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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have coins from Argentina to Zanzibar...A to Z...and everywhere in between. My main focus is US coins and currency, so my foreign coins and currency are for sale or trade...email if interested. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
535 Posts |
I have a very narrow focus of numismatics. I only collect flat, round (or other shaped) pieces of metal, wood, or plastic that have things stamped, written, or engraved on them. I narrow this down further by limiting my collection to those pieces that have been produced by a governement (or other organization) for a reason (or just for fun). I try to limit myself to those pieces that will fit in a 2x2, however I have recently found 2.5" x 2.5" cardboard holders. God help me if they start making 2x2's big enough for manhole covers.
The collection I activly work on is Canadian silver coins. Right now, I'm focusing on dollars. However, while I do that I keep every world coin I can get my hands on. I collect each coin from each country by date and mint mark. I guess you could say it is a cataloged hoard? I've got lots of duplicates that I need to either sell or trade.
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Poland
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I have coins from Poland, Russia and France.
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Valued Member
Lithuania
72 Posts |
I collect world coins. First of all commemorative coins.
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France
285 Posts |
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Rest in Peace
United States
2884 Posts |
Australian and Canadian. Mike  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
790 Posts |
I collect coins from everywhere but my focus depends on which coins I happened to find a deal on recently. I'm trying to fill in a collection of British coppers from Victoria to decimalization. I'm working on French coppers from Napoleon III to WWII.
I've always had a particular attraction to British colonials. I've also been trying to fill a preindependence set from Seychelles (I'm down to only 3 coins left and they are scarce). I'm only missing a 1967 six pence to finish out my second predecimilization set from Fiji.
I also have a one from each country set with 382 different places as of now. Perhaps somewhat uniquely, I'm also trying to assemble a one of each value set. For example, 1 Afghani, 1 1/4 Centesimi, 1 1/2 Pence, 2 Reales, 2 1/2 Gulden, etc. My set ranges from 1/80 to 250,000.
Mainly, I do not collect for profit, I collect for fun and history.
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Australia
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Jays-Dad, how many coins are in your value set?, thats an interesting way of doing it!
I also have them from everywhere, sorted geographically. Strongest areas are (in order from most to least) Australia, UK, France, Germany
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1840 Posts |
Jays-Dad - You gotta be kidding me! I'm piecing together a Seychelles circulated coinage set. If you shop ebay, we've probably been bidding on the same coins. Seems like the tough one to find at a reasonable price is the 1939 1/2 Rupee. By the way, I started this set because I already had many of the coins due to my fish-themed collection. What made you decide on the Seychelles?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Generally anything that goes in the pocket and has a little bit of rarity, but at a cost and condition where pocket wear will not spoil it. Heavy copper and silver coins especially. French revolutionary, Russian and Finnish imperial, Swedish, Canadian, English 1500-1900, Dutch, Spanish. Today for instance my pocket contained a 5/4K Union Force 5 franc, a 1793W 1 sol tablet, a 5A 5 centime, and a 1670 Potosi 4 reales cob. Tomorrow is another day.....
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
Edited by thq
12/06/2007 5:47 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
790 Posts |
As of now, my one of each denomination set has 60 different denominations, listed below. I want this set to be free from commemoratives, only circulating coins, but a few commemoratives slipped in there.
1/80 Riyal
1/48 Thaler
1/40 Qirsh
1/26 Shilling
1/24 Thaler
1/16 Rupee
1/13 Shilling
1/12 Thaler
1/10 Penny
1/8 Baht
1/6 Ore
1/5 Sol
2/10 Qirsh
(I know! Its a little cheat)
1/4 Anna
1/3 Farthing
1/2 Stuber
5/10 Kreuzer
(Whoops, cheated again!)
2/3 Batzen
1 Afghani
1 1/4 Centesimos
1 1/2 Pence
2 Reales
2 1/2 Gulden
3 Dokda
4 Dollars
4 1/2 Piastres
5 Pfennig
6 Grote
6 1/4 Centimes
7 Kreuzer
7 1/2 Dollars
8 Deniers
9 Piastres
10 Fils
12 Deniers
12 1/2 Centavos
15 Kopeks
16 Gute Groschen
20 Ouguiya
25 Francs
30 Drachmai
40 Centavos
50 Centimes
60 Centavos
80 Reis
100 Dirhams
200 Mark
250 Prutah
300 Reis
400 Reis
500 Australes
1000 Pesos
2000 Reis
2500 Lira
5000 Lira
10000 Soles
25000 Lei
100000 Lei
200000 Karbovantsiv
250000 Lira
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Pillar of the Community
United States
790 Posts |
Snowman,
I knew that I wasn't the only one chasing down Seychelles. Rare ones that have little "value" are selling for far more than they are worth.
I'm missing these:
1971 Five Cents
1969 Ten Cents (nonproof)
1970 Ten Cents
1967 1 Rupee
1972 5 Rupees (silver)
As for the 1939 half rupee, I've got three of them and would trade a VG specimen for any of the above listed. For that matter, anyone got any of these?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1840 Posts |
Sorry, the only duplicates that I have are the FAO coins. There's certainly no shortage of those.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
560 Posts |
I have coins from several different countries including Ecuador, Costa Rica, Australia, Mexico, Canada, French Polynesia, and several others. Whenever I visit a foreign country I don't spend any change, although this sometimes makes for very heavy pockets on the return trip. I also have a selection of bills from the above countries. No specific focus, just hoarding because it's fun!
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Valued Member
Ireland
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i collect from everywhere! :)
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