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United States
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I collect a lot of different variations of coins, and one from each year (any coin) extending back as far as I can is one of my collections. I found a really hard year to get ANYTHING is 1776. Prices for the year greatly exceed catalog values. I eventually got a really ugly Irish 1/2 Penny. 1775 and 1777 were not hard to find, just 1776. Apparently something important must have happened that year! (Before anyone responds, yes I do in fact know the thing that happened that year.)
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 United States
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Greetings:
I collect Lincoln cents, so I picked a year with lots of varieties. The year is 1944. To complete the set of all varieties comes to a little under three hundred coins.
Terrell
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United Kingdom
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Apparently something important must have happened that year! What was that?  I am currently collecting all the world coins issued in 1963, the year I was born. Not including Gold coins or Patterns etc. there were 324 coins issued that year. I so far have 315 of them, but the last 9 are proving difficult. And yet none of them are particularly rare or expensive. Interestingly 4 of them are from one country, Nepal. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Besides birth years and the years of WWII, I like to collect coins specifically from 1939, the year of a World's Fair in both New York and San Francisco.
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United States
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No special years but I do like pre 1900 coins.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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1900
2000
1942 - My birth year
1947 - Wife and brother's birth year
1969, 1971, 1973 - Our kid's birth years.
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 -- Grandkids birth years.
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United States
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1964 nickel's. I know they are among the highest mintage's ever, and of no particular premium. I have over 1000 each (P&D). all collected from circulation nearly all grades (even as high as AU)
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 Canada
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I find this side of collecting interesting for some reason. Quote:
I like to collect coins specifically from 1939, the year of a World's Fair in both New York and San Francisco. That is an interesting reason. Do you collect just the coins or do you collect other world's fair stuff too? Why the World's fair? Quote:
1964 nickel's. I know they are among the highest mintage's ever, and of no particular premium That is interesting as well. Why only the nickels and not anything from that year? And why 1964 and not some other year? Aren't I just a nosy parker? :) |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I've had problems acquiring my birth year coins, 1844.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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malissadawn: the question was simply do you have a favorite year. I actually collect many coins/years/types. I actually have many thousands of coins. 6-7 thousand wheat's, several thousand pre 1981 cents, 5 - 6 thousand nickles, and far fewer dimes, quarters, and halves, plus proofs and uncirculated sets. for some reason the 1964 nickel just caught my attention. possibly anyone that is enthusiastic enough to join a forum (such as this one) might be guilty of having a few quirks.
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04/30/2009 2:36 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have not collected coins specifically from my birth year, nor from a specific year I "feel close to" I don't descriminate, I love all coins equally!  |
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United States
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hello Just carl..
did you say you were born 1844?
there are some Canadian Token of that year.
Be happy to send you one if you post a copy of your Birth cert.....lololololo
HHB
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