Favorite / Prettiest/ most significant silver coin, bar, or round around ???

[Curto]

The Draped Bust silver dollar is my favorite. The obverse depicts Anne Bingham from a Gilbert Stuart portrait. Anne Bingham died at the young age of 36 and is buried in Bermuda.
The city of Binghamton, NY was built on land owned by her husband, William Bingham.
This particular coin has several visible die cracks that give great character. The toning is beautiful and the coin graded AU58 details (improperly cleaned).
At 39-40 mm diameter, early dollars are the largest coins ever minted for circulation.

The USA seems to have started downhill when pretty lady liberty was replaced by old dead presidents and Ben Franklin.

[windweaver77]

The Draped Bust silver dollar is my favorite. The obverse depicts Anne Bingham from a Gilbert Stuart portrait. Anne Bingham died at the young age of 36 and is buried in Bermuda.
The city of Binghamton, NY was built on land owned by her husband, William Bingham.
This particular coin has several visible die cracks that give great character. The toning is beautiful and the coin graded AU58 details (improperly cleaned).
At 39-40 mm diameter, early dollars are the largest coins ever minted for circulation.

The USA seems to have started downhill when pretty lady liberty was replaced by old dead presidents and Ben Franklin.

I prefer the small eagle ( reminds me of the contemporary Austrian coinage designs) to the Heraldic eagle design... But Love these early American coins... Not that I could afford to even look at one funny haha

[darkseid1998]

My most treasured of the silver coins is my 1795 flowing hair silver dollar. I have only one of the silver dollars but I also have the lower denominations as well. I also have 2 flowing hair half dollars, and 1 cull flowing hair half dime. They are all 1795 because they only struck them for 2 years. The 1794 ones are worth more and were more rare but alas I don't have these at this rare date. These silver coins belonged to my great grandfather who moved to America in California during the 1800s. He was a British trademan who married a daughter of a Chinese railworker so I do have some British blood in me but mostly Chinese because the rest of hy predecessors married Chinese women and I am blessed with having inherited a treasure's chest of historic coins.
These flowing hair silver coins were designed by Robert Scot.
They were struck at the Philadelphia Mint
The metal content is 90% silver, 10% copper (actual metal unlike roosies or ben franks at 71% silver and 29% zinc, copper, and nickel).
It is about 39-40 mm.
My silver dollar was graded G-4 by PCGS. I guess because it has lots of scratches on it. My 2 flowing hair halves are each graded at F-12 and VG-8 by PCGS. Boy are they strict even on these old coins but they are the most trusted.
I love the lady liberty's original design in front and even the successor the Draped Bust and Capped Bust. I'm a big fan of the movie celebrity Saoirse Ronin from "The Host" and this flowing hair coin reminds me of her.
The back has a wreath and a slim eagle. There is nothing indicating the denomination on the older coins before they went downhill with the presidents. I suppose they measured payment by weight instead.

[Freedom]

I like this bar...it is chunky!

[ParlayTheHard8]

I like this bar...it is chunky!

I'll bet that baby is thick!

[captainsilverton]

i have many favorites, too many, i bet like us all...

so quickly tough, one coin has much significance to me... i may start carrying one as "my piece", but i'm too frugal so far... still love carrying my 1986 ASE, with a few initials hand stamped, into the obverse, by me, getting a tad pocket worn, never polished, often fondled...ha.. always a bit of US 90% is on or around my body, if the right pants and pockets are on myself, or in my always carried, backpack if i feel my pockets may not be safe... it varies... the Palau memento mori coin and it is a coin by definition...it has been my favorite in "meaning" for a few years now, suppose so because i have seen death, as we most all have, and i have a zest for life, at least i feel i do... that's all that matters in my little mind... hence i choose the coin in the photos i attached...

my grandparents, i was there at their sides, their death, all 3...my parents, i was there at their side, individually...my sister at age 53, after a multi year battle with cancer, i was at her side, my father in law also, the attendance of too many funerals and memorials....i have been too close to my own death, not once, nor twice, but a few times, and like us all? maybe several times with us quite not knowing, the timing, conditions, the way it played out, it was just not quite lined up properly for us to know how close we just were to death...

also, a few times in my own life, so far... a significant car accident as a passenger, where others died, two disabled for life, still living with the disabilities... i walked away, and pulled out those that i could, i was 15 the youngest in the vehicle of teenager's...

again, next i was ordered, put, in the heart of darkness as a solider, wounded severely, several holes in and through my body tissue..... in a few places, in my opinion great spots !!!... missing all major organs and skeletal structures, though doing much damage, to vascular and muscle and tissue areas, with a bit of frayed neurology of superficial and a few main nerves.... especially considered so close to death due to blood loss and projectiles that could have struck deadly places, bodily....more so, if i was not close to medical help, which i was fortunately...twice in 17 months to the day, from shrapnel and small arms munitions...both those times as others next to me, as we fought as a group, several lost their lives, along with their chance to seize the day inches to feet away from me...

i worked in a hospital for a very small time frame, after receiving my Bachelors of Science degree in respiratory therapy, after a few months in the field, in two hospitals after school, working as a neonatal, ER, and trauma, ICU therapist, my job was to keep a patent airway, no matter to what degree and keep the patient oxygenated, any way needed, and many other duties.... i gravitated towards the critical care patient of varying age, disease or trauma, acuteness or even chronic entity, and did well at it, enjoyed it...just not for long, sick and dying people as my 40 hour week lost its appeal, sorry, apathy? a weakness? hmm, still not sure...though i gave it my all with all that i did in that little medical field,....too much death for me, maybe...

as an avid, aggressive riding motorcyclist, who over 35 plus years of hard riding, still pushing the limits when the calculated risks are somewhat in my favor, memento mori is in the forefront of my mind... i had ridden with guys over the years, in groups, as one, or they lost their lives, a few times, acquaintances, but still.... i had the opportunity to see and i did, i saw death in an impassioned "sport", one that i love.... yes sport touring is a recreational "sport" for me/we....

i have had several accidents, 2 of which were close enough to clinical death, though somehow, so far, the white light seen?, like a flame losing its flicker, i turned back to mortal life... i am always still here, for now, to love life, though i, nor most, do not know the day that their mortality will be called upon, and taken...i find that motivating in a serene way....

...so this SKULL round serves to remind me of seizing the day, living life, do what can be done to help others while here, and after life that creed should be remembered by those i love...

death can be but just one breath away, like all predictions, our mortality is a known entity but when and why and how possibly never known, intriguing at a minimum, no?...

to me the phrase (carpe diem) refers to the opportunity side of things where you just grab what you can out of life, daily, hourly, each heart beating second, and work hard to be successful for others you love, and who love you...
keep them focused over work in their minds, and mine...time flies !.....

one must always, as often as possible seize the good things in life, such as, love, caring, giving,fostering, helping, self health and wealth, but taking too, take a lot from what life offers, if possible, etc etc etc, it's almost an oxymoron, well kinda?......because life? it may not be there tomorrow for us to fulfill...

while the phrase(memento mori), refers to the reminder also, for moderation or extreme living, but with humility by being humble, depending on one's personality, fears and loves should be sacred they will be gone...i know where my personality lies... a reminder that not all success is permanent, so there is no point in being too proud...hell man you could be next, i don't forget that...

this image and phrasing, soon to be a another tattoo.... on my left forearm, closest to my heart....my son also rode up my ST1300, my beaST, so i can grab a few rides while up in here Massachusetts..... the bike growls like a bear, one reason i bought it, actually a lot of other good mechanicals with full power and agility at speed, a lot comes with that growl, and it holds a bunch of sheeeeeet if you are traveling, storage wise too, add a large waterproof sack if solo and some bungies, you can carry a bit...okay, anyway.. i'm done

carpe diem...... a good nutritious lunch is done!!, been running since well before damn.... good question OP, this type thread, it comes up now and then, always good to see refreshing photos of favs ad why......

so, to quickly finish, this coin holds much significance to me, "the meaning", the obverse skull design, low mintage, in that order.... we have happened upon 4 of them at very decent prices soon after they were first put out, i believe we so far have bought 8, several of them in that one buy... of them so far, 3 remain, we gifted 4 at this point to close folks, that are very like minded with us in many ways.. i keep one out in the house, along with some other favs to look at, some touchable... i also was able to turn on a few forum members who PMed me and questioned me about acquiring, as this round was my avatar for awhile...... they wanted one and wanted to know the mint, it was for them too...
i could post up many older US constitutional coins, assorted rounds, bars, as the OP asks...this simple little 1 ounce collectors round wins out because of my personal relationship and view of the rounds inscription, on the obverse, hey the freakin skull is well cameo-ed too, well struck, quality round, much better then my photos show, they were stored one my tablet..republic of palau mints up some commemorative legal tender coins...

thanks op...

INMA

[captainsilverton]

Where do you get one of those coins with the pretty girl(at close to spot) and from a place where one knows one is not ordering a fake? "Freedom" and a pretty girl in on's pocket should bring good luck

there are probably no fakes yet. LOL

ebay!!!!!!!!! they are all over, prices dropping.... but you will pay a premium..


INMA

[shel8483]

I like the Opal series coins. I think they are the nicest coin as good as any I've seen. On the old side a ms 64 or better Morgan is tough to beat.

[ThePMetalStacker]

The Draped Bust silver dollar is my favorite. The obverse depicts Anne Bingham from a Gilbert Stuart portrait. Anne Bingham died at the young age of 36 and is buried in Bermuda.
The city of Binghamton, NY was built on land owned by her husband, William Bingham.
This particular coin has several visible die cracks that give great character. The toning is beautiful and the coin graded AU58 details (improperly cleaned).
At 39-40 mm diameter, early dollars are the largest coins ever minted for circulation.

The USA seems to have started downhill when pretty lady liberty was replaced by old dead presidents and Ben Franklin.

Big fan of the draped bust dollar as well. Also, this 1782 1 Reale which I dug up two weeks ago at a school in CT.

[ThePMetalStacker]

there are probably no fakes yet. LOL

ebay!!!!!!!!! they are all over, prices dropping.... but you will pay a premium..


INMA

LOL I bought a bunch of freedom girls on the 4th at spot!