Always the same story…

wayfarer

…..started with collecting ancient coins, then after a few years expanded to gold coins + some royal coins then expanded again to US coins.
So much interesting coins, so much interesting history as you can see in the picture below.
The advantage is you can dig deeper in history based on coins around the world, however the disadvantage is losing the budget for more expansive coins due to too many different areas.

How about you? Do you sometimes collect coins from other sections too?

ricko

@wayfarer ....Yes...not an uncommon path for collectors - although there are the dedicated individuals who start and stick with a particular focus. I have collected coins from other countries...partially because I lived in other countries...I have not collected ancients, though I confess to have a growing interest there. My preference has always been silver, then progressed to gold (have been a real gold bug for a long time now). Nice display of interesting coins... Cheers, RickO

Jimnight

Yep ... coin collecting.

Boosibri

In 15 years of collecting...
1) Started with early commems, divested
2) Went to rare date gold, partially divested
3) Went to Latin American coins, very active. Secondary focus on local exonumia and starting Irish Moderns

Leeroybrown

1. Started with Morgans and raw silver scrap, both foreign and US
2. Discovered barber halves and built that set
3. Started to learn about and enjoy diff types such as capped bust halves, indian head cents, mercs, etc.
4. Then bought 2 seated liberty dollars and a trade dollar at the scrap shop one time
5. From there, shifted my first passion to Seated Liberty Dollars
6. Built a set of Seated Dollars in VF, XF up to 24
7. Then, sold my set to my friends collections to by 40 acres of land
8. Now, am collecting $20 Liberty gold exclusively currently...

SaorAlba

Started with coins that came back from 'Nam in '73 and then collected everything imaginable without much focus most of the time. Scots coins and banknotes and some Irish are the most focused over time. Focus is not something in my vocabulary, chaos or eclectic would describe most of my collection.

CharlotteDude

I find that in collecting early (pre 1834) and branch mint gold, each date (and even each coin of the same date) can tell its own story.

SilverProofQuarter1883

I us-to also collect ancient coins but they were much harder to find a price guide so I move to buying a u.s. gold half eagle. From that point I started to focus on u.s. coins and in time I sold my ancient coins. I am now getting back to ancient coins and a few months ago I got a silver denarius of Hadrian👍

asheland

Started with US coins, still there but dabble in world coins and lately, some ancients.

Eldorado9

It's a great hobby, because you can just dive into these distinct areas....I started with Morgans, Franklins, and then got heavily into Proof Type, currently working on a set of Barber 50c in high grade proof, and now I seem to be interested in South American Gold, and Philippines! Still love my US coins though......

Oldhoopster

Yep, into everything. Standard US sets. World date sets like Canada, pre decimal NZ, Ireland, Australia. Germany, Philippines and a little Swiss. German notgeld. Some medieval, Byzantine and Roman imperial. A little roman republic and Greek thrown in. Bought my first U.S. Currency ($10 gold cert) a few months ago, and am considering adding a few notes that I always found interesting. Also have civil war tokens. Ended up with a lot of books on those subjects. Sort of jack of all trades, master of none.

TurtleCat

@CharlotteDude said:
I find that in collecting early (pre 1834) and branch mint gold, each date (and even each coin of the same date) can tell its own story.

Have you ever read the book “The Mint at Charlotte” by Birdsall? It’s a great read on the history of that mint and each year’s production.

ShadyDave

@Boosibri said:
In 15 years of collecting...
1) Started with early commems, divested
2) Went to rare date gold, partially divested
3) Went to Latin American coins, very active. Secondary focus on local exonumia and starting Irish Moderns

Nice! @Clio and I are both having fun working on modern irish sets. Hes working on shillings and I'm mainly workin on a 1942 date set. Surprisingly tough but fun. Darkside is where the growth is at in the coin market...

topstuf

@CharlotteDude said:
I find that in collecting early (pre 1834) and branch mint gold, each date (and even each coin of the same date) can tell its own story.

I have yet to get a Charlotte mint coin. Hope to remedy.

jayPem

Lots of focal shift. Wouldn't have it any other way...

CharlotteDude

Yes - I have that book -- a gift from a family member who knows of my Charlotte gold pursuits.

@TurtleCat said:

@CharlotteDude said:
I find that in collecting early (pre 1834) and branch mint gold, each date (and even each coin of the same date) can tell its own story.

Have you ever read the book “The Mint at Charlotte” by Birdsall? It’s a great read on the history of that mint and each year’s production.