Poll Question: If you could time travel and get any coin fresh from the Mint, which would it be and why?

1916 Standing Liberty Quarter!
Rarely available now. Steep price now. The most beautiful silver coin design was a product of the US Mint. My opinion, of course.

Horst, Address withheld

I would like to have a Dohleonega gold coin because it is one that I will probably not buy in today's market, but certainly would like to have.

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Any 1844 doubled-die New Orleans or Dahlonega gold coin.

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I have always enjoyed the Octagonal Panama-Pacific International Exposition $50 gold piece of 1915 from the San Francisco mint. I saw this coin as a very young person and fell in love with it. The designs on both the obverse and reverse are stunning. Minerva on the obverse represents wisdom, and an owl on the reverse also represents wisdom, with both sides having dolphins surrounding the outer edge of the coins’ obverse and reverse. It is interesting to know that the coin was minted at San Francisco, the same area that held the Panama Expo in 1915. It is the only legal tender coin I am aware of that was issued in different shapes. One round and one octagonal. At the time I saw this coin back in the early sixties, it was the highest U.S. gold denomination of its time. Quantities were very, very limited to 483 in round and 645 in octagonal. Fifty-plus dollars for a gold coin in 1915 was almost cost-prohibitive for most people. It is amazing that they have survived all these years. I would consider the Panama-Pacific International Exposition $50 Gold coin, the St. Gaudens $20 Double Eagle, the Walking Liberty Half Dollar, and the Standing Liberty Quarter the most beautiful artwork to ever be embodied on a U.S. coin.  

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1794 Flowing Hair Dollar to encase it into a holder. I’d also like the first CC Morgan and Trade Dollars of each year they were made. Also, encased in holders. Why the answer is that it would have best set off Carson City Morgan and Trade Dollars. The Flowing Hair Dollar because it is the first silver dollar.

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A Gobrecht Dollar because that flying eagle is the best coin design on any U.S. Coin! Bring back the (Flying Eagle Cent!)

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I would buy a 1950-proof set because I did not have the $2.70 to purchase it back then.

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The 1943 copper penny.

Michael Siano, Fernandina Beach, Fla.

1792 half disme.

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If I could travel in time and get any coin fresh from the Mint, it would be the 1964-D Peace dollar. It's too bad they 'allegedly' melted all of them. It would have been a great addition to the series in the same way the Morgan dollar was when it came back in 1921 after ceasing in 1904. The peace dollar did the same in 1964 after ceasing production in 1935. I would have been able to save a coin from being sucked back and destroyed, thanks to members of Congress.

Wayne Pearson, Union City, Ind.

The 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter. Unsurpassed beauty, rarity, and instant identity.

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1794 silver dollar.

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1815 Capped Bust 50c. My very favorite Type coin. The history of minting these old coins is amazing.

Jack Jarrett, Bloomingdale, Ill.

My first question is how long I could stay in the past, as that would determine what I could ultimately bring back.

If I could travel back in time and return again, I would go to the year 1799. How cool would it be to see the country near its infancy and Washington's last year alive? As for coins, I would go to the Philadelphia Mint and get as many nice examples of the 1799 large cent they had on hand. Since that year was notorious for pitted and rusted planchets, it would be nice to get some unc, problem-free coins. And while I am there, I would try to get many 1793 chain cents and wreath cents from local merchants and try and pick up 1796 and 1797 half dollars, and 1794 halves and 1796 quarters, and, of course, as many examples of the 1794 silver dollars as I could get. And as many early gold, $2.50, $5.00, and $10.00 eagles as I could get would make an incredible collection when I returned.

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For my first choice, I would go for the 1915 Pan-Pacific commemorative set, both for its beauty and its unique designs. For a second choice, I would go for the 1848 CAL quarter eagle, for the fact that it was struck in Philadelphia, but from California gold, and so marked. As a native Californian, I have always admired these issues.

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Well, let's say going back to early 1933 to gather up as many $20 double eagles from the Philadelphia Mint (obviously before the FDR executive order). Then we wouldn't have to suffer from the government's ridiculous claims that other 1933 double eagles were "stolen" (leading to the illegal confiscation of the Philadelphia family's holdings of 10 of these by the U.S. Mint and Secret Service). These should now be returned to their rightful owners (which is not the U.S. government or any of its agencies).  But then again, it was a court that was the puppet of the federal government that came to this decision (surprise, surprise!).

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This is something I often daydream about. I would hop in my DeLorean (ok, I'd have to borrow Doc's), go back to mid-1935 with my purse full of silver and gold to exchange into brand new sets of 1935 Bank of Canada bank notes in uncirculated condition. Especially the $25 & $500 bills; I'd get both English and French versions. I tell you, just thinking about this makes me so happy. I sure wish I could go back in time for these notes.

Miss Cassidy Stroud, Toronto, Canada