Do You Actively Collect Foreign Coins?

The only foreign coins i have are my 1979 East Germany 2 mark (Less than 1 million minted, which was very low for East Germany) and my 1950 Somalia 5 Centisimi. I find both neat because of the U.N.'s entrustment to Italy with the italian-somaliland.

 

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No.

Do I appreciate their (often times) beautiful designs? Yes........

 

So long as you appreciate beauty.

 

In the GDR, mintage figures simply varied widely. The 2 Mark coin dated 1975 for example had a mintage of 32 million which was probably enough for quite a while. 1979, 1980 and 1981 had roughly a million each; in 1982 the GDR made 60 million again. In 1984 only 6,000 were made while the '85 mintage was 1.3 million ...

Christian

 

They minted as they had planchets, as a side effect of socialism some commodities were running scarce for one or the other use, in the centralized wares management they competed with other users (industry).

 

I think this aboriginal portrayal is too cool.

 

I collect us coins but I also love mexican coins and notes not just because I'm from mexico is because I love the design specially on the old coins modern are good but old are better so I collect us and mexican coins and some others that I come by when im roll searching lol but I ussually trade them for mexican coins at the coin shows and to add a little more mexican coin are more affordable some times :hail:

 

I love the Mexican silver Libertad.

 

How about this one. I really like the eagle and snake motif.

 

Hope you posted that plata pura in the beautifull women thread?

 

I'm late to this tread but I just started to actively collect foreign coins. The rest of the world was just too big for me, starting out, when there is plenty I don't know about US coinage. I'm about to move to South Korea so I want to collect some of their coins - and hopefully from the North too (so long as that's not against any rules/laws that I don't yet know about). I discovered some very cool foreign Olympic weightlifting commemorative coins, and that's a sport I'm into I would like to collect a set of those.

 

I think I did, but if not, I will for certain.

 

The more I get into foreign and ancient coins, the more I love them. I still want to collect Lincoln cents and large cents, but I think foreign and ancients will be right up front (with an emphasis on beautiful women).

 

Sucker for the ladies, huh?

 

I also collect some foreign coins. Sometimes you just need a break from the U.S. coins. I get sick of looking at Jefferson's ugly mug.
Since I am a raw collector, foreign coins are generally a better option since they usually aren't certified. Unlike U.S. coins, just because it isn't in a slab, doesn't mean it's a problem coin (like a lot of U.S. collectors think).

My foreign collecting interests are German Empire (1871-1918) emphasis on the silver 1 Mark, and German Federal coins (1949-1990), emphasis on the silver 5 Mark. Also Canadian large cents.
All those I mentioned are very reasonable in pricing. I always recommend them to anyone looking to get into some foreign collecting.







Relevant threads:
http://www.cointalk.com/t210313/
http://www.cointalk.com/t208926/
http://www.cointalk.com/t211991/
http://www.cointalk.com/t204609/
http://www.cointalk.com/t213908-2/#post1547800

-greg

 

Haha! Great point.

Nice looking coins too!

 

Yes! I am glad I found this site or my eyes would not have been opened. So many coins from different countries are so beautiful because they are truly works of art. They are works of art because they depict the female form which is beautiful beyond measure. Moreover, many of them depict the whole female form and not just a bust portrait. Now my favorite female design is the Draped Bust. Also, if you look at U.S. coinage, I think one would be hard pressed to deny that the Draped Bust, Walking Liberty, and St. Gaudens designs are not the best designs on U.S. coinage.

Yes, I love women!