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United States
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How do you define a world coin and how do you define a foreign coin?
I would say this:
World coin- Any coin minted in the world, from any country from any date
Foreign coin- A world coin not from USA, Canada, UK or Australia.
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Canada
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I can't imagine why you'd consider the Anglosphere to be any less foreign.
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 United States
1949 Posts |
I believe foreign coin would be defined as any coin from a country where the collector does not reside...
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 Australia
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I would see the two terms as synonymous.
They do not, of course, have universal definitions; it changes depending on what country you live in. For me, American coins are "foreign". I put them in my "U to Z" world coin album, in between "United Arab Emirates" and "Upper Canada".
As far as the forum definition goes, there is a starting point for "World coins"; older than this, and the coin qualifies as "mediaeval" and therefore should be discussed in the Ancient and Mediaeval forum. Exactly where the boundary is, however, is fuzzy. For me, I've arbitrarily set a date at 1450. For others, the beginning of the Krause catalogues at 1601 is a more useful boundary.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
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 Currently every non Australian coin is a foreign coin for me. |
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United States
655 Posts |
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I believe foreign coin would be defined as any coin from a country where the collector does not reside... Makes sense to me. |
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United States
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US coins are normal for me World is everything else. I do however see Canadian, British, and French coins as being special though in the world category since they interest me. World makes me think modern. Foreign makes me think non modern era.
Edited by Bertensgrad
12/14/2014 6:56 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2543 Posts |
I have always considered this way.
World coins are collector coins, bullion and NCLTs from a country.
Foreign coins are circulating currency not from the country you currently reside in
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Pillar of the Community
1325 Posts |
World Coin, = one of this planet, including your home country.
foreign coin = not of your home country, and possibly not of this planet. (The money that Templeton Peck version of Starbuch used in BSG is foreign coins.)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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World coins are collector coins, bullion and NCLTs from a country. I define those things as junk not coins.  |
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United States
105 Posts |
One I have vs. one I don't.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1391 Posts |
Funny story about this, when I first got my World Coins catalog as a new collector, it didn't even occur to me that the United States was included in the catalog. I didn't look up any of my U.S. coins, then one day, I was browsing the catalog and happened to pass through the U.S. section.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's really simple. World coins are coin made and used on this planet. Foreign coins are those used by Klingons, Romulons, etc.  |
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Canada
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I consider a world coin as any coin that is made on earth, past the ancient era. "World coins" is a broad term, because it can cover basically anything.
To me, anything not Canadian or Indonesian are foreign.
I'll use this analogy: world coins are earthlings, who come from many different countries and places. When the person goes traveling from his country to another country, he is now a foreign.
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United States
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It's really simple.
World coins are coin made and used on this planet.
Foreign coins are those used by Klingons, Romulons, etc. Don't forget the Ferengi. Can't you just see them coming out with a nice lovely set of proof coins made from gold-pressed latinum?  |
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Quote:Don't forget the Ferengi. Can't you just see them coming out with a nice lovely set of proof coins made from gold-pressed latinum? My bet would be on Ferengi coins being very, very thinly latinum plated and claimed to be .999 pure.  |
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Posted 12/14/2014 6:10 pm
