What Do You Collect?

I live in the US and I collect both US and world coins and bank notes. When I voted I clicked the wrong choice

I am a new member and I live in the U.S. I mainly collect U.S. but hoard anything that resembles a coin or banknote. I do have quite a few Canadians since I lived up north when I was much younger.

Mr. Finger,

Yep. Pretty much the results I thought I would get.

Another thing he wrote was "Foreign coins just aren't readily available in the Midwest unless you order them on-line". (he lives in Hannibal, Missouri)

I live in the Midwest US (North Dakota) and my local coin shop has plenty of world coins to keep me happy for the foreseeable future!

Is there any other Midwesterners out there who can't find foreign coins at your local coin shop? (assuming you have a local coin shop)

OK, here's some more "hard data" for your consideration.

Over on the CU forums, they keep a register of members who have flagged an interest in each subforum. I've just counted: there are 66 members over in the world & ancient section, and 359 members registered in the US section.

Obviously, with a total membership in the thousands, most of the members of that forum haven't flagged any interest at all; but I think it's a reasonable assumption that the ratio should be more or less the same. And there'll be a lot of "crossover" members that collect both; some of these may have flagged in both, some only in one or the other, but again, I see no reason why it should alter the ratio much. It's also primarily a TPG forum, so there are practically no weird foreigner non-US-and-Canada members to contaminate the data.

But that still gives a ratio of only 5.4 : 1 - a far cry from the "500:1" the author of the whiny letter claims. I think this guy needs to be told to go soak his head in a bucket of ice-cold Morgans. It'll probably make him feel much better.

Anyway, it's every coin for me

I live in the U.S. and have a hard enough time collecting U.S. Coin only. Only way I know to get world coins is ebay or at a coin shows and in my local area there are only 3 shows each year -usually at a time when I seem to be low on cash. Could have an interest in World coins, which brings me to a question which I think I'll post in the World Coin section.

Definitely count as world coins. Better if they are circulated though. That way you know they have at least been to the country!

There are a few mints around the world that produce coins for many countries.

Just wondering, did you specifically collect them because of the US mints association, or was it coincidence?

QuickSilver -- I specifically chose coins minted by US mints to collect. Lincoln cents becoming to expensive and this is a cheap alternative.

Sort of on the fence though about collecting Franklin Mint coins. I do collect the older ones which were used by the countries, but not the newer ones which really don't circulate. So, I agree about circulated coins, so you know they were really used in the country.

I have even purchase a "mule" produced by the US mints for $25 (Philippines).

Terrell