I love collecting our U.S. Coinage, but I dabble in World also....

1Bustcollector

What say you?

1- Currently I don't have an interest in World coins.

2 - I pick up a piece here and there, nothing serious.

3 - I enjoy collecting World coins along with U.S.

4 - (insert your comments).

mercurydimeguy

3 for me...

Coin Finder

World coins give us a rich wonderful place to study and collect. Steeped in history and craftsmanship with many different avenues to take! I say all should dabble and don't be afraid of the darksides seduction!

Nysoto

2 - a few world type coins here and there, when they are interesting, would not attempt a series. Mostly talers and ducats.

Christos

2.5 for me as I enjoy them but I collect US coinage more seriously. There are some very interesting and beautiful world coins out there.
Have to add a coin to a coin thread and some of the world coins can also be considered "US" coins by history of production and use.

SmEagle1795

4) I predominately buy Ancients but still very much enjoy US coins. I'm admittedly not too interested in spreading into World coins, however, and have set a firm end of my collection to the end of the Roman empire.

coinsarefun

World coin collecting is a must for me as I love it so much!!

lordmarcovan

4- I primarily collect world coins but dabble in a little US material, too.

cecropiamoth

I fall into option #3.

Jeff

TopographicOceans

I'm a #2 ( )

For me, there are way too many of world coins to learn about and try to collect.
But when I see one I like, I buy it.

Since our country is young, coins that are centuries old are interesting historically (and the price per year age is a lot cheaper than for US coins.)

Yep, I'm a #2

Coinstudy

A # 2 .A U. S. Mint gave me a slight interest.In reading on west point history learned that so far the west point mint has only produced one coin for ciculation/business.The 1974,77,79,80 Panama un centesimo b.u. where struck at west point.Due to circulation you don't see alot of these around but they do kinda fit in both catagories.I never see these graded and slabed.There just something different to collect I guess.

MidLifeCrisis

3. I collect World coins that circulated in early America.

JRocco

#3
I can't stop enjoying early coinage just based on where they were minted.
History is history.

LogPotato

I probably fall into #2. I'll occasionally pick up a silver crown sized coins.

ricko

Number three.... I have coins from countries I have lived in and traveled to..... also some very attractive coins from other countries that piqued my interest.... mainly U.S. coins, but always open to others. Cheers, RickO

topstuf

Transitioning here, boss.
BST

AMRC

Since most of us have ancestry that comes from somewhere other than this great country, it is quite common to have a piece or 100 from the homeland.

silverpop

most of my collection is world coins

a few US coins scattered among them

LanLord

My main interest in foreign coins and currency has been to collect some of what is used in places where I've traveled.

There are some older foreign coins which are incredibly beautiful, rivaling such classic US coins as the St. Gaudens designs, Walking and Standing Liberty designs and early Draped Bust coins. I would be proud to include them in my collection.

Ancient coins are amazing and interesting. Not only can you hold in your hand something which has a tie back to the time of Caesar or Jesus (and earlier), but you can actually get a good history lesson by collecting and studying them.

I've yet to find an area of numismatics that doesn't hold some interest for me.

JCMhouston

I only collect World, with a few ancients thrown in.

1694 Wurttemberg, Klippe 1/2 Ducat.

topstuf

I had a collector who frequented my first shop who collected....... THE WORLD BY DATE !!!

Shoe salesman. He didn't know HOW many ooins he had, but he knew his material by heart and knew if he needed a certain date and mintmark of a Centime or Mark or whatever.

Amazing.

asheland

I love British!

And Mexican coins are of interest to me, too.

JRocco

<< <i>I love British!

And Mexican coins are of interest to me, too. >>



Very nice.
GB - now you are talking about history !

TwoSides2aCoin

Coins from around the world find me
So does currency. Frightening, really.
What walks in, sometimes.

asheland

JRocco

TopographicOceans

<< <i>I only collect World, with a few ancients thrown in.

1694 Wurttemberg, Klippe 1/2 Ducat.

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Well you're never going to find a square coin with a horse on it issued by the US Mint.

koynekwest

#3 for me-I like many of the modern bi-metallic issues, especially the silver/niobium coins from Austria and Luxembourg and the Czeck Republic 50 korun coins.

OldEastside

Me Too

Steve

winky

I like some Canadian.

cmerlo1

2

coinkat

I suppose will make some comments-

The World is changing faster than we can appreciate. There are opportunities in World coins. At some point and may it happen sooner that many suspect, World rarities will reach parity with US rarities. The recent 1839 GB proof set auction result seems to confirm this.

Laugh if you want... but it is happening.

coinlieutenant

Definitely both! Think there was any copying between the Swiss and Americans??

johnny9434

4) just canadian coin and some currency.

messydesk

2, but they're usually older than U.S. coins

1Bustcollector

Thanks for the responses so far. I must say that although my interest has been only 7-8 years (dabbling to serious) in World, I truly enjoy and appreciate the quality designs out there (Great photos of nice coins in the postings!). What's interesting, many of my collecting friends have tried for 15 years or more to convince me. In the end, my transition was mostly due to the expense factor of having to pay much higher prices in U.S. - not that's a bad thing. In retrospect, I still have the same friends in U.S. along with new ones in World.

SaorAlba

I started out collecting USA coinage and still collect it, lately early 20th century commemoratives or whatever catches my eye. But my main pursuit and where most of my spare dosh goes is Scottish:



About the earliest possible Scottish coin, from the reign of David I(1124-1153) whom is widely believed to have been the first Scottish monarch to issue coinage. This penny was minted in Berwick and is no doubt connected with the Scots capturing said town during the chaos of the first English Civil War.

Boosibri

3. I enjoy collecting coins of the world and appreciating the history attached to them .

Nap

<< <i>I started out collecting USA coinage and still collect it, lately early 20th century commemoratives or whatever catches my eye. But my main pursuit and where most of my spare dosh goes is Scottish:



About the earliest possible Scottish coin, from the reign of David I(1124-1153) whom is widely believed to have been the first Scottish monarch to issue coinage. This penny was minted in Berwick and is no doubt connected with the Scots capturing said town during the chaos of the first English Civil War. >>



Awesome rare coin! David was the son of Malcolm III Canmore, famous from Shakespeare's classic Macbeth.

When you start collecting world coins, you realize how rare some things are. Coins of David I are extremely rare and mostly found in museums. His son and grandson also issued coins, which are even more rare.

I have a Stewart type 2 cut half penny of Henry of Northumberland, David's son:

Nap

I started collecting US coins exclusively, I still have most of my US collection but I rarely add to it any more, I'm focused on medieval European (mostly British with a smattering of Merovingian and Viking) coinage these days

SaorAlba

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Awesome rare coin! David was the son of Malcolm III Canmore, famous from Shakespeare's classic Macbeth.

When you start collecting world coins, you realize how rare some things are. Coins of David I are extremely rare and mostly found in museums. His son and grandson also issued coins, which are even more rare.

I have a Stewart type 2 cut half penny of Henry of Northumberland, David's son:

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As rare as the penny above is, the pennies of Henry of Northumberland are much scarcer. Northumberland was part of the English realm then, and Prince Henry had to swear fealty to the English monarch for his English lands in normal times, but with the English Civil War Prince Henry held a bit more sway over Northumberland than usual. So far I have a cut halfpenny that is likely a Prince Henry coin - but not the whole example. Several years ago I had the great fortune to purchase a small hoard of cut halves and farthings that were likely planted ca. 1270 or so and coins in there date from Henry I on up to Henry III and have a couple of Scots, a likely Danish piece etc.

Nap

<< <i>As rare as the penny above is, the pennies of Henry of Northumberland are much scarcer. Northumberland was part of the English realm then, and Prince Henry had to swear fealty to the English monarch for his English lands in normal times, but with the English Civil War Prince Henry held a bit more sway over Northumberland than usual. So far I have a cut halfpenny that is likely a Prince Henry coin - but not the whole example. Several years ago I had the great fortune to purchase a small hoard of cut halves and farthings that were likely planted ca. 1270 or so and coins in there date from Henry I on up to Henry III and have a couple of Scots, a likely Danish piece etc. >>



That sounds like a neat hoard to go through, great pieces. Even the damaged coins of this era are fascinating in their own respects- irregular flans, cut halfpennies and farthings (purposely cut for fractional currency, using the reverse cross as a guideline for cutting), poor strikes, double strikes, defaced dies, etc.

Cougar1978

2 - I pickup world coins I like and cost is right

BillJones

Iam working a collection that includes at least one coin from each British king. I am getting down to some of the early pieces now, some of which were very crudely made. I have some of the classics like pennies from Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror.

Weiss

Why not have both?

Half and half box of 20 full size image

bidask

The French Republic (Republique Francaise) formed in 1793. Shortly thereafter Napoleon Bonaparte staged a coup wherein he declared himself First Consul (Premier Consul) for life.
Not satisfied, he had himself proclaimed emperor of France and Italy in 1804. But the Russians did him in during military campaigns beginning in 1812, and Napoleon ultimately met his defeat at the hands of the Duke of Wellington and an allied Prussian army at the battle of Waterloo (in present-day Belgium) in 1815.

Below is a rare and highest grade from the Strasbourg mint.

bidask

This silver denari struck to commemorate the Vespasian's victory over the jews in the first jewish war .....

Can you guess why the jewish woman is crying on the reverse?

Elmhurst

I pick up a nice Canadian coin once in a while. I actully started with Canadian as a young collector. Living close to the border, there were always lots of nice Canada coins available, but they sold cheap as we were not in Canada.