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Just putting this here as a sort of journal to track my progress. Maybe some of you will find it interesting as well! 6th Century BC: Miletos 1/12th Stater   5th Century BC: Mysia Kyzikos 4th Century BC: 3rd Century BC: 2nd Century BC: 1st Century BC: 1st Century AD: Wang Mang Cash   2nd Century: 3rd Century: Maximus Thrax Denarius   4th Century: 5th Century: Sassanian   6th Century: 7th Century: 8th Century: 9th Century: 10th Century: 11th Century: Emperor Shen Tsung Bronze 10 Cash  12th Century: 13th Century: 1258 Southern Sung Dynasty Cash  14th Century: 15th Century: Ming Dynasty Emperor Cheng Tsu Bronze 1 Cash  15th Century: 16th Century: 17th Century: 18th Century: 19th Century: India Myosore Sultan Tifu Gold Fanam 20th Century: 1945-D US Admin of the Philippines 20 Centavo 21st Century: Edited by Half
06/23/2018 11:12 am
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Yet one more great creative way to enjoy our hobby. I love the idea. Some folks have even tried assembling an every decade or every year set. But they must have inexhaustible time and money.
Your approach is one that everyone could try.
Love all of the coins you've selected thus far. I'd hope you can find as many different styles, metal content, and place of issue as you possibly can.
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Pillar of the Community
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Neat idea for a collecting focus, and nice coins all. I would find it very difficult to decide which one coin, from all the great possibilities, should represent a particular century.
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That will be an interesting set to put together. Very nice coins so far.
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Some folks have even tried assembling an every decade or every year set. But they must have inexhaustible time and money. Especially for the decade of the 1140s!  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Thank you all for the interest! I got the idea from folks on this board.
I definitly have much research ahead of me. I always shied away from ancients because I thought they were ALL crazy expensive. Boy did I have a misunderstanding there.
The interesting thing, to me, about this set is that I could put this together 100 times and get 100 completely different sets. Lol
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great collection theme!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Nine more to go!
6th Century BC: Miletos 1/12th Stater
5th Century BC: Mysia Kyzikos
4th Century BC: Alexander the GreatDrachm, Lifetime. Abydos mint
3rd Century BC:
2nd Century BC:
1st Century BC:
1st Century AD: Wang Mang Cash
2nd Century: Trajan Quadrans, she Wolf crouching left. (RIC 694)
3rd Century: Maximus Thrax Denarius
4th Century: Valentenian I, AE3 Securitas Republicae, Thessalonica mint
5th Century: Sassanian
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6th Century:
7th Century:
8th Century:
9th Century:
10th Century:
11th Century: Emperor Shen Tsung Bronze 10 Cash
12th Century:
13th Century: 1258 Southern Sung Dynasty Cash
14th Century: Shah Tughluq, Delhi Sultanate, 6 Gani
15th Century: Ming Dynasty Emperor Cheng Tsu Bronze 1 Cash
16th Century: Ivan IV "The terrible, 1 Denga, Moscow mint
17th Century: Gustavus Adolphus, Livonia, Billon solidus
18th Century: Kanei Tsuho 4 Mon, 21 Waves (Hartill# 4.251)
19th Century: India Myosore Sultan Tifu Gold Fanam
20th Century: 1945-D US Admin of the Philippines 20 Centavo
21st Century:
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@Half, how are you selecting the coin for each century? Something of historical significance, or just what happens to be available, or something in-between?
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Pillar of the Community
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Combination of what is available and what strikes my fancy. Figure once this set is done I will probably start another one. lol
It is quite a lot of fun and I have learned a great deal.
thank you Echizento!
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Been a long time since the last update. Five more to go! 6th Century BC: Miletos 1/12th Stater 5th Century BC: Mysia Kyzikos 4th Century BC: Alexander the GreatDrachm, Lifetime. Abydos mint
3rd Century BC: Æ21 Kingdom Macedon Antigonos II Gonatas Rv Pan Trophy 6.99 gr 18-21mm 277-39 BC  2nd Century BC: 1st Century BC: 1st Century AD: Wang Mang Cash 2nd Century: Trajan Quadrans, she Wolf crouching left. (RIC 694) 3rd Century: Maximus Thrax Denarius 4th Century: Valentenian I, AE3 Securitas Republicae, Thessalonica mint 5th Century: Sassanian 6th Century: JUSTIN II Bronze Pentanummium AD 565-574 Monogram of Justin/Large E7th Century: Follis Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine 10.58 gram 30-2mm AD 610-41 8th Century: 9th Century: 10th Century: Byzantine of Constantine VII ( AD 913 to 959 ) 11th Century: Emperor Shen Tsung Bronze 10 Cash 12th Century: Bela II Silver Denar. 1131-1141. Cross/Cross within concentric circles.13th Century: 1258 Southern Sung Dynasty Cash 14th Century: Shah Tughluq, Delhi Sultanate, 6 Gani 15th Century: Ming Dynasty Emperor Cheng Tsu Bronze 1 Cash 16th Century: Ivan IV "The terrible, 1 Denga, Moscow mint 17th Century: Gustavus Adolphus, Livonia, Billon solidus 18th Century: Kanei Tsuho 4 Mon, 21 Waves (Hartill# 4.251) 19th Century: India Myosore Sultan Tifu Gold Fanam 20th Century: 1945-D US Admin of the Philippines 20 Centavo 21st Century: Edited by Half
05/12/2019 02:21 am
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Five more to go! Very nice! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Congratulations so far, and best wishes on further endeavors. You are doing better than I am ! 2nd and 1st cent BC can be filled with Greek, Celtic, Roman Republic Roman Colonial Chinese or Indian coins, 8th and 9th cent AD can be filled with Byzantine, Islamic, Chinese or Indian coins. European coins of this period harder to find. Next step is to expand by filling appropriate centuries with coins of other cultures of the same period. That is another form of OFEC: One From Every Culture. Along the way, you will end up attaining a good indicative general knowledge of World history, covering the last 26 centuries. You will also probably end up with a nice numismatic library, with supporting books on World history and geography. Although my collection is mainly in silver, I have attempted to have all three coinage metals represented. |
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Thank you guys for the kind words!
No kidding on the library. I already have the Cast Chinese cash coins 2nd ed, Early Japanese coins and A guide to cash coins by David Hartill as well as Punchmarked Coinage of the Indian Subcontinent revised edition by P L Gupta & T R Hardaker.
So much to learn but it is so interesting. lol I have barely even opened the Mauryan yet.
Now greek and roman coins.......they scary.
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The remaining BC's will be fun to seek but, I would think, hard to decide on.
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