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Completed My First Set Since Returning To Collecting

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Just wanted to share with you guys that I've just completed my first set since returning to collecting earlier this year. 1917 Finland civil war issues (uncrowned eagle). It's not a big set, but it's complete. The final piece was the 25 pennia. I had the 5, 50 and a beat up 10 pennia from a flea market while vacationing last year in Finland (a casual coin buy). This year (we visit my wife's grandmother in Helsinki every summer) I was actively looking for 1917 civil war coins. I was disappointed that I couldn't find an upgrade for my 10 pennia or a 25 pennia. A lot of the 10 pennia I saw over there were definitely cleaned. I did pick up the 1 penni for 50 cents. The 10 pennia pictured was an ebay score from bad pictures. The seller's scans made it look cleaned but it has a nice luster in hand (more than I expected). The 25 pennia was also an ebay buy that arrived today and it looks beautiful in hand. Nice luster and a strong reverse. Thanks for reading. Here are some pictures.

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 Posted 07/25/2017  01:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MikeF to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice set, bro!

Welcome back to the hobby!
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 Posted 07/25/2017  01:44 am  Show Profile   Check spru's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add spru to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Congrats and welcome back!

That 10 & 25 Penniä do have some nice luster. The 50 ain't too shabby either.

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 Posted 07/25/2017  05:35 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Great feeling,isn't it
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 Posted 07/25/2017  08:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coopertron5000 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice one - always satisfying to complete a set.
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Thanks guys. It feels good The next set I have my eye on completing is a Great Britain Edward VII circulating type set (8 coins). It's great that I've learned to ignore pre-done albums and series sets. Coming up with my own "sets" to collect based on what I like is much more fun
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It is certainly a good idea.

Good luck with the next set.
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Congrats!
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Nice ...
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Very nice!

Thanks for the pictures.
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Like it!
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Congrats on completing a type set! And congrats on finding all the coins in such great quality, too!


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It's great that I've learned to ignore pre-done albums and series sets. Coming up with my own "sets" to collect based on what I like is much more fun


Where I live (actually in a country bordering Finland), we don't really have such pre-done or pre-made albums and we're thus 'forced' to get creative and come up with ideas for sets by ourselves. To me, that's part of the fun although I have to admit that I always put my goals too high to ever be able to complete one. I sure have completed subsets of those, but whole sets... no. So that's where pre-made albums are nice: no chance to set too high goals. Plus that they usually look quite a bit nicer than 2x2s.

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Very Nice! I just started finding the Pennia. Wasn't looking for them but interesting coins.
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Congrats! What's next?
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Where I live (actually in a country bordering Finland), we don't really have such pre-done or pre-made albums and we're thus 'forced' to get creative and come up with ideas for sets by ourselves. To me, that's part of the fun although I have to admit that I always put my goals too high to ever be able to complete one. I sure have completed subsets of those, but whole sets... no. So that's where pre-made albums are nice: no chance to set too high goals. Plus that they usually look quite a bit nicer than 2x2s.


@UltraRant, I guess I hadn't really thought about the looks of it. My world coin collection is not really organized in pages or anything at the moment.


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Very Nice! I just started finding the Pennia. Wasn't looking for them but interesting coins.


Thanks. One thing that makes the Markka interesting is how many different types there are due to all the size and metal changes.

@Coinfrog, next is a Great Britain Edward VII circulating type set. I really like all the designs. That florin is one of my all time favorites!

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