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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi, I know I'm not that new here, but I just thought i'd provide this as a way for new collectors to find out what kinds of collectors there are.
Personally I am a bulk world coin collector.
What about you guys?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
37824 Posts |
Mainly Lincoln Cent Varieties, but I dabble in most areas of this forum. John1  ( I'm no pro, it's just my humble opinion )
Searched 5+ Million Cents Since 1971
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United States
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My primary objective: Dansco album filler. I have six major holes left to fill in three different albums. I also have ongoing circulation issues in what I call my "ultramodern" album and non-US coins in several Dansco albums with vinyl pages for 2x2 holdered coins. Other objectives: PCGS graded Ikes and NCLT issues from the US Mint. |
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New Member
United States
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I've been stacking bullion, Silver eagles and maples, 90%. I try to stay away from the gimmicks, like Disney Coins. But I do collect some nice themes I enjoy myself, like the queens-beast series.
I am however now interested in shifting a
little bit over to finding coins and sending them off for grades. Even newer Silver eagles Or Some Proof Coins. I need to learn more!! thanks everyone!! Miguel!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2705 Posts |
I'm an error and variety collector. I've never built an album or collected a full series of anything, but I do have several hundred major mint error coins, lots variety coins and a few dozen rare coins that caught my attention over the years. I also have lots of proof and uncirculated sets, dating back to the 1950's, from searching for variety coins. My best find was in 2000 when I found a Cheerios dollar. I hoped it would be worth a few bucks someday, but I never expected it to be worth more that $100 or so.
"Shine, shine a Roosevelt dime. All the way to Baltimore and runnin' out of time." Tom Waits-Clap Hands  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2736 Posts |
Paper money collector. I sell buy and then sell most coins to fund my paper money buying. I do like to keep large silver world coins (i.e Central and South America)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9395 Posts |
I have several subcollections
- US type (7070+)
- OFEY (One from each year, 2020 back to 1498, etc.)
- OFEC (one from each Numista country)
- Gold and silver stack
- Crown-size coins
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9376 Posts |
Collecting well over 40 years, I have shifted from mostly US coins to exonumia. I especially like medals of my favorite historical heroic people, places and events. I like coins that are larger than dimes and cents, probably because they are easier to see at my age. I collect some commemorative coins and ephemera that compliments my collection. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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@pepactonius How do your OFEY and OFEC collections overlap, or do they? I'm assuming it doesn't go as far as a complete OFEYEC collection.  In Memory of Crazyb0
12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious
3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 "If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves." -Carl Sagan
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United States
995 Posts |
I'm a hoarder. Many series of U.S. (several complete), multiple world coin series in the works, civil war tokens/store cards and countless medals. And that doesn't included the hundreds of coin tubes full of cents through dollars. Yeah, I'm an addict.
ANA member PAN Member BCCS Member There's no problem only solutions - the late, great John Lennon
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How do your OFEY and OFEC collections overlap, or do they? I'm assuming it doesn't go as far as a complete OFEYEC collection. There is overlap. Every coin with a date after about 1450 is in the OFEY collection, and every coin is also in the OFEC collection. You can see the OFEY selections in the "How far back can we go?" threads. If we ever do another "Yacko's World" thread, you'll see the OFEC selections.
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Although I am primarily a dealer, and thusly buy to sell, I also have a high-grade pre-Euro Belgian type collection (forerunners, rump state and Congo), an accumulation of pleasing British coins, a world note collection, an accumulation of model Pennies / Halfpennies, a collection of Douzains Contremarques, and an accumulation of medals relating to Montreal. At the end of the day, I love acquiring numismatic knowledge, and so I seem buy more books than coins these days ;)
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12/04/2020 03:13 am
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I am an OFEC** typesetter.
** C= Culture and / or Century, covering the whole of numismatics.
My aim is to tell the story of numismatics since the invention of coinage, 26 centuries ago. I have never deviated from that aim in nearly 50 years of collecting.
There are very beneficial advantages to such a collecting strategy;
1.: I am never short of a really advantageous buying opportunity, for acquiring a very nice coin for a bargain price.
2.: I have learned a tremendous amount about the development of numismatics from it's beginnings, and as a result, have also learned a tremendous amount about World history, different World cultures, political movements over the centuries, economics, art and geography.
3.: As a result of the above interests, I really enjoy TV docos on these subjects, and learn even more. My learning curve has always been steep.
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12/04/2020 05:38 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4399 Posts |
Somewhat similar to @pepactonius... I have 4 main World Coin subcolllections:
- Kingdom of Poland and Poland-Lithuania Commonwealth c.1070-1795 (with some nearby Pomerania, Silesia, Courland and Livonia sprinkled in)
- Duchy of Brabant c.1160-1790s
- Duchy of Lorraine c.1170-1750
- Coins with images of Christian saints
The first three had started as type coin sets, but I am now using these four collections to build a "limited OFEY" 1474- c.1800 (since the principalities in 3 of the above subcollections end around 1800). For 1507-1688 it is mostly Poland, but more mixed for the last 100 years.
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12/04/2020 08:17 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3094 Posts |
I'm a goal setter. I set a goal and then work to complete that goal. I have both paper money and coins. My coins are of completed sets (like small cents, bison nickels, pretty lady taking a stroll in the sunshine) and in US currency I have a type set of notes from $1-$20. I have a set budget and if I can buy the coins/notes under that budget I get them. If I can't I skip that collection. Lately I've been working on a slabbed IHC set and picking up coins when I can get them at a good price. Otherwise I get the notes that I want (like colonial currency). |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20099 Posts |
Just a collector of almost anything. Just a bad habit.
just carl
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