We could use some advice/suggestions on world copper sets.

CaptainRon

The little lady loves world currency, I love RB IHC's. However togather we would like to work togather on a set of coins.

When it comes to coins she loves gold, my wallet does not.... Neither would my IHC collection... So gold is out of the question for a set, she can just keep working her gold types.

We kinda settled on perhaps choosing a copper set... One because I love copper, Two she digs real nice RB copper.

We could kinda use some advice/suggestions on a nice set to work on that is somewhat easy on the wallet, no more then $500 for the toughest key in mint state. Would like it 19th century or older. Preferably much larger in size the IHC's, and a big plus would be for it to be a smaller set then the IHC Run......


Any and all sugestions would be most welcome, pictures of the sugestions even better :-).

Thanks every
Ron and Patrisha

coinrookie

Maybe a nice run of Victoria half or pennies.


Steve

1960NYGiants

Step 1: Get a copy of the Krause World Coin catalogs

Step 2: Decide what country(ies) to collect

Step 3: Start the hunt

Here's a couple of RB Canadian large cents. Enjoy!





Gene

farthing

Who's going to be the first to tell Ron of the joys of collecting Conder tokens??

1960NYGiants

<< <i>Who's going to be the first to tell Ron of the joys of collecting Conder tokens??

<< <i>

Or Canadian Colonials?



Gene

spinaker2000

nice Canadian or British coppers are really gaining popularity. Prices are still reasonable compared to US coins and at least for the British coppers of the 20th century, there isn't any one coin that will break your bank. Take a look at some of these Colin Cooke has to offer. The British 1ds (penny) are huge compared to the US 1 cent. Your gonna have a lot of fun!!!

CaptainRon

Thanks guys keep them coming... Our Krause is from 1900 - Current.

She is wondering if Mexico, Pakistan, or the Vatican have any copper sets that would be reasonable. She likes the Canadian sets, however has quite a few low grades already, and is looking for something fresh to start with and learn about.

Condors - wow that could take a lifetime couldn't it.... I think we need something a little easier to start with, just to see if we enjoy collecting togather I'm kinda real picky, and she is well kinda not. I kinda like quality now, she still likes quantity.. So a shorter set would probably be best to start.

I would like something kinda gothic looking to work on.... But she would also have to like the design as well....

One think we have agreed upon, is we would like the design to be real busy if that makes any sense


Thanks again all
Ron and Trish

bosox

Ron,

As much as I love Canadian large cents, some of them are getting expensive, plus Gene and I don't need the competition (just kidding). May I suggest other British colonial copper, such as Hong Kong or Ceylon (Sri Lanka) or British East Africa or Mauritius (been there, nice place). Let the 19th century Krause be your guide. Enjoy the dark side!

Rob

wybrit

Acute demand for British pennies in mint state have made acquiring them quite spendy. Look at the Heritage auction and you will very few nice bun head or copper pennies. There is only one scarcity/rarity up for sale (1865/3). Expect to pay Spink prices or above for choice mint state Victorian. Most choice Bun Heads are at least $500 nowadays except for dates after 1883. Copper pieces are a little more affordable.

Halfpennies are still affordable, except for 1845, 1848, 1860 (copper), 1869, 1871, 1874 and 1878. Most halfpenny dates sell below Spink prices still.

CaptainRon

What is Spink prices?

thanks

ccrdragon

Spinks is usually considered the definitive catalog for British and British Isle (including Irish, Scottish, etc.) coins.

Another suggestion would be to do copper type sets from the world countries. I am currently working on a copper type set for the African continent (yes, all of the countries in Africa) from the 20th century. It is a rather large set - 250-300 coins - but I am already 100+ coins into the set and I have less than $500 total in the set.

You could do a type set for the European countries, Asia, India (a rather large set also), Oceania (Austrailia, New Zealand and the islands in the Pacific), etc. None of these should set you back a large amount and with the differing countries, would provide a lot of change and should not get boring in the long run.

newsman

Ron:

Mexican 20 centavos coins are popular among copper collectors. They're large and have interesting designs, and most dates are reasonably priced.

Conder101

<< <i>Condors - wow that could take a lifetime couldn't it >>


Yes, but it all depends on how you decide to collect them. If you want ALL of them, yes it is definitely a lifetime search. But there are so many different ways to collect them. I started out with one for each English county. There are only 39 counties with 38 of them being doable with about 6 to 10 being rather tough to locate. (Took me 7 years) You might chose all the pieces from just one county, one piece from each city in a county,or all those from one city, one manufacturer, one engraver, one merchant, one series such as say all the Lady Godiva's. (Some of those are TOUGH in better than VF condition.) I have a full set of all of the tokens issued by J Lackington who was a bookseller in London. There are about 10 pieces and with the exception of one low grade piece they range from XF to MS-62. None cost over $100 and most were $30 or less. And there are probably other ways as well.