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Poland
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Ken_3567, I'd say that with a LOT of effort.. buying bulk lots for the common ones and the keys individually.. But - what's the difference between having 20 and 40 large-eagle 10 pfennig CN coins? It doesn't make your collection any more impressive. Neither does 20 more zinc swastikas. 20 Hindenburg 5 mark coins look like a hoard or dealer's lot more than a collection to me. What would impress me in a German collection: * the commemoratives - the obvious rarities of 1920s and early 1930s. * the unusual ones - the Wehrmacht series, occupation issues, colonies. Not a hoard of Hindenburgs  Poland is always collected by date. Since we have one mint, there are only WITH and WITHOUT mintmark varieties. Another thing I haven't noticed here is .. "buying an ugly coin in AG to fill a hole". That really baffled me at first. I was 'taught' to never buy that. Instead: a) wait and accumulate more money to buy a fairly nice coin, b) buy other coins in nice grade. Have a (rare) 1934 5 groszy in bad grade? UNSELLABLE. I know, I tried. The dealer told me nobody would even look at a coin like this. And it was fully recognizable and identifiable as original. Keeping coins. Up to a few years ago the PVC stuff was prevalent. Only then airtites and 2x2s became more widespread. Whitman-style albums appeared really recently and since not so long ago you can get a set of these from 1923 onwards, I believe. Not regarding collecting but exonumia - love tokens and holed&plugged coins - nothing like that here! That's all I can think of now.
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 United States
651 Posts |
Yep, Germany sure does have a lot...more than enough to keep you busy. Usually an AG purchase is one of impatience so saving for the better coin is always the better option unless it's truly rare in both mintage and price.
I'm trying to work on a type set based on my family history. My grandfather came from Poland (circa 1908) and since Russian coins were circulating from his birth (1885) to when he emigrated that's what I'm focusing on. Once he is done I'll work on my great grandfather (1841-1892). After this I'm done since I do not know my family history beyond that.
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Egypt
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Hi Kim,
Here in Egypt most of the collectors and almost all of the dealers are type collectors. For my self, I started as a type collector but found that it is more challenging to collect by date. Specially that I am interested in collecting Egyptian coins before 1950.
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United States
651 Posts |
So the tally for type set popularity so far is:
Europe - No (except for world coin sets)
Egypt - Yes
U.S. - Yes
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
1523 Posts |
I have a different style.
I collect Provincial Indian coins of Pre-1800.
My new MAIN goal is to collect 1400~1799 European coinage, mainly Hungary, Austria, German States/Germany and Polish coins, Occasianolly, if I get the oppurtunity, then french and British.
Aiming for nothing past 1800.
TheKid!
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Valued Member
Finland
294 Posts |
Here in Finland most of the collectors collects by date Finnish, Swedish or Russian coins because of historic connections. When I was a kid, I collected Finnish coins by date but sold the rest and kept only one example by type. On the same time I started with world coin collection by type. I just don't want to look (and buy) 25 coins with same design.
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Valued Member
United States
230 Posts |
I am an odd-ball creature. I collect only coins of Yugoslavia, and the republic states that were once part of Yugoslavia (Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Montenegro & Serbia). I collect by date/mintmark. I have ALL Yugoslavian circulation coinage issued since inception in 1919, all Slovenian circulation coinage since independence in 1991, all Macedonian circulation coinage since independene in 1991, most Croatian circulation coinage since independence in 1991, and most Bosnian circulation coinage since independence in 1992. Slowly adding in the NCLT commemoratives, but limited funds makes this a slow project. I will probably be expanding into Albanian coinage in the near future.
I guess I have the date/mintmark mentality of a US collector, but specialized in a different region of the world.
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New Member
United Kingdom
39 Posts |
My collecting style is a bit of everything. I'm not particularly interested in spans of dates, but rather 'sets' of coins, especially the issues of old European coinage before Euros came about. Along with that I like to collect other Crown Dependencies coinage like the Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Gibraltar. Unusually it seems here on this forum, I'm not bothered about getting BU or Proof coins - as long as it's relatively intact and looks different to what I'm used to I'm happy. Besides, I don't have the money for that kind of thing I'm only a student.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
1729 Posts |
I pretty much collect only what I like, based on the design of the coin, rather than as an investment. I've also been collecting coins from my birth year, 1945, although some war-ravaged countries in Europe apparently did not mint any coins in that year. I'm also happy as a clam going through grab-bags of foreign coins in search for "treasure". Old Romans also are of interest, although I'll never be able to afford a comprehensive set encompassing the range of Roman rulers.
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Valued Member
Spain
58 Posts |
I assume my collecting style isnīt representative.
I have a "three class collection":
- First class collection. Austrian coins before 1945 and coins of the territories under austrian administration (Hungary, Lombardy, etc.) before 1918. I collect by KM, and look for UNC coins when is possible. When the coin is not common, I accept VF. In the future I could collect different mints, but never, never, different dates.
- Second class collection. European coins (1900-1945). I have a weakness for the designs of silver coins in 1910-1940. I collect by KM, never by mint and never by date. I look for VF or UNC coins.
- Third class collection. Itīs a some kind of "caprice". Coins from arab countries from 1800-1945. I donīt have a defined collection style and I accept even F coins.
"Holed and modified coins", are a conflict. I have only one so far (30 kreuzer from Galicia-Lodomeria, 1776, with signs of having been used as a button), but Iīm considering collecting these coins when there is no possibility of having better grades.
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
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^ This sounds so good. That will be the general direction where my collection is heading once I finally get some interesting coins. Please tell me you have a 7 kreuzer coin for sale Edited by DL20K
09/03/2008 12:56 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
651 Posts |
Cool...I like it,a very organized and simple approach and you have a nice priority what to buy. I know when I started collecting it was anything shiny  It took me a long time to focus the old collection. |
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Poland
3201 Posts |
I couldn't call my collection "First class" though. I'd start with third |
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Spain
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Oh! You have read my mind! There are a pair of gaps in my kreuzers collection and 7 kreuzer coin is one of them! The problem is... I donīt want to pay too much.
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
3201 Posts |
No misundestanding, I hope, I don't have the 7 Kr. and I want to buy it.
However, I once had it - cleaned, scratched etc. and since it was really unattractive, I sold it. I do not regret selling it since it was a hideous example of the coin, however it does amaze me that I haven't seen that coin since (7-8 years).
Now I assume you've got lots of Austrian/Hungarian coins I'd love to have. But I don't have really anything "first class" to offer. That is, unless you want pre-war Poland. I've got a lot of those..
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