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Pillar of the Community
United States
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pennies-- alot out there and cheap
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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i lke the american peace and morgan
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Due to the fact you are from the UK I would look at some of the Britannia coins. Available in gold and silver and a variety of denominations, they also have different designs to choose from.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What are you wanting to collect, British or American?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If your thinking American coins, the Franklin Series can be had at or close to melt value
for the majority of the issues. Nice heavy album of silver when your done.
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United Kingdom
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i like the american coins kenringhold but I will buy some brittish and other countries but id like to get about 10 good american coins first silver first till funds alllow but for now silver, looking for nice coins but somthing that is also a good investment I'm not looking to buy to sell I intend to collect for the next 10 years or so.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To me, if you want impressive looking pieces, I would definitely say a Morgan, a Peace dollar, and Walking Liberty half. Great looking, hefty feeling, and the WL is such a beautiful design. |
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United States
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If you like collectible bullion,I like the Britannias alot, the Libertads from Mexico, the Panda of course, and the Australian Kookaburra (I have every one of them). Australia also has 1 oz. Koalas, and New Zealand has had a 1 oz. silver Kiwi coin. These all have proven to be excellent investments, plus look really cool. I just bought the regular bullion coins, not the proofs, which are very costly and amount to "gilding the lilly" in my opinion. |
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United States
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im with chasin....im all about the bullion 1 oz silver rounds....they are Gorgeous conversation pieces that get everyones attention when showing your collection....i just picked up a proof american silver eagle that comes with the velvet case, box, and certifcate of authenticity....nice to have one or two of them because of the lower mintages and easier storage!......also easier to resell later on because its got the .999 fine 1 troy ounce stamped right on the coin so theres no guessing what the value of silver is in that particular bullion.....food for thought!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Silver + investment = ASE |
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United States
447 Posts |
May I suggest completing a Dansco 7070 album.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Since your in the UK I suggest you look into European coins first. Attempting to collect US coins over there may be more expensive and not many available. Shipping from the USA to there too may boost up your cost. I don't collect foreign coins but have gone to some foreign coin shows here and they mostly appear to be much better in design than a pile of coins with dead presidents on them. With so many countries nearby, it might be fun to just try to put together a series of coins from each place. |
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that's a good one--- I'm around half done with mine. but being in the UK that might be kinda hard Quote:
May I suggest completing a Dansco 7070 album.
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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05/17/2011 2:44 pm
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United States
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Scotsman, When I went to Europe I collected all the coins of the EU prior to them having one common denomination. That is something that will have some value in the future as well as they were beautiful coins. So I take the suggestion that it might easier for you to collect coins of Europe than it would be of America. If you still want American coins, than the Morgan mints (Carson City most rare, New Orleans, San Francisco, Philadelphia main mint, and Denver only made in 1921) it might be cool to have a Mint set. Peace dollars were next they were made at 3 mints from 1921-1935 (Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco) and few years there were no coins minted. Currently minted are the American Silver eagle ( ASE) and they are minted from 1986-current with only one mint per year usually. The ASE have been minted at San Francisco than moved to Philadelphia for minting with an occasional West Point thrown in there. I recommend you pick up a coin book about Silver dollars and that may help your decision. Good luck it fun and very addictive. |
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When I went to Europe I collected all the coins of the EU prior to them having one common denomination. That is something that will have some value in the future as well as they were beautiful coins. So I take the suggestion that it might easier for you to collect coins of Europe than it would be of America. Many people I meet at coin shows have similar ideas of just that too. And as noted as those older ones fade away, the values of the older ones can only go up, up, up. Then too you have the advantage of coins from countries that actually may no longer exist. Also, do to your location I wonder just how difficult it could be to accumulate an Asian type collection. For versatility you have it so much better than us in the America's. My Son spent a semester of colledge at a you in Poland and sent me coins from all over the area. I didn't have the hart to tell him I don't collect foreign coins. |
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