My friends, I am at a loss

MSD61

Well, I am at a loss I have no direction in my collecting right now. I have finished my Proof Ike registry set and pretty much finished the business strikes. I am closing in on finishing the Silver eagle set. My wife would like to see me collect slivers like Kookaburas, Pandas and the like. Irish coinage no problem. I was thinking about Canadian coinage and I can't seem to find another country's coinage interesting to me. I don't know I guess I will keep looking until something just hits me and I can't live without it

a2labmom

How about my 2 favorites, India or Poland?

JohnZ

Darkside gold. Much of it can be bought at close to spot.

Aethelred

British India would be fun.

Donovan

<< <i>Well, I am at a loss I have no direction in my collecting right now. I have finished my Proof Ike registry set and pretty much finished the business strikes. I am closing in on finishing the Silver eagle set. My wife would like to see me collect slivers like Kookaburas, Pandas and the like. Irish coinage no problem. I was thinking about Canadian coinage and I can't seem to find another country's coinage interesting to me. I don't know I guess I will keep looking until something just hits me and I can't live without it >>



Do a British monarch type set, including colonial issues. George V is cool.

Refrema

The set of coins that I enjoy collecting the most is Viking Ships. I would recommend that you find some topic that interests you, and then go for it. When I started these, I was told I might find 30 to 40 pieces. I now have over 150 different ones. I chose Viking ships because when I lived in Norway and Denmark, they seemed to fascinate me. I have several collections I am working on, but the Viking Ships are by far my favorite.

There are hundreds of specialized collections you could choose, just find something that you already have an interest in. I finished my Ikes several years ago, then got all of the verities, did a toned set, then collected the doubled dies. The Viking ships have been much more fun.

Good Luck,

Bob

0john0

I agree with JohnZ. Darkside gold is a great collection. It is usually some of the more culturally important coinage and can certainly be had at a reasonable price, especially compared to liteside gold or silver.
I've been picking up some pieces over the last year and am very happy with them.
-john

Donovan

<< <i>The set of coins that I enjoy collecting the most is Viking Ships. I would recommend that you find some topic that interests you, and then go for it. When I started these, I was told I might find 30 to 40 pieces. I now have over 150 different ones. I chose Viking ships because when I lived in Norway and Denmark, they seemed to fascinate me. I have several collections I am working on, but the Viking Ships are by far my favorite.

There are hundreds of specialized collections you could choose, just find something that you already have an interest in. I finished my Ikes several years ago, then got all of the verities, did a toned set, then collected the doubled dies. The Viking ships have been much more fun.

Good Luck,

Bob >>



That's a neat collecting concept. Of the 150, how many are NCLT types?

GDJMSP

Darkside gold they say ? A little over melt ????? Nahhhhhhhhh - these guys are misleading you. That stuff's EXPENSIVE And ya can hardly ever find any - you don't wanna start collecting darkside gold - you'll be


Now what you want to collect are thalers. There's lots and lots of those to be found And the price - Boy Howdy they almost give 'em away Yeah - that's what you wanna collect - thalers. I hear the nice one's from Austria are REAL EASY to find

Refrema

I may have missed something, But what is a NCLT type?

Bob

satootoko

Gee - just can't think of anything to suggest

Donovan

<< <i>I may have missed something, But what is a NCLT type?

Bob >>



Non Circulating Legal Tender. I was wondering how many of your 150 Viking ship types were actually coins minted for circulation and how many are commemorative in nature.

Refrema

I would have to look and count, but my guess would be as follows:
Circulating Legal tender - 30 plus 5 pieces of currency
Non Circulating Comm. - 50
Medals - 30
Tokens - 40

Bob

Donovan

<< <i>I would have to look and count, but my guess would be as follows:
Circulating Legal tender - 30 plus 5 pieces of currency
Non Circulating Comm. - 50
Medals - 30
Tokens - 40

Bob >>



No need to look it up. I just wanted a general idea of how many were on actual circulating coins. Very neat collection, thanks.

coachleonard

How about a one coin from every century collection-- going back to
5th Century B.C (or even 6th Century BC if you can track one of those EARLY early bean-like greek coins).

sumnom

Go for the Irish coins. They are fantastic.

SYRACUSIAN

Go to a coin show and visit the Worlds and Ancients section. Ask to see world silver crowns (you seem to like large silver coins) , and you'll be surprised at their variety and price range. Buy a Standard Catalogue of World Coins (by Ch. Krause & C.Mischler) . It will only set you back around $50, but it will prove an invaluable help to your decision.

cacheman

Try City View Talers....lots of heft and beauty to boot.

1jester

It seems that until now you've concentrated on modern issues. How about checking out something older? Many excellent suggestions have been given, such as British coins (including and especially all colonial issues), Darkside gold (including medieval ducats and equivalents, which can often be had for not much premium over melt), Talers (and especially Cacheman's favorites--city views), and perhaps old Siberian dengas. There's so much out there. Have you seen anything on the boards here that might interest you? Have you been to coin shows to see and hold the coins we're talking about?

Good luck and Happy Collecting!!!

wybrit

...Many excellent suggestions have been given, such as British coins...

Nah, you don't want to be collecting those boring British coins.

1jester

Aaaarrrggggghhhhhhh!!!!! STOP IT, Wybrit!!!!!!!

MSD61

I have given a lot of thought to collecting British coinage It just I can hear me 'ol father rolling in his grave
Thanks for the suggestions all you have given me food for thought

theboz11

Nobody bothered to mention the Fine collection you can make out of Lions,and/or Big Cats,,, It covers all year groups and most countries,,, some are just as hard to aquire and of low mintage as any Group you would like to chose. Large Cats