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Canada
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Hey'Yall!
My name is Jake, I'm 18 with a very large collection! Grandpa > Dad > Me with many other family members contributing!
i just purchased 7 oz of silver and 1 oz of gold today! just curious as to what your favourite coins in your collections are!
mine is an 1884 obv.2 - MS-60! and a few of my Canadian gold coins!
please list your favourite coins! and conditions! do you collect coins because they're worth something (or will be in the future) or do you collect because you're strictly into collecting!
my question is, I have 2 safes, one has over 100 oz of silver and 4 oz of gold (bars, coins, rounds) and the other safe has all my collectable coins, I don't want to get my investment and coin collection mixed up!
might be only 19 but got a collection valued at 10,000$ :) please list any favourite coins, questions, anything!
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Wow, impressive. You had a birthday while typing your post!
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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hahah! sorry! i'll be 19 in a few days! getting a bit excited :D
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 Wow. You don't ask simple questions do you?  I'd have to say I love them all with a particular affinity for old and silver. I collect both NCLT and circulation. On the NCLT side I limit myself to anything with face value of $30 or less just because I simply can't afford everything. Had to pass on the $69,000 gold coin the mint just started offering . So I don't have a lot of gold coins; just the 25 & 50 cent ones. On the circulation side I'm trying to get 1 of everything (including major varieties) with the exception of a dozen or two coins that are so rare I haven't got a hope of ever seeing them (that being said I did manage to pick up a 1883H 5 cent Obv 4 ICCS VG8 earlier this year!) I've got a few Roman coins and Celtic rings (from 800-500BC!). A small bronze coin from King Herod; the one who tried to kill the baby Jesus. A binder full of British coins. Love the crowns. There's a coin you can feel the worth of in your hand! My oldest British is a hammered silver 1d from Edward I 1272-1307. Another binder for US coins but nothing really exciting. Another binder for the rest of the world. Some of the coins my Great-Uncle saved from his time in the British Army during WWII and others are from my own and family members travel. Even got a binder of paper money started but I've had to put that on hold while I'm focusing on circulation coinage and trying to stay caught up on NCLT's. The RCM hasn't made that easy with all their issues the past year! Celtic ring  Indonesian Glass Money (600-1200 AD) (  UK hammered 1d Edward I 1272-1308  My favourite Canadian coin; 1949 silver $1. So worn it's lost 10% of its weight.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1177 Posts |
that's quite a collection!
i would really like to get into world coins more (apparently you find alot of silver due to lack of knowledge of silver) how do you recommend me starting a world coin collection
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i am always intrigued by world coins. I like to learn abot their history and what not.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I am an old guy now.
For my 21st birthday I purchased an Adelaide Pound in F-VF condition for $250.
That was way back in 1967. It was sold nine years later, in a collection to help raise money for a house deposit.
That coin today would be valued at around $10,000. Would have been my favourite coin value wise, but not design wise. That goes to my St Gauden's $20.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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jakedacc: When you get the time, desribe some of your collectible coins and perhaps post pictures of a few of them. I guess we would all appreciate that!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Jake! Nice collection, kuh. |
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My advice is to collect classic (1858-1967) Canadian coins. Low mintage and affordability (compared to US coins) make them attractive to me.  |
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Canada
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Well, obviously travelling is the best way! But that tends to cut into the money available for actually buying the coins..... Hit up anyone you know who's going somewhere on vacation. I picked up a lot of mine on ebay; got a couple of big assorted lots pretty cheap. Picked up a lot of my British coins from a small seller out in BC who was clearing out a collection for somebody else. I've also done some trading through this forum with other members. Just got a great set of Australian coins from trout1105 in exchange for some Canadian 50 cents he was looking for. Decide what you want to start with (specific countries, anything you can get from as many countries as you can, a silver coin from each country, etc) and start accumulating. |
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Canada
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jake i started 6 monthes ago on world coins mainly because it is a lot cheaper than pre 1968 canadian. dealers junk bins (25 cents each, 5 for $1) can be a fun place to start. or if you are like me and prefer to sit in your own living room at all hours of the night sorting then ordering worlds by the pound is an inexpensive way to go. most world stuff can be had for $6-$8 per pound (average 100 coins per pound). I've ordered from blackmountaincoins.com , educationalcoins.com (both in the states) and colonialacres.com (canada). colonial acres was by far the best variety and price (shipping was cheap within canada) dont expect silver or anything special. once you hit about 150 countries you have to start being more selective on your purchases, buying in bulk will result in fewer and fewer returns and you will spend more and more time on ebay dumping all the rest. message me here if you want more info |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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alright ladies and gentlemen!
now it is time for MY coin collection, as any coin collector would say, 50% of my coins do have sentimental value due to the fact that they were passed down to me through family!
i like to purchase and keep my coins at an AU-50-MS-60 state (crazy what certified coins are going for now-a-days)
i will list my coins but I will not grade them, if I do grade them then they're not an AU-50 - MS-60
Sets:
i do have every penny from 1858-2012 (noit only one of every year but also all the varieties of each year) magnetic, non-magnetic, H, ect!
Large Cents: (not in collection)
1876H
1884 Obv2
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1910
1911
1912
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920(3)
Small Cents: (Not in collection)
ALL 1920-1936 (4 of each)
Nickels:
1922
1927
1931
1935
1936
(i really really want a 1921 :D)
4 rolls of centennial
1944 V (4)
1945 V (4)
2005 V (4)
25 cents:
2005 P Veterans (4)
1973 Horse (4)
2006P Breast Cancer (4)
2004, 2008, 2010 Poppy (4 of each)
about 80 other quarters with different designs!
Complete set of Olympic loonies and quarters for 2010 and 2002
3 sets of wild life quarters/loonies and toonies
(all the circulation coins listed about I got in pocket change) impressive?
50 cent pieces:
1945, 1947, 1950, 1903, 1956, 1960m 1962, 1964, 1967,
1968-2012 (Nickel)
many many many different loonies and toonies!
8 rolls (50 in each) of silver dimes
6 rolls (40 in each) of silver quarters
4 rolls (25 in each) of silver half dollars
56 silver dollars
(124 ounces of silver)
15 ounces of silver maples
2 ounces of gold maples
1 gold eagle
4 silver eagles
tons of silver rounds
1 ounce gold bar
90th anniversary of the canadian mint box set of sterling coins)
if interested in paper money just ask!
i have tons of world coins I haven't went through!
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