What coins do you own that aren't part of a set and why?
Clio
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Just as the title asks. This question mainly towards people who set build rather than those that just collect more opportunistically?
As an example. I collect Shillings as many of you know. I try my best to not buy a lot of stray pieces so I can focus the bulk of my financial abilities on the areas I need it most. Occasionally I still end up with a couple standalone pieces.
Here's a couple examples:
This crusty 1911 Sovereign was left to me as a gift from my grandmother-in-law once she passed away.
This is a token from Cork Ireland where I live for a bit over three years. I am especially fond of it for having CC on it which is my wife's initials.
I am not sure I could tell you why I own this other than it was cheap and I thought it was cool. I also just generally wanted to own an ancient since many non-collectors find them interesting.
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None anymore all the coins I have are for sets (date series). Took me a few years to get my focus on sets and not buy anything else. I will stick with date series collecting moving forward. Cost to much to be all over the place at least for me and my type of budget.
Liberty Seated Half Dollars (G-04 to F-12)
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I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
Here’s one I completely don’t “need”, but I had to buy it anyway. It’s a uniface splasher of the 1933 New Zealand florin.1933 is the first year for NZ coinage, so I think it’s important, and the kiwi is adorable.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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That's awesome! Where did you manage to pick it up?
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1914 Canadian gold $5 - got it at melt, graded MS63. The rarest of the Canadian gold six coin set from 1912-1914.
It’s from a 2014 Baldwin’s auction.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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I got this cute little Alexander the Great drachm a few years ago, thinking it could lead into more ancient collecting. But I just haven’t been feeling ancients, and this is an odd one out in my collections. This was an NGC choice XF, but I cracked it out when I got it because I wanted to image it at a time when I was only shooting raw coins. Anyway, Accepting offers on it.
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I have quite a few, like a lot. Main reason is when I went to a show I would first check the binders/boxes for what I was really collecting at the time. Then I would look at everything the dealer had and pick out what I thought were just really nice coins and just put them away.
This is a group I bought may years ago from a dealer in Texas and just got them graded in the last year or so, they all graded 67 a couple could have gone higher I think. They are really something in hand. I could not pass them up at the time. Only coins I own from the Central American Republic.
Spain 1729 SP 1R, NGC MS-66. I was previously intending to put together a high-quality denomination set but never allocated the budget to it.
I bought it real cheap in 2002 or 2003, but lately this design in this type of quality seems to be a lot more expensive.
I decided to have a box of 20 “randoms” about 5 years ago. I have 11 slots filled in it just now. It has those coins that I want but can’t fit into a set or theme. Drool worthy coin that I just can’t bear to let go! Two super artistic coins, a few super toned coins, a Texas half dollar since I lived there, a coin I bought on my first trip with my wife, or like a poster above I have my single Tyre Shekel ancient (since it’s just cool to have an ancient), etc etc. Tastes can change too, so I have sold/replaced a few of them over the years.
Here's one that's not part of my primary set. It's an early crude Durango 8 Reales from the War of Independence period. Why? Because it's bloody awesome, that's why. Super heavy planchet, as well. 39.3g Thanks again to @MrEureka for holding onto it for about a decade before parting with it last year.
To many to share > @TwoKopeiki said:
Wowee!
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
I got this 1983 Mexico medal just because it has the images of all the three mints that minted the 1984 Mexico coins: