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Valued Member
Australia
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I suggest continuing with your collection of normal Canadian coins, I find that buying a cheap, second hand folder of coins is a good way to go sometimes. I usually buy a $20 folder, and with it, fill in a couple blanks in my aus penny collection, get a couple more countries, get a folder to use, and trade or sell the doubles.
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04/05/2016 12:51 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
711 Posts |
Seconding the Type Set motion. Best way for a beginner. Maybe not even finish it if you don't like it and find you do like a particular coin series in the type set. The variety of the type set will let you figure out what you want to collect. The coins will find their rightful owner. I mainly collect US coins, but I have never turned down a small Canada 5 cent silver when I find them in my coin dealers junk tray. Look into them, they are neat little coins. |
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United Kingdom
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Another vote for a type collection here for the same reasons as stated above...
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Valued Member
 Canada
90 Posts |
I was researching last night after posting, I'm gonna do something with Newfoundland currency, trying to narrow it down to which coin set
Thank for the great posts
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04/05/2016 06:59 am
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Canada
90 Posts |
From your experience, when collecting a type set, should I try to focus on the same mint mark for all years. Or do I get the highest mark for most coins that are affordable, and a coin like a 1873 5 cent obverse #2 - H, which is listed at over $10k, grab it a lower mark until someday I can upgrade.
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04/05/2016 07:28 am
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United Kingdom
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My personal approach would be to find the best coin possible for each type. You are looking for a nice exemplar of each kind of coin... to me matching the years or mintmarks is not the point of the exercise it is to get a coin with great eye appeal consistent across the coins.
Of course if you happen to get a rare mint mark or year that is a bonus, but not the primary goal.
Constructing such a set will lead to a familiarity and general knowledge about the coins...you may discover that some interest you more than others and this can lead on to specialising on a particular type to make a date/mint mark collection.
To me collecting is not a linear process whereby you start with one year or coin and work your way through... I go in different directions, exploring and adding in different area's... one minute trying to fill gaps in one area and then returning to some other area. It is an organic process exploring and feeling out anything of interest and constantly shifting in order to build a well rounded and diverse collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You might want to look into a OFEC (one from each country) set. Most are by definition, "junk" but you can go for either a themed set (e.g. all 1 cent denominations, all of a specific color or composition) or you can just assemble a fun set of ~200 BU coins. If you want to be adventurous, you can get a 10lb lot on ebay to dig through--should set you back less than $100 and you are almost guaranteed to find some nicer coins in there. |
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Canada
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Thanks DavidUK, that helps.
Thanks Finn235, I'm currently doing a OFEC(mine is not themed), I'm been thinking about buying a bulk bag of coins, hope to pick up some new countries at the Toronto coin expo
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I personally don't like type sets. I'd rather try to fill an Album. If I were you I'd just get some Albums and try filling those.
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 United States
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I personally don't like type sets. I'd rather try to fill an Album. If I were you I'd just get some Albums and try filling those. There are albums for type sets. Just saying.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
90 Posts |
I'm gonna collect Newfie, where do I look for an album and are some better than others.
Thank for the help folks
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04/05/2016 12:04 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
711 Posts |
Not sure if they make an album for them. You may end up needing to make one yourself out of the blank pages that they sell.
When looking around the net for albums, see if Capital Plastics does a hard plastic display case. I have a few of these for type sets and they look great when assembled.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have never seen a type album for Newfoundland coins, but there are for Canadian coins. In my Candian type set I do put Newfounland coins into the holes when possible. Because I like Newfies too  I have only seen used albums for Canadian type coins. They can be found in very good condition. Just keep watching ebay, one wil pop up. The easiest to find are Whitman albums, then Dansco. |
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United States
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Here is a link with all the Newfie coins for your type set. https://eastcoastcoins.ca/learn-coi...ns-checklistNo vouching here for the dealer or even the checklist as I just found it on a google search. Do your own diligence. To build a type set you would just need one of each type. Nice that you can avoid the expensive and rare coins when there is a $10k coin in the mix. Turns out there is an album for Newfie type set. Whitman used to make one but it may be out of print so you would need to find an older / used one, likely on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canada-Newf...231542487968 |
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Valued Member
Canada
90 Posts |
I was on esatcoastcoins last night looking at some coins, gonna do some research, talk to some friends I have in his area to see what his reputation is before I buy. I only have one Newfie coin so I'm excited to build this collection
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