Is anyone here trying to complete a worldwide set of 21st century coins?

MrEureka

Without the NCLT issues, it's completelely viable. And what a great project for you and your kids, and their kids!

JoesMaName

That's way too ambitious for me. But if I had 10 million or so I may have a go at it. (i.e.: lots of time to enjoy the finer things in life)

cladking

I keep saying that people started collecting new coin again a few years back and that ushered in the
age of ultra-moderns. But I know that people are not systematically collecting new coins like they did
in the pre modern era. They are saving new coins again but they are overlooking many. This is evi-
denced by the rising prices for various coins since '99. Look at the BU roll prices for nickels and dimes
if you don't believe it. Retail on '01 nickels is 4 1/2 times face now.

It's going to take time for there to be very many real collectors after generations of ignoring new coins.

tbirde56

I collect worldwide, mostly by type, 1800+.

KoinDawg

Not 21st century coins. They are mostly aluminum or some other worthless metal. I only buy silver world coins so have bought silver EURO commemoratives. I also bought 2-Euro coins made for circulation for each of the original 12 countries of the EU. Haven't been able to find 2-Euro coins for the 2004 EU expansion countries.

BigAlan

Is anyone here trying to complete a worldwide set of 21st century coins?


Just people who gave up on a 20th century set.

SYRACUSIAN

cladking

It's a shame people didn't start the 20th century set much earlier. There are
going to be a lot of impossible coins especially from the latter half of the cen-
tury.

I worked on a silver set for many years until I switched over to just trying an
unc cu/ ni set. I'm still working on it but have already put a lot of them on the
back burner to concentrate on issues that circulated more heavily.

Ironically there seem to be a lot of great aluminum, copper and other 20th cen-
tury that are going to be equally tough or tougher.

SYRACUSIAN

Cladking, I understand your position,
and some coins from countries that have a small collecting community might indeed become very scarce soon.
But, from what I see so far, it is the packaging that separates the millions of coins minted, from those with a collecting potential,
and some coins can only be found in those special packagings.
The European banks have been selling the yearly official euro sets, for multiples of their 3.88 face value,
and I see that this has become common practice elsewhere too.No special minting method, no special looking coins,
just a small number that has been packed in official blisters. I sold my own scarce 2002 set recently for nearly $200.
One of the most sought after sets,even if NCLT, was and still is the all gold British 2002 Jubilee set, again with a very tiny mintage.


Speaking of NCLTs, apparently Cook islands has gone through a series of problems,
when some German speculators returned some $50 coins issued in the early 90s, about an ounce of silver each or less,
and demanded their face value from the Central Bank, as these coins were legal tender in the Cook islands territory.
I know the matter was sent to parliament but I do not know of the outcome.