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Hi, My name is Phil, retired/disabled school teacher. I am attempting to collect a coin from every country. I sure could use everybody 's assistance. I would gladly return and postage to you. Please email me at prymanphil@gmail.com for my mailing address. Hope to hear from you. Thanks,
Phil

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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 13,834 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would suggest crowns of the world

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'd suggest putting this in the Buy, Sell, Trade Forum.

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,892 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Phil1959 said:
    Hi, My name is Phil, retired/disabled school teacher. I am attempting to collect a coin from every country. I sure could use everybody 's assistance. I would gladly return and postage to you. Please email me at prymanphil@gmail.com for my mailing address. Hope to hear from you. Thanks,
    Phil

    Are you asking for freebies or are you willing to pay for the coins?

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Try Karl Stephens. Huge selection and great prices.
    https://karlstephensinc.com/

  • StorkStork Posts: 5,205 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Shoot just defining 'country' is a problem. This is why so many OFECs are abandoned. How far back do you go, what exactly defines the country, what about all those German States and Indian Princely States. IIRC when I started with this idea I went with what was in the then Krause 1901-present (before the 2000-date one came along). Neat idea, but one needs to set parameters!


  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,642 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 23, 2021 12:58PM

    There are also transnational coins not identified by specific country like the Western and Central African CFA Francs.

    Edit: Already covered. NM.

  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,445 ✭✭✭✭

    @MrEureka said:

    @Phil1959 said:
    Hi, My name is Phil, retired/disabled school teacher. I am attempting to collect a coin from every country. I sure could use everybody 's assistance. I would gladly return and postage to you. Please email me at prymanphil@gmail.com for my mailing address. Hope to hear from you. Thanks,
    Phil

    Are you asking for freebies or are you willing to pay for the coins?

    @MrEureka , with one single post, one single visit when he posted the question and having not appeared since, or read the replies, I believe the answer is clear.

    To longtime members, posting or not anymore: we used to spot stuff like that quicker....

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  • TomBTomB Posts: 20,697 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It also looked pretty obvious to me that it was a "gimme, gimme, gimme..." post.

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  • StorkStork Posts: 5,205 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SYRACUSIAN said:

    @MrEureka said:

    @Phil1959 said:
    Hi, My name is Phil, retired/disabled school teacher. I am attempting to collect a coin from every country. I sure could use everybody 's assistance. I would gladly return and postage to you. Please email me at prymanphil@gmail.com for my mailing address. Hope to hear from you. Thanks,
    Phil

    Are you asking for freebies or are you willing to pay for the coins?

    @MrEureka , with one single post, one single visit when he posted the question and having not appeared since, or read the replies, I believe the answer is clear.

    To longtime members, posting or not anymore: we used to spot stuff like that quicker....

    I wasn't really expecting much else, but it gets to be a fun exercise in defining OFEC. Plus calling people out sideways. Throwing out the 'retired/disabled' tag is fun. All that is missing is the Disabled Veteran (notice the capitals) and perhaps throwing in the religious affiliation. Often the behavior is just the opposite. If the dude(?) had come back even once I'm guessing that was when the 'fun' would start.

    Which reminds me I need to find some YA groups to disperse some stuff to.


  • BillyKingsleyBillyKingsley Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 25, 2021 1:16PM

    We sure are cynical as a group, aren't we? So quick on the attack that the fact that he mentioned sending back (aka, trading) was ignored. If I knew where my duplicate stash was I'd reach out to him and see what he has to trade.

    I love doing the One From Every Country project. Before my medically induced break from the hobby, it had become my favorite thing to do. I went wide with it... anything I could get my hands on counted. Obviously 20th and 21st century focused because of easy availability, but I have things as far back as the Roman Empire represented.

    I went by names. If the name changed, it counted separately. So for example Czechoslovakia, Czech-Slovak Federal Republic and Czech Republic are all counted as separate entities. France and Spain only have one entry currently, although if I could get back far enough they would be broken out before they were unified under one name, although I doubt I'll ever be able to afford to do that.

    Here's my collection: https://public.fotki.com/ElCaminoBilly/other_hobbies/numismatics/one-from-every-country/

    Billy Kingsley ANA R-3146356 Cardboard History // Numismatic History
  • StorkStork Posts: 5,205 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BillyKingsley said:
    We sure are cynical as a group, aren't we? So quick on the attack that the fact that he mentioned sending back (aka, trading) was ignored. If I knew where my duplicate stash was I'd reach out to him and see what he has to trade.

    I love doing the One From Every Country project. Before my medically induced break from the hobby, it had become my favorite thing to do. I went wide with it... anything I could get my hands on counted. Obviously 20th and 21st century focused because of easy availability, but I have things as far back as the Roman Empire represented.

    I went by names. If the name changed, it counted separately. So for example Czechoslovakia, Czech-Slovak Federal Republic and Czech Republic are all counted as separate entities. France and Spain only have one entry currently, although if I could get back far enough they would be broken out before they were unified under one name, although I doubt I'll ever be able to afford to do that.

    Here's my collection: https://public.fotki.com/ElCaminoBilly/other_hobbies/numismatics/one-from-every-country/

    Very true, I do get cynical. Perhaps if he had come back with another good post after the first I wouldn't leap to conclusions. A real conversation has certainly gotten me to send stuff...like I said, I am in need of a YN group to make a donation to (lmk if you know any!). 5 days on the internet is an eternity without a response.

    IIRC your idea is how I went with it. If it was a new name in Krause it counted. Then I started overthinking too much and started considering what would happen when I went further back. Or, like France, when it was 3rd, 4th, 5th republic. Not a name change but some changes in organization. Part of the appeal and part of the downside is the ability to define how you wish.

    That said, I gave up (for now). I ended up finding it difficult to limit to just one coin when there were so many cool choices (hence my now extensive Albanian collection, being early in the alphabet), plus I struggled with defining that list. Shoot I've got dupes there and for Japan coming out my ears.


  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,892 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Funny, I wasn’t thinking in terms of the OP being a ploy to pick up valuable coins for the cost of postage. I was thinking the OP kinda assumed that the coins he would get had zero value, and that we might be happy to help. Of course, most of us know that almost everything has some sort of value.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • BillyKingsleyBillyKingsley Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭✭

    I think for me the ability to define it any way I wished was the best thing about it. The good thing too is that there isn't any time limits, this will be a lifetime project for me. For my collection the government style didn't matter, only the name.

    For countries where I had more than one I picked the one I liked best (or scanned best) but I certainly didn't limit myself to just one.. just chose a representative example for this project, which is documented solely on my website.
    I don't store them as a cohesive OFEC collection. For countries where I only had one or two coins it was easy, but when you get to the US or Canada where I have hundreds it was much harder.

    Billy Kingsley ANA R-3146356 Cardboard History // Numismatic History
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,892 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Glad to see you back here Phil!

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,302 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 27, 2021 2:23PM

    I'm looking for some Mexican coins. My collection has stalled and I could sure use your assistance to get it going again.
    Can someone please help me and send me some coins?
    I will gladly pay postage, but only 55c as I will have to pay another 55c to send it to you.

    …… >:)

  • DBSTrader2DBSTrader2 Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭✭

    My One-Per-Country attempt took on a life of its own maybe a decade or 2 ago, following much of the same parameters as Billy Kingsley's collection (although I have never photographed them like he has).

    It started out as a 1-per-country, and evolved into a "1-per-KM#/denomination-per-phase/name-per-country" collection with approx. 200 different "countries" filling 8 oversized 3" binders full of 2x2's in plastic pocket pages.

    I'll have to dig out my list of countries represented & remaining "needs", although I'm sure there's been new ones added since I last worked on it..................

  • ExbritExbrit Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭✭

    Limit the collection to those countries that were/are in existence during your lifetime (whatever timeframe that may be).

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