Favorite coins

[drakesterling]

The Sydney Mint Sovereign. Both 'verses are gorgeous.

[trout]

The Sydney Mint Sovereign. Both 'verses are gorgeous.
Crikey mate I havent even finished the 50 cents and dollar coins yet and that is costing me a bloody fortune.
I will eventually get into our Aussie gold coins but the Silver buggers are keeping me poor at the moment:Alvarin_33:

:drooling::drooling::drooling::drooling:

[drakesterling]

The Sydney Mint Sovereign. Both 'verses are gorgeous.
Crikey mate I havent even finished the 50 cents and dollar coins yet and that is costing me a bloody fortune.
I will eventually get into our Aussie gold coins but the Silver buggers are keeping me poor at the moment:Alvarin_33:

:drooling::drooling::drooling::drooling:

Well, I only have one in my personal collection

[Splock]

My favourite coin design has been on coins since the French Revolution

Here's the one that first caught my eye



And here's the modern bullion 100 Euro coin that shares the same DNA

[keldaw]

does this penny have a broken N in penny ??

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[ausjack]

They look broken to me Kel :good:

[robbiegal]

does this penny have a broken N in penny ??

Yep bona fide broken N complete with spur
Good coin Kel

[keldaw]

does this penny have a broken N in penny ??

Yep bona fide broken N complete with spur
Good coin Kel

Robbie , what part do you call the spur please ??

[Mister T]

Robbie , what part do you call the spur please ??

The horizontal line just above the break in the N I think.

[autocoupler]

The horizontal line just above the break in the N I think.

Yes Kel / MT that's it. I think it's the result of an impression in the reverse die caused initially by a die clash. I'm just parroting what I've read on ACF :dodgy:

The pic below probably shows it a little clearer on a 1922 penny; what else :angel: Here's the incredible part for me at least :shock:, and that's the nice round dot above the second stroke of the first N, which I honestly haven't noticed before :yahoo: I'd like to think a sneaky mint employee left his mark for posterity, but looking at the depression below the bottom scroll and the odd die crack, it's likely to be from die damage. But I'm not believing that :whistle2:

[ausjack]

Didn't you know they all have that auto as it's the middle of the coin :mocking:

[autocoupler]

Ahar..so you do have a lathe in your shed AJ...you'd reckon the chinese could at least set their tools on centre

[Unicorn]

Nice one Auto. Cool dot!

Can you see the love heart cud just to the upper right of the lower scroll's centre? (I'm guessing the love heart is for AJ).

[ausjack]

Of course I have a lathe auto Yes they aren't very good at centring :blink:

:blush: your just so sweet Uni :give_heart:

[seedyrom]

1972 American Silver Dollar.

My mum had just a few world coins in a little silver box, about the size of a deck of cards. A few pre-decimal coins, and this "huge" American coin. I fell in love with it.
I'd sneak into her room, and take out the box from the back of her underwear drawer and stare at this coin. The feel between the fingers captivated me.
It is what established the wick inside me.


What lit the wick was a collection of world coins that I got from a kid in primary school.
I used to collect rocks (mainly quartz I'd picked up from a farm), and when I told a kid at school, he suggested I go to his place and we could trade. Turns out he wanted to trade coins for my rocks.
At one point after a few "trades", he said "why don't we just swap all of your rocks, for all of my coins".
It was probably 1 or 2 kgs of fairly diverse world coins. Nothing amazing, but to a 10 year old, it was an epic haul.
I remember his mother walking past his room, right as this was being proposed, and being aghast at what was happening.
"Zavic, are you sure about that?"
"Shut up mum, I know what I am doing".

And with that, I started collecting. I still feel a little bad about it, though he was certainly the one who initiated all of the outcomes.