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I agree with Freespeech and Brandmeister on world birthyear collection. You could do it and your kids could do theirs.
Great way to learn world geography and history.
Maybe CCF members would send you some coins to get you started.
Edited by tdziemia
01/28/2026 1:52 pm
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Thank you all so much for taking the time to share ideas. I really like the birth year concept since it has personal meaning. This is exactly what I hoped for by posting. Thanks!
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Although coat of arms sounds pretty cool too!  |
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I do have a couple of those, JBuck!
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I do have a couple of those, JBuck! Always room for more!  |
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Several years ago I got the doldrums from my "normal" collection (cents, nickels, quarters...ect) then someone on another site posted about their coin with Portuguese Explorer Vasco da Gama's portit on it and that set me down the road of collecting coins with explorers and/or their mode of transportation. Prior to that I was just into US coins, now I'm traveling around the world through these coins enjoying the artwork along with the history. |
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Thanks, Greasy Fingers. It sounds like you get where I'm coming from and found your path.a cool one at that!
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- buy a batch or world coins: Specific year FAO Coins with certain theme US coins from circulation: US quarter state or parks or any other series Birth year or some other important year |
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Agree, collecting by birth year (or other significant year or event) can be much fun.
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Update: I have one kid agreeing to the birth year hunt! Game on!
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Does that actually mean TWO years? (Yours and the kid's?) And are you willing to say the years? Edited by tdziemia
01/31/2026 8:04 pm
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Why not pursue something completely different? It helps pique one's interest and allows for learning something new.
If you collect US coins, pick a different country about which you know nothing. Put together a type set or a denomination set from a meaningful year from France, Uruguay, or Japan.
If you collect modern coins, pick something ancient, medieval, or early modern. What about 4th century Romans, 15th century continental Europe, or a design or year set of 18th century continental coins from groschen to thaler?
If you're an American, pick coins in a non-Latin, non-Germanic language. I think middle & far east coins are undervalued, as most westerners can't read them and differentiate differences to cherry-pick rarities.
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02/01/2026 12:49 pm
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seems to me that one of the most overlooked modern, inexpensive themes is bimetallics.
more and more countries are adopting these. they are beautiful and diverse.
plus dealers' foreign bins are loaded with them at kid friendly prices.
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Tdziemia - I'm honestly so happy that he's interested that I'm more excited for his year (2012) than my own.
Samoth & MySilverYears - those are great ideas that I could get behind. Maybe if either kid has a school project on another country, it would be a good excuse to go down one of those paths.
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