What Do You Collect?

Oh and I used to collect minerals.

I have several collections at present, and will be paring them down somewhat.

US: Type Set (Dansco Album)
Half Cents by date
Large Cents by date
UK: Victoria Type Set
George IV Type Set
Florins by type
Shillings by type

Plus type sets for Canada and Australia, and (if that wasn't enough!!!) an OFEC collection that makes me crazy. I'll be dropping most of 'em including the US stuff to focus on the collections from Great Britain.

Harbour Lights sculptures - Military (Civil War, WWI, WWII) - Metal Detecting - Movies (DVD only, 513 in inventory) - Pepsi collectibles - Vanmark figurines (Civil War) - Corgi Diecast (Military) - Great Lakes Ships (boatnerd) - Anchor Bay sculptures - Antiques - Coins - Vegas - Hunting & Fishing - Antique postcards (Lighthouses, ships).

Hey ND, I have some Titanic coal. Purchased it at the Titanic exhibit when it was at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

Well, I have a number of collections:

1) Circulated Lincoln Cents 1909-1929 by date and MM, completed;
2) BU/PF Lincoln Cents 1930-2005 by date and MM, completed;
3) Circulated US Half Dollars 1794-2005 by date and MM, complete from 1916-2005;
4) "Holed" Dansco 7070 US Type Set, just started;
5) Circulated Merury Dimes 1916-1945 by date and MM, missing 18 coins;
6) Circulated Liberty nickels 1883-1912 by date and MM, missing 13 coins;
7) Finally, my most recently started collection...an Ultimate US Type Set. This set includes every official USA coin type and MM combination from 1/2¢ through $100 platinum bullion, 1793-2005. There are currently 668 coins needed to complete the sets and I have only about 100 of them right now (my start was a near complete 7070 set), so this is definately a long term project. I intend to try to do a good job with this set, meaning that many of the coins will be MS/PF and the really expensive ones I will try to stay at XF or better. I expect this set to consume the better part of my coin budget for most of the rest of my collecting life (I'm 27 now, so I still got a ways to go), but I'm really looking forward to the chase!

I am a full time coin currency and bullion dealer, but I don't collect any of them. I decided when I wanted to do this for a living that it wouldn't be fair to my customers or my checkbook if I kept the better stuff for myself...so I sell everything I buy, and sometimes that makes me very sad. I do have a few coins from my childhood that have no real value, but I don't actively collect coins.

I do however collect palm trees. My Florida yard is sprinkled with a wide variety of palms, some exotic, some common. I'm eagerly seeking a Caryota Gigas, if anyone has a duplicate they wouldn't mind parting with
Here's a picture of me working in my yard
Here's a picture of me when it's raining and I can't play in the yard
Hope now y'all know a little more about me.
Nick

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Originally posted by Mike

Maybe we have the future " Louis Eliasberg" in our midst! Mike

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ummm... I doubt it. His collection included many great rarities in fabulous condition, while mine (with a few exceptions) is much more affordable. Looking over the list there are nine coins that currently sell for more than $25k in XF and only 2 that are over 100K (1861 Paquet Reverse Double Eagle and the 1849 C Open Wreath $1 Gold). Both of those are probably forever outside my budget, but I can dream, right


edit:I went and counted and it looks like only 85 coins from the set (of 670 total) list at $1000 or more in XF, so if I save those for last then I have 585 coins that are reasonable to get, before I have to start worrying about the exspensive stuff.

Steve E.

Those $10.00 silver gambing chips are pretty easy to come by. Almost every casino has a couple of machines that dispense them and because of the advertising value they make them pretty easy to win. They are now producing $20.00 varieties. They make a beautiful collection.

catman

I collect most all US and world tokens and medals as well as most all
world coins back to 1800 and older Chinese coins. I also collect modern
US and specialize in modern US and world base metal coins.