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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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Mostly type (I'm not interested in key dates at all, don't really see the point, but for some types I'm trying to get all the common dates), and mostly world (not limited to any specific country; in fact the only countries I won't collect are non-micronational fantasy issues - stuff like all those Islas Galapagos coins - and maybe some very rare ones for which it's a question of affordability). Not sure which choice is closer.
But really I collect everything that interests me at the moment (and that I can afford with my tiny budget).
I have coins in all of those categories except novelty (unless the Canadian poppy quarters count) and maybe rare (can't really afford it), but I didn't have any bullion coins either until getting one as a gift yesterday.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1088 Posts |
I am mostly a world coin collector but tend to grab anything that catches my attention. I also have a collection of "animal/nature/science" themed coins that are fun to collect.
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Valued Member
United States
280 Posts |
Every coin represents a place, a time & an amount of money that sometime, somewhere, was meaningful to someone. Perhaps it was part of their earnings, savings or a tithe or gift. Maybe they used your coin to buy food for their family. It could have changed hands through gambling or some dark nefarious purpose. Each coin has it's secrets...I collect them all.
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01/10/2017 10:23 am
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 Canada
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I collect specific series of coins....and then, I collect all strikes, patterns, test tokens varieties and errors within that series. So far that includes one Newfoundland decimal series, two Canadian decimal series, Trade dollars, tokens and exonumia from Nova Scotia and a couple of series of Swedish coins I really like. Then, there are the thematic collections (Canada flag exonumia, Canadian coins, on coins exonumia)..... I must admit, it can be like a disease at times!! "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Valued Member
 United States
123 Posts |
ARcoins... Beautifly said!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6130 Posts |
I collect coins as an expression of art, and how they tangibly tie world history into a coherent story. I chose Ancients because they have been my primary fascination for over a year now. My particular focus is Roman coins for their history, and Indian coins for the fascinating cultural admixture.
In addition to my ancients, I have a nearly complete (missing several $500+) Japanese type set, half-baked attempts at British, Panama, and US Philippines type sets, and a random accumulation of US and world coins that suit my fancy.
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Valued Member
United States
280 Posts |
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Moderator
United States
14463 Posts |
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I could not make a selection.
If there was a all the above .. I could pick that one.
I have coins in all the listed categories  I collect all those categories. Some are a little higher percentage, some a little lower percentage  |
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Valued Member
United States
137 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1494 Posts |
I'd say I'm a mostly a mix of modern and world. With a little bit of everything else.
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New Member
United States
49 Posts |
Mostly moderns. Trying to complete various series for all dates and MMs, but also working on my 7070.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
869 Posts |
Little bit of everything, but mostly US, modern, early American and colonial. Mint sets, silver dollars, the Morgan series, Peace dollars and modern small dollars. Also like Canadian, UK, British Empire, small collection of world coins. Raw coins, slabs and coin sets. More recently, an avid silver stacker, govt. rounds, generics, bars and constitutional.  |
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Valued Member
Finland
265 Posts |
I collect Classic US coins (Morgan dollars, Indian cents, Buffalo nickels and Mercury dimes). Mostly I try to get what are available here in local auctions. For Morgan dollars I have stepped into slabbed coin area and ordered coins from Germany and U.S. At this poins I am thinking of adding another slabbed coin project to my list. Maybe Peace dollars, Liberty walking 1/2$, Mercury dimes, Standing liberty quarters or earlier commemmoratives. So hard to decide but beaty of the coin design and affordability will be my deciding factors. |
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Norway
1358 Posts |
I'm still trying to collect type sets from my two countries (Dutch gulden and Norwegian kroner, both including commemoratives), but type sets only, as that will be the only feasible goal to complete. In addition, I also have a few sets of world coins which I enjoy collecting, like Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, British and American. And of course, there's the sets of circulation coins of each country I visit at the time of visiting. Those are my 'souvenirs' and I have over 100 of them by now.  And for fun's sake, there's also the regular oddballs of ECU and pre-Euro tokens. There's a load of them, some very nice ones and even a lot in gold and silver. Most of those go for spot, sometimes even below, so it's usually a good deal. |
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Australia
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I could only vote in one option, so that it does not accurately reflect my approach to collecting.
I am a type collector, all coins, ancient to modern, all cultures and centuries up until mid 20th century, when silver began to be withdrawn from circulation.
I am a generalist, not a specialist.
Have about 300 coins over 1000 years old. Total collection numbers around 5,000 pieces, ranging in value from $5 to perhaps $5,000. Have 200 or so books and papers on numismatics.
Helps to explain why I am able to post in so many sub forums of the CCF.
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