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United States
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Wouldn't Portugal be considered part of "Western Europe"? Yes, that includes a bunch of other countries, I only do Portugal. |
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I collect whole world, ancient mediaeval and modern, with a primary goal of "one from every country that has ever issued coins". But I do have some "favourites". I was born in Canada, so that's one country I am actively pursuing above others for at least a complete type collection and so that's the one I voted for. Living in Australia for almost my entire life, I of course have a large Australian collection, but that's mostly by default, having inherited a couple of mostly-complete collections. New Zealand, Britain, the USA, Germany and Japan are also strongly over-represented, mainly because I've either visited there myself or lots of friends/family have. Singapore and Thailand are also strong, because those are countries that people coming to Australia from Europe usually stop over at. The country that's most strongly represented despite never having been there nor had friends/family visit is France, and that's mainly because of its long and complex numismatic history. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Canada
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US, but intrigued by UK if not a little intimidated by the depth of coin history.
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United States
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 United States
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Ouch! I voted Western Europe, then realized my collection actually has more coins from Eastern Europe, but I was not allowed to edit my poll choice.  Quote:
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Wouldn't Portugal be considered part of "Western Europe"?
Yes, that includes a bunch of other countries, I only do Portugal. I would put most issuers south of the Alps in "Southern Europe" since that is one of the choices. So, Iberia, Italy, Greece would normally be considered Southern Europe. Issuers south of Alps that wound up in France might be considered Western Europe. Edited by tdziemia
12/06/2022 7:14 pm
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Australia
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Forgot the option for "All of the above".
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I only do Portugal. Helder could that possibly be because you are Portuguese ?  |
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United States
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I have gotten into world coins the last couple of years. I particularly like crown sized silver coins. http://goccf.com/t/415731 |
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 Australia
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Comeon you lazy folks, seriously get into voting !!! Comeon !!! Seriously Canada is winning, we NEED your VoTe ;) |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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My collecting strategy is exactly the same as that of Sap:
- all coins, ancient to modern, across the whole of numismatics.
That way, bargains are much easier to find.
Has to be excellent value for money at the time of purchase.
Also like Sap, I don't sell coins, my collection just keeps growing slowly, as it has done so for nearly 50 years.
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Canada
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World wide coin collector . Britiain U.S.A. Canada Latin America South America Asia Euro Asia Australia Chinese Japanese Oceania Western Europe Southern Europe Eastern Europe Africa .................  etc etc. Edited by Dorado
12/08/2022 3:33 pm
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United States
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Seriously Canada is winning, Did you think Oceania was going to win? World coins. Any date here |
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United States
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U.S. coins hands-down. With other world coins, I like thalers and other crown sized coins of the 1500's-1800's.
Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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United States
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As world coins go, 1782 Spanish Colonial with a notable temptation for chopmarked 8R. Then there are Siam / Thai coins from the 1860s-1940s which have several beautiful designs. More general, if its dated to an xy82, I wanna have it.
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Australia
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Seriously Canada is winning... In a poll posted with a title about "world coins", on a forum where, historically, three-quarters of the membership is from the United States (approx. 69800 out of 94700 members), I would entirely presume that "Canada would win". Most American coin collectors collect US coins exclusively; of the small minority that collect non-US coins, most would collect Canadian, since Canadian coins are the foreign coin they are most likely to find in change. The only reason America isn't winning, is that it would never occur to most Americans that "voting for America" would even be an option in a poll about "world coins". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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