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New collection I have started

skingspanskingspan Posts: 519 ✭✭
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Well, I have to admit it finally happened. I have been pulled over to the darkside. All of the beautiful coins that you people have been posting lately really pulled me in. My US type set that I have been working on really doesn't excite me like it used to. I plan to still upgrade/add to it here and there but I feel myself changing my focus. Since there are so many options in collecting darkside I have decided to focus on Silver Dollar/Crown sized coins 1900 forward. My only criteria will be they must be big, silver and high grade. This seems to be quite an extensive collection to work on. I will probably also add coins from the 1700s and 1800s as I see fit. I really like the idea of this collection because the large coins really show off the designs and a lot of the coins can be purchased fairly cheap.

The second part of this collection is my plan to create a website with photos of each of the coins and information about the coin such as: Dates minted, size, silver content, key dates and basically what I like about the design. I am sure there are other similar sites out there like this but I haven't found any yet to assist in my collection. Let me know if you know of any sites like this. I think it would be a good educational tool for someone working on a similar collection.

This will also force me to make some purchases that I have been needing for a while now. A Krause book and a digital camera. I will post here when I get the site up an running. I have a few coins already to get me started so I hope to have it up an running with the next few weeks.

My Silver Crown Collection

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  • JZraritiesJZrarities Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭
    CosmicDebris website is something to behold:

    The Coin Collection of Cosmicdebris
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,967 ✭✭✭
    Welcome over!

    The British coins that meet your criteria are:

    Crowns:
    1902 crown
    "Wreath" crowns of 1927-1934 and 1936 (all quite scarce if not rare except for 1927)
    1935 "Rocking horse" crown
    1937 crown

    Some of the modern crowns are available as silver proofs.

    There is also the Britannia £2 series, which you can get in BU from silvereaglecoins. The proofs are getting hard to come by.


    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love the crowns which have detailed graphics and in other ways artistic.
    I first started with English crowns, detailing royal portraits.
    I then went with Latin American crowns; mostly late 19th century.
    I have small collections of Dutch and non-Western crowns.

    Here is a suggestion that provided a good guide for me, if you want a basic representative collection:
    Your local bookstore may have the "Official Blackbook Price Guide to World Coins."
    It would provide you with a comprehensive list of countries, at the least. I put together a collection of World Crowns, that way.

    Finally, Krause, and I think some others, publish books on crown sized coins.
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  • oldshepoldshep Posts: 3,240 ✭
    Excellent idea for collecting some beautiful designs!!!....er.....stay away from ship coins thoughimage
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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    Posted on the Weekend Swap is some of what you desireimage


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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    Good choice, and welcome to the darkside!
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  • FreibeuterFreibeuter Posts: 19
    You might also check out Swiss Shooting Medals (schutzentaler?). I haven't found a good website about them, but I think they would make a great collection and subject to photograph.
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Welcome to the darkside.image


    JZrarities thanks for the plugimage
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  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,059 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cuban Star Peso's and Cuban ABC Peso's will fit beautifully into your collection image
  • NJMark1NJMark1 Posts: 479 ✭
    You can spend a lifetime and a small fortune in the german states alone. Some like the Guatemala one Quetzal may be a life long quest. Good Hunting!!!!!

    Mark
  • skingspanskingspan Posts: 519 ✭✭
    I went out this morning and picked my self up a Krause book so now all I need to do is get the camera. Looked at a couple but I want to do a little more research before I make a decision.

    The Krause book I picked up is called Collection World Coins - 1901 - Present. What is the difference between this book and the Standard Catalog of world coins other than the price? Looks like this book will meet my needs.

    My Silver Crown Collection
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Welcome to the Darkside, brother! Good luck with the website; I think it's a great idea. Please post over here if you have any questions at all, and we'll try our best to help.

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  • NJMark1NJMark1 Posts: 479 ✭
    Collecting World Coins deals mainly with actually circulating coinage. It leaves out most NCLT and does not go into tokens. It is a simplified version of the standard catalog of world coins.

    Mark
  • PuddlePiratePuddlePirate Posts: 728 ✭
    Looks like you have filled your plate before the main course has come out of the kitchen! Good Hunting!
    Welcome to the darkside but beware it is habit forming! image
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