What Do You Collect?

I collect Polish and Australian commemorative coins and all the world coins that depict platypuses. :)

I collect pennies, I don't know why but I've always found them to be the most visually attractive of all pre-decimal coins, lately I've also started to collect penny proofs (1955 onwards obviously) probably for the same reason, unlike some on this forum I am fan of PCGS coins (as being a bit of a novice still, they give you a certain sense of security in what you are buying).

I also collect the commemorative 20c, 50c and $1 coins from circulation, I know they aren't really worth anything and never will be, but I just like the way they look.

almost anything round and made of metal hahaha.
I have a love for pre dec. coins as I thik I was born in the wrong era!
ahhh what I would give to be able to go back in time....

I have just started to collect notes as well from all around the world.
Now I know they are not worth much but I prefer the circulation coins and notes.
Just seeing the use in them is what I like and wondering the stories they would talk about if only they could.

Saw a guy on the Collectors TV show who collects:

wait for it........

belly button fluff!

Against that, my collection is boring.
World coins to 1964, all centuries, all cultures (for about 35 years, now)

I also have a rather extensive collection of faceted gemstones, I have cut perhaps 80 or so.

I collect just about anything numismatic. World coins, ancient to modern, is my main focus (if you can call something so broad and fuzzy a "focus"), though I have a few banknotes, tokens, medals and such as well.

My Australian collecting interests haven't changed much since I first started collecting. However, attending coin club meetings has broadened my mind and helped show me the vast array of different collecting fields that are out there.

I am mostly a fan of silver coins (greater than 50% content) but have a fairly catholic collection.
Mostly Australian decimal but some pre. (still looking for a Melbourne centenary florin) and some O/S -mainly New Zealand, but I have started lately on US quarters after coming across a few State Quarters.
My interests change frequently but I usually come back to much the same after a new interest fades.
My favourite coin is 1966 20¢ wavey 2; I have now found 5 of them (over quite a lot of years searching) but have cashed some in and swapped some so, I only have one now.

Jeff

Belly button fluff, I remember seeing that on ABC-TV: "Enough Rope" with Andrew Denton

I collect all Aussie coins from circulation, have some Mint Mark coins, but not all of them; I also have a few PNC's, but the majority of all my coins are from circulation.

Also some other countries that I collect besides Australia.

New Zealand
Canada
USA
Great Britain
Ireland (Eire)
New Guinea
Fiji

I also collect Bird coins, tiny coins (under 17 mm diameter), coins dated 1943, and I have fairly small collections of coins that feature knights, cats, dragons, turtles, primates and I have some small Euro coins as well, but not very many.

I'm a bit partial to coins from small Pacific Island Countries as well, eg. Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, New Caledonia.

I also have coins from about another 50 or so countries.