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United States
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I really only recommend U.S. coins, start off with key dates, your money won't go as far, but these are the coins that seem to stay in demand. If you are a real currency lover. You owe it to yourself to study up on U.S. currency, know what is rare, which will appreciate. Foreign coins should only be purchased for their precious metal values until you can really learn about them. Foreign coins are a whole new ball game, which require you to study a whole new field.
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Germany
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Actively I collect coins from around here (Euro Area) plus some neighboring countries (rest of EU, Switzerland), and the US because I regularly go there. Mostly modern pieces; and especially when it comes to collector coins, I get just the ones that I find interesting. Coins from other parts of the world I usually do not buy.
Christian
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 United States
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And just for fun, everything else. You just hit the nail on the head right there. I LOL'ed.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Well I ually collect any Bank notes that I like, but I am working on 3 different main sets.
US Small FRN 2 dollar notes from 1928 to present. Series and district set
World bank note 2 denomation set
1986 dated bank notes
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Australia
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I have SOME coins / notes of almost all of the countries / currencies mentioned above.
Have been collecting World on a budget for 30 + years. I cheat (in an honest way).
My technique is to only look for coins that appear to be a real bargain with a bias for best condition. Each item must have some sort of special interest when I buy it. My main sources in order of importance are postal bid auctions, coin shows, dealers. Average price paid : around $15, but have been successful bidder at $ hundreds. Have perhaps 2500 world coins and maybe 200 notes.
However my first love is ancients and medieval. Have perhaps 300 coins in this area, with some gold. (no notes though!).
Hmmmm. I wonder if I should write a short treatise on ancient Roman banknotes?
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Valued Member
United States
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Main focus for me is Morgans but I try to read up on other stuff too. So US is mine. I do have some coins thaT I HAVE found before I started collecting that I just stuck back.....british crown and german mark
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Australia
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I believe the answer to your question is, "yes".  I collect coins from all currencies and eras: ancient Greek drachmae and Roman sestertii, Byzantine folles and Islamic dirhams, Chinese cash and Indian tankas. In more modern times (post-1450), the following currencies are those for which I have more than 50 coins: Australian pound Australian dollar US dollar Canadian dollar British/English pound French franc German Federal Republic deutschemark German Imperial mark Indian rupee Belgian franc Netherlands gulden New Zealand pound New Zealand dollar Austrian schilling Philippines peso Japanese yen Italian lira Singapore dollar Hong Kong dollar Swiss franc Spanish peseta Danish krone Greek drachma Thailand baht Malaysian ringgit Finland markka Communist Chinese yuan USSR rouble And if you count the Eurozone as a "single currency", then the euro would definitely be included, too. 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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United States
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United States
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All of them. From collecting the entire world by type.
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United States
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My focus is USA and US Phillipinnes Admin. I also have a small collection from each country I have visited.
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 United States
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All of them. From collecting the entire world by type. That is a very cool, very ambitious project! |
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United States
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Sorry, I'm going totally off on a tangent now. It's just that sometimes you see something and a thought strikes you ... Quote:
Thailand baht In Uzbek language "baht" (where h is not silent) means "happiness". I think I just found a direct relationship between money and happiness!  |
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Thailand
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Very interesting, svslav, "In Uzbek language "baht" means "happiness". I think I just found a direct relationship between money and happiness!"
In my Thai collection:
Coins 424
Notes 164
'Face' value approx. 32,000 baht.
Guess that puts me in the deliriously/ecstatically happy category!
Now I know why people say I have a permament smile on my face.
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United States
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I mean which currencies form part of your main collection? Well, using that restriction, US Dollars. I do have a couple albums of non-US coins that I have accumulated over the years. If I were to pick the second and third place currency, it would be Canadian Dollars and UK Pounds. |
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United States
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That is a very cool, very ambitious project! You call that ambitious? I've known several people who are doing it not only by type but by date and mint as well. |
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