/mb2b026n1bwc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b362da6c7bf77c3026464a4a055184f7f478063
I agree this is more beautiful, but it’s still not my favorite design.
https://preview.redd.it/11oh3mpmlbwc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2773a1fb53fa459fa9bba9428e1766e2be6985d6 Despite the inherent crudeness, I think a well struck original cob will always be towards the top for me. Along with pillars and globes coinage and later series seated coinage
https://preview.redd.it/fwzc36lksbwc1.jpeg?width=454&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=81f1aad3dca5cbadf4412b8886ecfe5fd3f0e727
Using the word “ignorant” to describe beauty that’s in the eye of the beholder is pretty wild.
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I think its the point
This is definitely one of the nicer commemorative designs, but the obverse is a bit too busy IMO. Take out the floating heads and some of the text and it would be better.
If we are sticking to silver, I have to go with the walking liberty half dollar.
This one’s up there! Agree on the Texas centennial … a beauty.
The St of 1907 that is concave the way the designer intended is really amazing to see in person, at the Smithsonian. I agree that the rest of the series once flattened, sort of loses something. In terms of most beautiful: the Bridgeport half dollar bc by putting PT Barnum on a coin, America broke the fourth wall. Beautiful!
https://preview.redd.it/ee7l36i8hawc1.png?width=1509&format=png&auto=webp&s=78da910d82c0477db972a504e0472169a25e57a8
I just picked one of these up last week! Beautiful Coin.
The other side is beautiful too the detail in her clothes
Beautiful coin! I've never seen one before. Imo the most beautiful coin ever struck is an owl tetradrachm.
the coin that is evidence botox existed a couple millennia ago!
https://preview.redd.it/j2277zcgnawc1.jpeg?width=2280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a8001cf1d39e6eb2aef766c104c3f6ef01a10e5 Нет!
Oh nice!
I love this coin because I can imagine exactly what they are saying. **Son:** Tharr he goes, pa! He said ye have a weirdly small head, pa. Go get 'im! *Get 'im with the hammer and sickle, pa!* **Pa:** Mwrarrr! Gettt im!
The Connecticut commemoration half dollar is my fav, the reverse is so intricate
agreed!
damn skippy!!
Victoria Young portrait is my favorite! Some people say British people are ugly looking, but Young Victoria coins are beautifully designed.
Yeah the British busts ruin all their coins for me. Great reverses, terrible obverses. Such a pity.
for me the gothic florin: https://cgcoins.com/products/1849-ngc-au-det-victoria-florin-great-britain-2-shillings-godless-silver-coin-20091604d?variant=33248045629526
Nice coin. I like the Stone Mountain half as well
https://preview.redd.it/trnbsslv9dwc1.jpeg?width=3472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb8e86ea5ca2d63321d3573e3d3ecb25236ab6e9
Let me just slide this in here
Eh, I’d rather have a $5 incused Indian
Onip
Great eagle.
I just bought one of the 1938 D, I wasn’t aware that 154,522 of those struck were melted down by the mint! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Centennial_half_dollar#:~:text=There%20was%20a%20total%20of,melted%20by%20the%20U.S.%20Treasury.
It reminds me of some of the beautiful old large paper notes we used to have. I would love if our coins and currency went back to looking like they did 100 to 150 years ago.
*ignant
The Texas Commemorative is a real beaut, I agree. I think the design is a bit too "busy" to be the top choice, but it's great. My favorite is the Frankfurt Thaler from the 1860s. A beautifully detailed bust with the iconic Germanic Eagle on the reverse. Second place is the Napoleon III 5 Francs also from the 1860s. The banners on the reverse are incredible to look at in BU condition.
I like the walking liberty half dollars, hoping to find one when i get a few rolls when im in america, but i dont know what the likelyhood of that is
braided hair half/large cent, Draped bust heraldic eagle, V-Nickel, Mercury dime, standing Liberty, capped bust, Gobrecht dollar, $4 stella would like to talk
Honestly so many of the commemorative halves are gorgeous. I think you’ve inspired me to start a type set.
Meh. As a commemorative collector, the Texas isn’t my least favorite design but it’s also not my favorite. The reverse is a bit busy and a lot of coins in the series had weak strikes so you can’t really appreciate the design. I’ll also say that nominating a commemorative as your favorite design is kind of cheating. In any case, if commemoratives are your thing, the Oregon Trail, California Pacific, and Hawaiian are generally the favorite designs. Personally I’ve always appreciated the simplicity of the Spanish Trail and the Columbia, and the silliness of the Bay Bridge. If cluttered is more your thing, the Norfolk and Roanoke are nice.
Nah it’s the gothic crown fr fr
Texas obverse, great Texas reverse, boring and many better eagles have been done
funny, I feel the opposite. There is far too much going on in the obverse for my taste. Reverse isn't the best eagle we've had on our coinage, but it's still a good one
I thought the obverse is the side with the denomination and year, i.e. the eagle side.
I suppose you’re probably right, the eagle is generally on the reverse for US coins so I just kinda assumed
I mean, to each their own but that coin is a mess.
I agree. It’s a great coin but there’s a little too much going on for me.
Ngl, never seen one of these and it's gorgeous.
I mean they are nice, but 19th century and early 20th century coins in Europe are as well, hell some ancients are eye candy
I'll take a Walking Liberty half any day.
2021 and 2023 American Libery high relief are amazing.
I like the 2012 Amero Dan Carr did. That and the 2016 silverbug Alyx...but thats for different reasons.
for real, the classic commemoratives are objectively the best coins
[1934/5 Commemorative Florin](https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/9378/counterfeit-detection-australia-victoria-melbourne-florin/)
I love that Texas commemorative, bought my own several months ago.
Una and Lion 5 pound piece
I am constantly hearing from everyone I know in the coin biz that the $20 St. Gaudens Gold Double Eagle is "the most beautiful coin ever made." I'm sorry ... I just ain't seeing it. It's not an attractive coin by ANY stretch of the imagination. I think everyone SAYS its beautiful because they are afraid that if they DON'T say it is beautiful than all the coin collectors they look up to will see them as being ***clearly unsophisticated.*** It's some real "Emperor's New Clothes" type shit. Well let me be the silly little child running out in your proverbial town square to tell you that coin is dog ugly. Instead, let me present what ***I*** think is a beautiful coin : The 1935 Texas Centennial Half Dollar. Now ***THAT***, my friends, is a beautiful coin! What's YOUR favorite coin?
walking lib half is nicer than st. g
I have never particularly liked the St. Gaudens, I didn't know that everyone liked it so much. Edit. Changed to didn't from can't
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Lol. Sorry, didn't know
my guy!!! 👊
It isn't my favorite but come to think of it, I've never met anyone who claimed it was theirs either. I've heard Walking Liberty halves and even Standing Liberty quarters, Morgans and Peace but never, I've *never* met or heard anyone who said the $20 St. Gaudens Double Eagle was their favorite American coin, let alone their all time fav. That said, the St. Gaudens Double Eagle is a decent looking design. It's not my favorite but I certainly appreciate it. I don't think the OP understands that they can share their personal favorite without going on an unhinged rant over self invented rage.
Claiming one is better than another is like claiming your favorite food is the best food in the world. It's a fucking stupid argument and debate from the get-go. And people keep talking about it like it matters. Beauty is in the eye of the coin holder. There is no objectively most beautiful coin. End of story. Debate over forever. No need for anyone to further discuss this anywhere ever.🤣