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~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 04/24/15

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In 2013, I decided to pare down my collections and simplify to just one single "Box of 20" for everything, hopefully to focus a bit more on quality than quantity. Still, pursuing quality is an ongoing challenge on my budget.

The idea is a freestyle "Box of 20" collection with no parameters or restrictions except that the coins must be certified and the collection is limited to twenty pieces. (When one comes in, another must go out.) Otherwise, anything goes. In a way, I have narrowed my focus by limiting myself to just twenty slabbed pieces, but on the other hand, I've opened up my horizons to pursue whatever catches my fancy, be it ancient, medieval, modern, or even some tokens and medals. It sort of feels liberating to be freed of the constraints of collecting "sets"- now I can collect what I like and not be a slave to any predetermined "structure". But as the coins get nicer, I suspect it will become more and more difficult sentimentally for me to stick to the "one in, one out" rule.


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Ancient Greece (Macedonian Kingdom): silver tetradrachm of Alexander III ("the Great"), posthumous issue, ca. 205-200 BC

(Reimaging and NGC certification pending)
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Ancient Greece (Thessaly), silver "Rhodian Mercenaries" drachm struck by King Perseus of Macedon, ca. 175-170 BC

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Ancient Roman Republic: silver denarius of moneyer L. Furius Brocchus, ca. 63 BC

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Ancient Roman Empire: silver denarius of Septimius Severus, ca. 193-211 AD

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Ancient Byzantine Empire: gold tremissis of Justinian I, ca. 527-565 AD

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England (Anglo-Saxon): silver penny of Aethelred II (978-1016 AD), struck ca. 997-1003 AD

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Netherlands (Gelderland): "St. John" type gold gulden (florin) of Arnold van Egmond, ca. 1423-1472

(PCGS certification & TrueView imaging pending)
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Great Britain, silver "South Sea Company" shilling of George I, 1723

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French Colonies: copper sou of Louis XV, 1767 (with post-revolutionary "RF" counterstamp)

(PCGS certification & TrueView imaging pending)
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Great Britain: gilt copper proof halfpenny of George III, Soho Mint, 1806

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USA: gold Liberty half-eagle, 1842-D (small date)

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USA: bronze Civil War token, "Our Little Monitor", 1863

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German States (Hesse-Darmstadt): silver kreuzer, 1866

(PCGS certification & TrueView imaging pending)
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USA: copper-nickel three-cent piece, 1880 proof

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Italy: gold 20-lire of Umberto I, 1882-R

(PCGS certification & TrueView imaging pending, 03/17/15)
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Great Britain: gold half-sovereign of Queen Victoria, 1901, ex-Terner Collection

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German States (Saxony) silver 3 mark proof, Battle of Leipzig centennial commemorative, 1913-E

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USA: silver commemorative half dollar, Pilgrim Tercentenary, 1920

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Canada: gold 100 dollars proof of Elizabeth II, Canadian Unity commemorative, 1978

(PCGS certification & TrueView imaging pending)
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Latvia: gold 5-lati proof, 2003

(PCGS certification & TrueView imaging pending)
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Archives of the set as it appeared in past incarnations:

~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 04/24/15
~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 03/17/15
~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 11/06/14
~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 10/24/14
~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 10/22/14
~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 10/11/14
~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 04/29/14
~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 03/18/14
~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 03/08/14
~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 03/04/14
~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 03/03/14
~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 03/01/14
~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 08/07/13
~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 07/25/13



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