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~ LordM Box of 20 archive, 05/26/16

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In 2013, I decided to pare down my collections and simplify to a 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 (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 "Capricorn" denarius of Vespasian, struck by Titus ca. 80-81 AD



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Ancient Roman Empire: orichalcum sestertius of Hadrian, struck ca. 134-138 AD





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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, struck ca. 997-1003 AD



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Medieval Croatia (Ragusa): silver grosso portraying St. Blasius and Christ, ca. 1372-1438



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



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German States (Teutonic Order): silver 1/4 thaler of Grand Master Maximilian of Austria, undated (ca. 1615)



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Great Britain: silver "South Sea Company" shilling of George I, 1723



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France: silver jeton of Louis XV, "Aurora in cloud chariot", undated (ca. 1740)



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Great Britain: gilt proof halfpenny of George III, Soho Mint, 1806



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United States: gold 5-dollar half-eagle, Liberty Head type, 1842-D (small date)



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United States: bronze Civil War token, "Our Little Monitor" type, 1863



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United States: proof copper-nickel 3-cent piece, Liberty head type, 1888



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Great Britain: gold half-sovereign of Queen Victoria, 1901, from the 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



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