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United States
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So I am lucky enough that my wife shares this hobby with me and we get to go to shows together. For the most part I have been collecting US and Mexico, While she has nearly completed a Canadian and French Type set (France 1793-present). However for the last year or so when ever we go to shows, she is noticing that there really isn't much left for her to "look" at. we both have been having troubles thinking of something fun for her to collect. We have the PNNA show in Portland coming up in about 45 days, and I want to come up with some ideas for her. She liked canada because it was fairly easy, and France because that is the one part of her heritage she identifies with. She has said she likes the idea of type sets because its much more varied and interesting, but she finds most country's coins to be 'uninteresting' (sorry  ). Ideas? |
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United States
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She could always come to the "Dark Side" and go with currency. Both Canadian and French banknotes are very collectible. They are also historically interesting and there are some very beautiful notes. Foreign currency dealers are almost always at the shows and just weeding through their offerings will definitely present you with a lot of collecting possibilities!
Edited by Jimjumper
08/16/2013 11:43 am
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 United States
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Hmmm hadn't thought of that. Thanks for the idea. Can;t wait to hear more too.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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She could collect a 'theme'. My husband and I are animal lovers so for fun we search junk bins for critter coins. There are a lot with birds on them.
But she could collect portraits, or flowers, or machines....anything. Our only rule is that since it's just for fun, the coins must be inexpensive.
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United States
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Why not Belgium or Switzerland? They both use Francs too. She could also branch out to French colonial stuff.
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United States
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What about a OFEC set? Or possibly go with a theme set. Like Buddy said, I am a biologist so I also did an animal and plant set. But there are many other possibilities such as knives, firearms, technology, industry, and the list goes on and on. Most of these you can find cheap. Just my thoughts. Could also do sets like every country involved in a particular war. I have seen many different sets that people put together. Really neat to see what they come up with.
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Germany
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I'd say German coins are really good to collect. You could do post WW1 coins they are okay and easy to collect, but it's when you start collecting pre-WW1 that it gets interesting, there are so many different coins, different rules of a slither of land who made their own coins.
Notgled might also be a great way of seeing something interesting, you basically can't get anywhere close to completing Notgeld and most of it is cheap.
Or you could go somewhere different and try Asian coins. Not only do you have to deal with a market where 1 in every 10 might be real (so you have to be really knowledgeable, and this might be fun for you) but the prices are rising for some of the stuff, and you'd have to learn some chinese characters which might make it even more interesting.
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Australia
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Why not an Aussie Type set, That should keep her going for quite a while  |
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 United States
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other type suggestions: besides US coins, I also have a collection of coins from countries I have visited, and world coins from my birth year |
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United States
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Good suggestions everyone. Keep them coming!
I'll be going over some of these ideas with her.
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Canada
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A Canadian type set isn't too hard (although the 20-cent is a costly type), and there's plenty of room for expansion. And there's not much expensive gold (two coins, $5 and $10) Then, for added challenge, you can add the provincial issues of Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and PEI.
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08/18/2013 11:53 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2120 Posts |
nalaberong, She's pretty much already finished a Canada type set with provincial issues. but thanks for contributing! |
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Germany
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Another one I heard about is trying to get one of every denomination. So a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 etc. Might be hard to get some, but that could be a challenge that doesn't involve too many coins!
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Canada
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I went from one of everything (2800ish typeset world coins) down to one from each country (239).
I also keep my home country Canada binder, and an Austrian (ancestors), plus UK and Russian binder.
I find the Russian stuff really interesting, they've seen just about every political system in the last 200 years and the coin designs are unique and vary a great deal.
The UK has so much history, plus the coins are readily available at reasonable prices.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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How about birth year sets for family members, including ancestors? It could get interesting if you go back far enough -- to the old country. Most of my grandparents were immigrants and I wonder if I could find European coins from the late 1800's, or if I could afford them..... |
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Australia
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How about French colony coinage (excluding Canada)? You might be amazed over how difficult some of those coins can be!
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