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Australia
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World coins, ancient to modern, all centuries, all cultures.
One of the main reasons that I am in the CCF is that my collection covers so much and therefore makes it impossible to be an expert. Better to seek the opinions of those who specialise. Learning never stops.
The keyboard has become an essential part of my collection, despite the fact that I have extensive book references.
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Canada
372 Posts |
Canadian 1 cent from 1858 to today in Mint State.Also have PL from 1954 to today and Proof from 1981 to today.All certified CCCS and ICCS with a few of the 1800's by PCGS.
All Numismatic 50 cents from the start in 1995.I might stop as the latest issues are scrap compared to the original silver and gold plated.
Look like I will have to move to the $3 coin round and square
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United Kingdom
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I voted "Provincial" meaning Roman Provincial - but that may not have been your intention. That's my main area - though I do have a sizable amount of Indian Native states, Ancient China and Modern European silver, probably in excess of 6,000 items.
I did manage to pick up a date run of Canadian cents somewhere - from about 1945 - data - in UNC.
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05/31/2011 08:28 am
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Canada
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My decimal collection to 1960 is complete but the vast majority of my own collectible coins have been concentrated from 1908-1960 - Made in Canada for Canada. I have no great fascination with all the Vicky Cent varieties, the engineer in me just winces every time I see a coin made with what they knew was a really bad die. I think the colonies got the poopy end of the stick from The Royal Mint. Thankfully, there's room for all kinds of collectors of all kinds of materials within the framework of this one hobby so there's room for everyone. A small group of us spent years recreating melt and die scenarios using Victorian era knowledge and it didn't take long to realize they could have done a lot better job even on the scale of Empire we're talking about. Several failure points were identified but we think the biggest problem was just one inherent to society at the time - slow communication of new ideas which were popping up all over the place in terms of metallurgy. Oh they had good publishing capabilities but it all came down to the slow pace of economic reform in that it didn't really mandate process improvements and thus no one cared ... typical government thinking. The whole topic of coins and history they span is fascinating... |
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United States
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The majority of my collection is coins that are not really don't have much numismatic value for instance all the rolls of circulated pennies and nickels that I have from 1922 to 1948. I have lots of misc. coins in 2x2's that I bought at the time because they were a good deal and still are yet have limited value. My best coins are in the minority of what I own. 85% Canadian 14% USA and 1% misc.
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Canada
123 Posts |
As a noob (several years of random collecting, then really getting into it the last 2 months) the bulk of my collection:
Canadian circulation coins (Pennies & Nickels 1937->, Dimes/Quarters/50c/Dollars 1967->, Twoonies 1996->)
American circulation coins (trying to do the same as Canadian, but no where near complete)
French & German coins 1860->Euro (with lots of holes in the late 1800s)
Variety of world coins from all my travels (40+ countries)
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Canada
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Been collecting Canadian coins for 2 months: Majority is Canadian double dates, die clashes, and keys :). Unique coins acquired in 2 months on ebay include: 1. 1c 1954 NSF EF40 (only 2 known circulated examples) 2. 5c 1965 Large Beads EF40 (only ~ 10-20 known) 3. 25c 1906 small crown (~ 40-50 known) 4. 10c 1893 round top 3 in VF30, and another in EF40 (probably < 20 known in VF30+) :) 5. 10c 1892 large 9 in VF20, and another in EF40 (probably < 20 known in VF20+) 5. 25c 2000 mule x 4 MS63-65 (~ 100 known) 6. 10c 2000P MS66 (~ 280 known) |
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 Canada
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I collect Canadian business strikes from 1902 to present, with a concentration on 1902 to 1968 silver.
I also collect pre-decimal British and British Empire coins.
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United States
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Danlos - did you win a lottery? Where was your interest in coins prior to you latching on to Canadian?
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Canada
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LOL...no...just got a good job :)...collected fossils and minerals before... I just wanted to put a small fraction of my money into something solid...but gold and silver bullion seems very overpriced and boring... So I dived into Canadian coins and I guess I'm a sucker for rarities and deals...with US coins selling for 10-100x for the same mintage, it seems a no brainer. Just hoping not to make too many blunders, or to get sheared...lol :)... |
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United States
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I am a U.S. type collector of pre-1964 coinage. Ditto |
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United States
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http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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Canada
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WOW!
There's been alot of discussion here lately about what we will do with our collections when we pass on.
Bosox-What are the plans for your sets after you're gone?
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 Canada
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I collect Canadian small cents (all strikes) and NFLD small cents. For fun, I also collect these, which are generally a real challenge to find in gem business strikes, but these have been a lot of fun chasing down over the years. http://www.pcgs.com/SETREGISTRY/all...aspx?s=82059"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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United States
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