Ofec , 2fec, 3fec, Or Morefec?

As many FEC as I can find! Some countries have beautiful circulating and commemorative sets, I'm glad I don't have to make a choice. Some countries (have to) keep changing their coinage due to poor economy and inflation. Limiting the number of coins per country is ... well, limiting.

A simple question with (for me) a complex answer. I would define my collection as an attempt for "at least one from every country", in the sense that that is the primary goal I am seeking when I visit a coin dealership, coin show, or surf ebay etc. Beyond, that, I am interested in all sorts of other things around the coinage: different denominations, different calendars, different elements and alloys used. There are also a couple of thematic aims (astronomy/space, ancient Roman emperors and mintmarks, coats of arms) and beyond that, it really is "everything shiny". I don't keep duplicates, but any and every non-duplicate I manage to acquire gets kept.



There have been plenty of threads on storage solutions lately; just do a forum search for threads with "storage" in the title and browse through. For myself, I put the coins in 2x2s or 2x2-sized flips, then put them into album pages. TO cove the expansion-reshuffle problem when new coins are acquired, I leave lots of spaces between the coins. Typically, I aim for two empty spaces between countries, more if it's a country I tend to acquire lots of coins from. For larger countries that take up multiple pages, I try to leave plenty of gaps in the middle as expansion room. And, if I fill up all the spaces, I simply insert another sheet there.

I keep all dates I don't yet have, but as I am mostly buying world poundage right now I only decide what I keep, not what I get. When I get to buying individual coins, I'm sure I'll try to complete some series, but mostly I plan to work on OFECFEC, one from each country from each century.

I collect as many from each country as I can get. My aim is to collect at least one of every denomination, from every mint, from every year. I also don't keep duplicates though, one of each is enough. They must preferably be circulated too, I'm not interested in NCLT.

Steve

My "sort of" goal is one from every country / ruler combination. So back in Roman times that not only means every emperor, but every emperor and city state combination for provincials - which I have more interest in. Same for everywhere else. Though within that massive goal are mini projects - such as every known example of a bronze Provincial coin of Diadumenian - including die variations - the commeratives of the czech Republic (this one on hold) - and my Frankfurt thaler project.

and anything else that takes my fancy ......

Since I just recently got into foreign coins (buy them by the pound), I have been saving all of them. They all go in 2x2s (labeled and cataloged). Then they go in 2x4x9 (2 rows wide) storage boxes. The boxes are organized by CONTINENT... then within the continent they are organized alphabetically by the country. Tried to organize them by years, but I am adding too many to do that right now.

Once I have gotten my fill of all this fun, then I will focus on at least getting one coin from my missing countries. Also, will then think about getting rid of the "year" duplicates.

WHEW........wears me out just thinking about all the work that I have done and will do. But it is so much fun!