Ultra-Moderns: A supreme challenge!

MrEureka

Is anyone out there working on a complete 21st century set of everything? Are you doing just the US or the whole world? Coins only, or coins and paper money? Do you have hopes that future generations will take over the project through the end of the century? We're at a special time in history. Somebody could actually pull off a complete century set!

AmericanCopper

Geeze...Just buying the U.S.Mint's output since 1985 would be more than enough to break me. - It would be quite the accomplishment if someone does it, but I can assure you it's not gonna be me! Is there an Eliasberg for a new generation out there?

291fifth

They better have plenty of available cash. Just think what the US mint issues alone would cost.

Shamika

<< <i>Is anyone out there working on a complete 21st century set of everything? >>


Now THERE'S an undertaking consider so many nations change their coinage evertime another regime comes to power.

dragon

I'm working on getting Switzerland covered.

MrEureka

If you eliminated the NCLT issues, or even just the gold and platinum issues, this project would not be very expensive. It would be a ton of work, though.

roadrunner

I'm keeping all my change so I have about 50% of it covered.

roadrunner

BillJones

Sorry, I'd be bored to tears with that collection.

I like type coins and commemorative pieces for the most part. I've done some series collecting, but my interest never held. Year after year of the same thing with only a date and mint mark to stimulate interest is not my thing as a collector.

ABC123

Sounds like something CoinVault would want to sell ! Of course, with a multiple payment Plan !

cladking

There are hundreds of rarities from the last half of the 20th century simply because
almost no one was doing this. Very few people even did the circulating issues from
their own country so now the coins are lost, worn, or melted by their issuer.

I have the sense that people are collecting the circulating coins again but I doubt it's
being done systematically or comprehensively by more than a mere handful. I've nev-
er encountered a collector or heard of one who was doing it.

I'll collect them eventually but there might be some scarcities by then.

Shamika

<< <i>If you eliminated the NCLT issues, or even just the gold and platinum issues, this project would not be very expensive. >>

Andy - Please explain what you mean by "not expensive".

eureka

I'd be willing to try Andy if you'd give me your two unique Canadian 21st century coins.

cladking

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<< <i>If you eliminated the NCLT issues, or even just the gold and platinum issues, this project would not be very expensive. >>

Andy - Please explain what you mean by "not expensive". >>





If you went with only the circulating issues in only unc condition, I think it would be less than $2,000 per year. There used to be a trading club for putting such sets together but many countries were unrepresented, some were very poorly represented and a few were represented but it was done poorly by the individuals involved. It is simply astounding that in the modern age this kind of preoject is so intensive in terms of work and making the contacts needed. People may hold the Franklin Mint, et al in low regard for their products along these lines but their sets of world coins are virtually the sole source for many coins and their quality is excellent. They were not comprehensive and the prices of many of these sets is already well in excess of their issue price.

The best bet for collectors now days is probably to get on all the mints' mailing lists. If you buy each of their cheapest mint sets each year it will probably cost close to $4,000 because of premiums and postage, but it will be much easier than developing the contacts which will take several years. There are coins not included in mint sets so this will not be an easy project.

MrEureka may well be figuring other coins as well. There are numerous higher denomination coins that are issued but hardly circulate.