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Valued Member
Canada
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This weekend there was an antiques show here in Victoria, so I bought $40 worth of coins; nothing special, but stuff I'm happy with. I don't want to spend lots of money until I know what I want to specialize in.  I got a couple large cents, some Maritime coins from before they joined Canada, a farthing, my first good picture of Queen Victoria, and I've almost finished my Canadian centennial collection :D I also got my first buffalo/indian nickel (1929S :D), American half-dollar, and some V nickels. Most of the coins I got were older than 1930, with the oldest an 1871 PEI cent. Sometime when I have money, and something to specialize in, I'm going to get some really nice ones, but for now, they're decent and I'm happy :D |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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G'day,
quote: "I don't want to spend lots of money until I know what I want to specialize in."
advice: you can't have EVERYTHING, so pick a theme, or a subject, that interests you. Then get coins that fall into that theme.
In my opinion, this leads to greater satisfaction, for less expense.
Peter in Oz
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 Canada
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Yeah, I agree. I think I might stick to Canadians, get a couple of year specifics, or something, I don't know. There's so much variety (and history!) in world coins that they are interesting as well. I'll figure it out later. Oh, and I checked some of my finds from the show; I got a 1922 Canadian penny for a dollar that turned out to be worth $16  I guess that makes up for that I overpaid on another coin,  Edited by rogers
11/16/2008 03:21 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The one thing I would definitely stay away from is all of that gimmicky stuff that the Mint is putting out right now -- painted coins, hologrammed coins, strange denominations, strange shapes, etc. My limit for "collectible" coins is the regular everyday proof set, and even then, I don't expect there to be a lot of growth value-wise for them.
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Canada
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I agree, I don't buy much new stuff, because usually they're easy to get in change. The ones that aren't aren't usually interesting enough to me to buy, and the ones that are, well, they're usually too expensive ;)
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Canada
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 I find the last few years the Royal Canadian Mint has been putting out coins that look like they belong in a McDonald's Full Meal Deal Meal. "Buy one and you get an R.C.M. coin".  Probably why I'm sooo turned off from modern day coins. I love the Vicky's, Edy's and George's! Glenn Edited by glenzy1
12/04/2008 7:18 pm
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Canada
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I agree, most of the new coins I don't like (although the Olympics ones are nice). At the post office I saw they were selling the Snowman coin - for $30! It's not bad in itself, but $30 for a brand new coin? I'd rather get something with history to it. Also, I dislike most gold coins compared to silver-coloured ones.
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