Auction catalog style presentation of the "Foreign Box of 20"

coinlieutenant · April 21, 2011 3:25AM

What do you guys think? Critiques?

JCMhouston · April 21, 2011 3:46AM

I think those are some very pretty coins!

canadacolornut · April 21, 2011 3:49AM

Some real stunners in there; would love to see some closeups.

Terrific!

Zohar · April 21, 2011 4:16AM

St. Gallen and Graubunden are somethin!

pruebas · April 21, 2011 4:53AM

Nice presentation. Now all you need are the "lot" descriptions for those of us who don't know the coins.

WWW · April 21, 2011 5:06AM

Sweeeet.

coinsarefun · April 21, 2011 11:46AM

Stunning!!!!!

Bailathacl · April 21, 2011 11:54AM

What a great idea for cataloguing a collection...! I like the idea of adding lot descriptions....

spinaker2000 · April 21, 2011 12:23PM

would be cool if you could click on each coin for a larger image.

Flatwoods · April 21, 2011 12:32PM

Very nice.

bidask · April 21, 2011 12:33PM

Handpicked from the mint looks like!

cladking · April 21, 2011 12:34PM

The Swiss know how to do coins and you know how to pick them.

DorkGirl · April 22, 2011 12:35AM

canadanz · April 22, 2011 1:36AM

I love Swiss coins. You've got some excellent examples.

SYRACUSIAN · April 22, 2011 5:01AM

<< <i>would be cool if you could click on each coin for a larger image.

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What the yeti said, and that the German and British coins are a bit out of place in a ~90% Swiss set.

Otherwise, the presentation, images and coins are exquisite.

JZrarities · April 22, 2011 10:41AM

The idea of the "Box of 20" came from the lightside...

Pick your twenty best/favoite coins, and when you buy a new one, you have to get rid of one you don't like.

Keeps the collection small, powerful, and eventually incredible.

Nice coins Lieutenant.

MacCrimmon · April 22, 2011 11:25AM

That little 5 rappen is a photogenic sweetheart, eh.

A couple of Seated Helvetias (2, 5 francs) would round out the portrait. Of course, a killer Gothic florin would be nice too.

Finding a 20 franc with some nice claret toning on the rims would be cool.....but I like 'em, especially that Grau......SWEET. I'd love to see them all one day!!!

I don't think I've bought any new Swiss in 3 years +, but I know everything I did buy from 2002-2008 averaged about $0.72 per CHF. Now, it's nearly $1.13

Darkside (and Swiss) has proven a great currency hedge if nothing else.

secondrepublic · April 22, 2011 11:42AM

Love the toning and look of the Swiss (?) coin - second row center.

I think you just need a big Swiss gold 100 francs coin and you'll be all set.

Stork · April 22, 2011 9:29PM

Gorgeous!

coinlieutenant · May 6, 2011 3:44PM

Realized I hadn't replied to this.

Thanks all for the advice. I am taking the input to heart and working on some of the recommendations.
It would be pretty cool to have Hyperlinks to the individual coins...

John