What do you think is the most beautiful US coin?

I don’t want to exclude anyone so if your favorite coin is foreign feel free to share .

On that note:

American history stretches back to the 18th century and there are even coins from prior to that like the Oak Shillings and stuff and I will count those as American if they have an American design like how the Oak Shilling says “Massachusetts” on it.

This one was minted in 1652 which is over a century before America as a nation was born but it was commonly used in what is now America among pilgrims who eventually became Americans so it counts. (picture below).

My choice is the Turban Head $10 Gold Eagle. I think it’s a beautiful coin with a lot of symbolism. It got a lot of criticism in it’s day due to the Eagle looking “weak & scrawny”, but at that time America was a weak & scrawny nation.

It’s just a beautiful coin.

Your turn!

 

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I like Gold , especially this one .

 

Yes, I like gold, too.
Especially this one.

 

Very nice! Can I see the teverse?

 

Why that one in particular?

 

Has to be the 1907 High Relief Saint-Gaudens.

Not only for the designs on the obverse and reverse, but also for the high relief concave structural design:

 

We all know it's the Effigy Mounds!!

But tbh, I'd say it's the type 1 SLQ, even though mine's worn, I'm sure an UNC coin would be an absolute eye candy!

 

To be honest, speaking only for myself, I’m not really into the whole “type” coins thing. Like high relief, wired rim, proof, etc.,

Sure they look good but the design is the same. It’s still Lady Liberty on the obverse and a flying Eagle on the reverse.

 

Dudeee!! Yes!!!

I - Edited - love those big fat $50 gold coins!

I want this one myself! But I’ll never get one.

 

To each his own ....the different types of 1907 Saints HR's is not the same as a "type" collection, as I undestand it.

You'd only need one 1907 Saint HR for a type collection....there are different VARIETIES of 1907 HR Saints as there are varieties of Saints from 1907-33.

I'm not sure what "type" collecting of "types of varieties" of coins has to do with your OP....many coins have the patterns continue for many years, which is what happened with Saints and other Double Eagles with only mint marks and years changing. Other coins have gone unchanged or with the slightest change for even longer, multiple decades.

 

I only called it a “type” because I didn’t know what else to call it. Basically I meant all the different ways they’re minted like “high relief” or “wired rim”. I just wasn’t sure what to call them. Varieties?

 

Nice you picked a silver coin!

I know most people pick gold coins but silver coins can be just as beautiful or even more so.

The value of the coin is not connected to it’s beauty as a design. Even a cheap (compared to gold) coin like a Lincoln cent can, or a buffalo nickel can and do have amazing designs.

Great choice!

 

Good question...I agree with you on the different "varieties" of 1907 HR Saints....but this coin is definitely different from the Arabic numeral low-relief designs of 1907-33.

To me, if you have just 1 of the 1907 HR Saint, that's enough. Maybe some collectors need to have the 2 different fin/edge types, but that's just someone's level of commitment that another person doesn't have to share.

Roger Burdette and others are now coming out with die varieties for Saints which could really segment the years and mintmarks.

 

I’m guessing the collectors who need all of the different types & varieties are the ones with very deep pockets? I know a coin shop owner who collects both St. Gauden’s Double Eagles and Liberty Double Eagles and he’s not even close to even getting just all the dates, let alone mints, and then going into varieties would just require a very large income.

Definitely not an average collector. Heck they refer to the Morgan Dollar collectors as the “doctor & lawyer” collection. I imagine a full collection with all mints, types and varieties of Double Eagles would be millions of dollars.

 

I actually like the Effigy Mounds design, but I have a connection to the area.

To me the St Gaudens DE is overrated - her left leg is both inside and outside her dress, the sun apparently radiates from two different points, her right foot is what? a stump?, her right hand is gripping all the way around a torch that can't possibly fit in her hand, her face looks like a Trojan helmet and she's wearing a sack. There, I said it.

The buffalo nickel is a true icon of Americana. Walking Liberty also gets my vote - best eagle.

 

It’s funny you mention that. From the moment I saw the St. Gaudens I always hated the front but my love of the reverse and that perfect eagle outweighed my dislike of the obverse.

I really like the Liberty Head Double Eagle reverse too. It looks very busy and proud while also being strong.

 

You rang?

 

Danggggg!!! <3

That toning is so beautiful!

Good God that’s one thing I love about silver is it’s potential to tone into so many beautiful colors.

Amazing!