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Pakistan
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As I had mentioned in my last thread, after a year of faffing about, I was finally able to store my collection in flips and categorise them. And since I thrive so much on attention  , I figured I'd share my efforts with you all:  853 coins, collecting recent (oldest is from 1898) coins of every type and mintmark and variation (but not year, except for the Pakistan coins in that album on the left, which I'm trying to collect one of every year for). If you're sharp enough, and you know your country and kraus codes, you should even be able to recognise my entire collection: not worth a lot over face value, but I'm still happy that it is all done, aside from my (not-pictured) exchange coins, and those tokens and commemorative you see there- still have to figure out their place. As for the rest, TO THE SHOEBOX THEY GO! Edited by Babar
07/23/2014 1:38 pm
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South Africa
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That looks like one well organized collection! I've tried doing this several times but I always manage to get more coins before I am finished so I know this is quite an accomplishment.
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 Pakistan
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South Africa? Yes! You can kinda see them at the end on the top right corner- a 0.02 ZAR and 0.20 ZAR coin. There's even a ZW (Zimbabwe) behind that that you can't really see. And yeah, allranger, it was quite a hassle . If I had the idea and method set from the start, it might've been easier to do (adding one coin at a time as I received it), but the way I did it was less informed... I stored a few, wrote the countr, KM and year, got more, stored more, got some that had the mintmark written as well, so then I went back and added the mintmarks too. Then some that were important due to variations, so I had to go back through them all to add the variation, and then finally at some point realising I should flatten the staples, so I went through them all, flattening each, all the while still getting new coins to be added. Edited by Babar
07/23/2014 2:51 pm
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South Africa
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Great,you only need the mandela R5 and you are set, 5000000 was minted so they are not rare, after all he is a icon
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 United States
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Very, very nice!  Your hard work has paid off. You have an impressive collection. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Babar, considering your home base, this is an amazing collection. Glad you had the time to organize and protect them. I'm sure you read here at CCF on how to keep them pristine or close, Zip Lock bags. On a side note, we loved your rug  |
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Pakistan
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Thanks jbuck and bpoc! I just have the flips in rows of 3 in 2 shoeboxes, bpoc. Should I encase the whole thing in a ziplock bag as well? And yeah, I love my rug too! Is great for lying on  . PS: I'll keep a lookout, ASE, but wasn't there a huge shortage of that coin because everyone was keeping them instead of spending them? Edited by Babar
07/23/2014 4:21 pm
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South Africa
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Yeah there are but we are a poor nation so its not kept for long lol
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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BTW, there are nice, TPGd 5 rands on the bay right now
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United Kingdom
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United States
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Should I encase the whole thing in a ziplock bag as well? It would not hurt. |
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United States
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Well done! You are an inspiration to us all.
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Valued Member
United States
258 Posts |
Great job! I've been working all summer to reorganize my collection (still going...) |
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Valued Member
United States
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WOW now that is a cool collection!
Hoping to be where you are one day with all those coin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Impressive world coin collection, Babar! Have you counted them? It seems like you have a few hundred at least. And also, what is the most valuable coin you have in your collection?
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Posted 07/23/2014 2:41 pm
