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Since I collect silver dollars (including thalers, daalders, 8 reales, ecu, scudo, rouble etc.) I have been thinking about a year set that runs depth-wise rather than breadth-wise. It's a work in progress (especially the last one). Here's what I have so far. ~jack 1960 Canada 1 Dollar, 36mm, 23.33g, 80% silver   1860 US 1 Dollar, 38.1mm, 26.73g, 90% silver   1760 Mexico 8 Reales, 38mm, 27.07g, 91.7% silver   1660 Netherlands Ducaton, 45mm, 32.78g, 94.1% silver   |
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Ha, I thought I killed this thread last year. Nice batch of coins, Fuzzy317!
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Thanks jgenn  |
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Fuzzy: I have 1968 Germany 10 pfg & 2 pfg which you can have if needed.
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Bedrock of the Community
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WOW .. some very nice coins being posted ..
it has been a while since I checked out this thread
I may have to go back and look at all of them again.
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999fine,
I have updated my BYS with which coins I have. Thanks, but I already have a West German 2 & 10 Pfennig.
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What a great idea. A year set from so many countries but, I think the cost might be pretty high. Maybe i'll just year sets from 10-20 counties that would be fine for me. I wish I could help more.
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1960 South Africa 5 Shillings proof, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Union of South Africa. Obverse: Union of South Africa arms; the figure of Hope representing the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, Wildebeests for the Colony of Natal, the orange tree for the Orange Free State Republic and the wagon for the Transvaal. Reverse: the Union Buildings, seat of government in Pretoria with gardens in foreground engraved by Hilda Mason.  |
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Sorry to bring this thread to life again, but wasn't really a good alternative place to post this. I recently purchased this coin online, and it arrived today It was in a 2x2 flip and barely fit. It's 44.5 mm wide, about 3 mm thick, and weighs almost 42 grams.  1968 Tonga 2 Pa'Anda  |
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Nice! I put together a BYS about 5 years ago. My aim was just one from each country, and wherever possible, a circulating coin rather than commemorative. There were 68 countries. I was surprised to learn during that exercise how many countries didn't issue coins every year.
It's a lot of fun, and doesn't have to be very expensive. My priciest coin was a beautiful South Africa 5 shilling that set me back all of $30. I was able to find at least half of them for under $5.
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Mine started out as one coin from each country. That changed to coinS from each country. That recently changed to includes bills.
I guess the British Sovereign is the most expensive.
Currently I have 95 Countries: 325 coins, 8 bills
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A long time ago I saw this post and it got me started. All countries for my birth year. For my kids, my parents my grandparents I started looking for theirs too but only for countries pertaining to heritage. England France and Germany.
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Countries of a person's herita ge would be a nice connection to their genealogy. |
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Yeah, I got one of those going too ... Poland. And a U.S. date set (partial) for 1907, the year my grandfather arrived in the U.S. (no Polish date set that year ... or for the prior 110 years).
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