What Are Your 2021 Collecting Goals?

@captain well played!

Actually tried searching for those myself - in the "Islamic" category, that is (can't really afford the European types). Lots of 13xx stuff there, but 14xx is far scarcer.
I did buy a coin recently that's supposed to have a date in the 1450s; will try to post it whenever I actually decide to get it out of its 2x2 (always a hard decision, because once it's loose it will basically stay loose unless I sell it, but the 2x2 plastic makes photos hard).

@panzaldi,

Your post makes me sad, but its a situation we will all one day face. Good luck and I wish you the best! Please let us know what you eventually do, there are probably a "few" posters on here that would be interested in buying part of your collection.

My short term goals are to finish the dime and Half Dime series (still need nice circulation cameo 1860's coins) and make a start with early copper.

To keep remembering after reading these posts what David Bowers once told me that the average collector spends only 20 minutes/week with their coins. To remember this when I respond to their thoughts. It can be difficult at times with my BIG ego. In terms of collecting to keep building one of the great Spanish/American collections somewhat similar to Pradeau <BG>.

John Lorenzo
Numismatist
United States

The way my 2020 collecting turned out (i.e. there wasn't much of it) means that my 2021 goals would basically be the same as my 2020 ones, with only minor differences...

...at least I filled up about a dozen assorted OFEY holes today, so a bit less work left for that goal.


1) Get some more missing dates for my OFEY
1a) In particular, fill in the remaining post-1750 holes (2021, 1844, 1823, 1817, 1795, 1783, 1781, 1780 [aside from the MTT], 1778, 1769, 1766, 1756, 1755, 1752)
1b) If possible, get an unbroken line even further back
1c) Regardless of any actual progress, take photos of all of those coins for posting on CCF (haha good luck)

2) Related to the above: get some dated Islamic coins from the 15th century AD
2a) Non-Islamic dated (and/or single-year-type) coins from the 15th century AD would be welcome, but unlikely to fit within my budget
2b) Dated coins from before the 15th century are useful as well, though I already have a bunch of those

3) Get to 400 issuers on Numista (currently 377)... if that's still a thing by the time I get there
3a) If possible, also get to 250 countries (currently 239)

4) Fill some of the remaining holes in my Dansco 7070 album
4a) In particular, get at least one classic commemorative, and at least one Seated Liberty silver

5) Get at least one more coin for my Romanian type set attempt
5a) If I can find some Mongolian coins I didn't have yet, that would be cool as well

6) Formalize my USSR non-commemorative type set progress, figure out what (if anything) I'm still missing, and get it (...discounting the gold, which is out of my budget, and probably never circulated anyway)

7) Formalize my Russian Empire AE type set, and fill at least some of the holes

8) If my interest in those coins doesn't stop, formalize my 18th/19th century Swedish AE type set attempt, and fill at least some of the holes


That said, it wouldn't surprise me if I missed a few more (particularly involving banknotes).

1817 filled back on Saturday, it turns out; I missed that coin when entering Saturday's purchases because it was in a separate bag.

I suspect that many of the others had also long been filled but the coins just didn't happen to have been entered into Numista. I also suspect that a bunch of the "filled" dates turn out to have been utterly misplaced if/when the photographing project comes in.

First quarter update (in red) on these cut-and-pasted goals:

1. Add any early dated coins (for me 1474-1506) I can find that fit my existing themes. I am missing 1483, 1486-88, 1491,1497,1506 most of which will be difficult, or may never get filled (except 1506 where there is a clear target). I nabbed a 1506 even though it's not the one I wanted, and an undated but attributable 1471...by accident.
2. Fill the missing 17th century dates in my Kingdom of Poland OFEY (1656, 1657, 1659, 1679) two of these preferably with larger silver (1/4 thaler)from Torun and Gdansk mints. Have acquired the 1656, 1659 and 1679, and been skunked twice already on 1657. However, I've been able add some missing dates in the 18th c., mostly 1765-95.
3. Fill a handful of other gaps in the 1600s (1639, 1641, 1642, 1692, 1695) with coins that fit my other themes.
(Edit: I just took care of 1642) ...and 1692.