What Is Your Collecting Passion

I should also say that I have quite a collection of foreign coins that have found their way into penny rolls. There are a whole host of coins minted around the world that are perfect matches (size wise) to the U.S. penny.

I can find these world coins without doing any traveling.

I love the 7070 album so much because I really am a type collector at heart. I love the history of coins and love tracing the development throughout time. I just haven't found any passion for any particular coin or denomination to the point where I want to try collecting all dates, mint marks, etc. I just want to own as many different types as possible and, over time, upgrade to the best examples I can afford. This also applies to currency and I have started what will likely prove to be a lifelong quest to at least get examples of every major type from 1900 on up. I might someday work on getting earlier currency, but the cost goes up stratospherically once you start getting much earlier than 1900.

Other than that, I do have a weakness for proof coins and enjoy picking them up whenever I can find them at a price I can afford. I don't really have any goals in mind for them, however, and even have some duplicates.

Morgans will always be first in my heart. But it's a pretty narrow gap to Bust Halves. And Brown Lincolns. And early Russian copper. And SLQ's. And Half Cents. And Seated halves. And FE's.

Basically, I'm in trouble.

Most of you know from my signature and avatar it is is obvious!

2¢ Pieces by variety and die pairings

I also have been getting very into Numismatic Bibliomania (book collecting), my library is fast approaching 1000 titles now.

VAMs for years, I concentrated on the 1878 coins, and helped with Jeff Oxman and Les Harnett's great 1878-P 8 Tailfeather book during the initial writing.

I also have been researching (more than buying) Early American Coppers.

Any variety and error always gets me interested especially ones pre 1950.

Any classic U.S. Coinage, I'm not much for keeping coins made after 1950.

If I had real money I'd be collecting U.S. pattern coins.

No doubt, those are very nice!

Personally, I like going through Nickel rolls!
I collect Nickels, Pre 1960! and also when I see a Buffalo nickel I get that awesome feeling like I was just struck by lightening! Maybe one day I will luck out and find a Liberty nickel in a roll :) But like somebody stated above me...it changes every week :)
,Trevor.

Primary Focus --> Capped Bust half dollars and to a lesser degree other Capped Bust Coinage!
Secondary --> Seated and other pre-civil war coinage.

Also like large size, fractional, and colonial currency.

I like Wheat cents and any silver coin I can get.