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That's interesting because I'm so different.
I have a fair bit of NCLT and almost all of it has stunning designs.
I have no problem with FAO, except that I would like FAO to list all they've issued with images and specifications on their website.
I dislike generic rounds irrespective of the metal content unless they have a really nice design, in which case I regard it as a medal.
I like Arabic/Indian coins that I can't identify; I'm hopeful that someone on CCF can. I can't read Arabic, Hindi or Hebrew nor do I have a very good catalogue. However, I tear my hair out on Israeli coins because the stylised Hebrew letters either look nothing like those in KM or look like several letters.
I love variety coins, it's always a pleasure to find something new to me - I think my lifelong interest in mathematics has led to my interest in mysteries and different patterns.
I would hope that anyone that sent me a coin would state its identity/variety.
Note that I specifically mentioned "ugly" NCLT. I admit a lot of it is stunning; I don't have much but that's mainly because most of these coins are very expensive (even when they're not silver).
FAO is notorious for producing loads of coins for obscure countries... the first dozen or so FAO coins I've seen were either for obscure places (including, IIRC, North Korea, whose coins never feel real for some reason) or looking a lot like NCLT (or, in several cases, both).
I've since realized that their coins are just as normal as any others (and not any worse than, I dunno, coins about Olympics or football championships... I'm looking at you Spain '82).
I agree with your opinion on generic rounds, by the way.
On Arabic/Indian coins - well, I suppose it depends on the whole "sight unseen" thing. I don't want to buy a cat in a bag (so to say). Never had problems on Israeli stuff, except for a few coins too far corroded to identify the date, but, well, I've spent a total of roughly a year of my childhood in Israel...
On varieties - I'm also interested in mathematics, and you should've seen my attempts at calculating exactly how many percent of modern 10 kopek coins show a die clash (ultimately, even when based on hundreds of coins, results fluctuated somewhere between 10 and 15 percent, and I've never figured out why... or why so many, for that matter). I do recall sending, in one of the gifts, a coin with an obscure error, but I thought that the error in question was particularly funny, and the coin was pretty interesting anyway.
And I'm not sure we're talking about the same kind of variety... in my original description, I meant something minor, like an overdate or repunched mintmark or something of that sort, not something that would have its own KM number.
By the way, Pertinax, did you know that your post count was 1111 after you made that post?
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I think you guys are making it too difficult. Just send something you think that another coin collector would find fun to receive and don't be a total cheapskate. Simple concept if you don't over think it.
This is my opinion basically.
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Posted 10/24/2014 12:32 pm
