Size of your collection

Hey just out of curiosity how big are your coin collections? I just want to see if I have a large collection or just an average size. Also list whether you have duplicates and what coin series you collect. I will my the size of my collection after a while.

 

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Your poll needs a lot more options. That is all I will say.

Chris

 

I am a fourth generation collector, so I have many coins and many duplicates. Your poll doesn't even come close to my number.

 

My collection currently has 750+ coins in it, however, the majority of them are just common, modern face value types/varieties. I specialize in U.S. types from the commemorates to the state quarters (1892-2009), and the U.S. year type series from the depression to the state quarters (1929-2009). My type set currently has 145 coins while my year type series has 508 coins, plus I have just the basic U.S. date/type series of cents from 1901-2009 which has 115 coins.

 

It's not about how big it is, its about how you use it. Don't worry about if you are average, or even smaller than average. Quality showmanship can overcome a lack of size, if you have good technique.

 

I was wondering how long that would take.

 

You need a lot more levels. my collection is over 23,000 different coins. That has very little duplication, and doesn't include the paper money.

 

I don't think I can count as high as this thread requires

I will say though that I do have a few shipwreck coins for a little motion of the ocean as its not all about the depth of the sea

 

Do you count a bag of Lincoln cents as 1 or 5000 coins?

 

Wow! You have an impressive collection. I would think, though, all those coins would get boring to look at. Ha, ha!

 

Conder, does that include slabs?

Chris

 

Larry, you can count them as 5,000 ONLY if you have searched the bag for varieties and errors. Otherwise, you haven't acquired the requisite number of migraine headaches.

Chris

 

You forgot to ask "where do you live?"

 

I have a vast hoard of low value stuff. I don't count that as part of my collection. My actual collection only has about 180 - 200 coins.

If you include all the other stuff, I'm probably closer to 1200-1300 individual pieces. Much of the other thousand pieces has an average value of $0.50 - $5

 

I have about 300 military trade tokens, a couple paper notes, probably a couple hundred AAFES POGs, and a little over 100 ancients. Oh, there's some modern coins...probably about 50.

 

While the double entendre is fully intended, the lesson rings true: even if you have a small collection of relatively low value items, you can learn, enjoy, and contribute significantly to the community. A fantastic registry set full of $5 coins, if it is well photographed and explained, can be just as interesting as a set of top rarities. While examining the showcases at FUN, it struck me that I could definitely tell the difference between people who had passion, and an eye for quality, over the people who just had money to buy bigger and better stuff.

It doesn't matter how many coins you have - if you have selected them with a good eye, focused on quality, and present them well, the community will respect you.

 

No that doesn't include the 600 or so slabs in my reference collection. I consider them to be slabs not coins.

 

7103 coins and growing. This is not including duplicates which are about 100.

 

Right.........like, "I don't kiss and tell"..........

 

I think i have 750 - 1000. More or less.

(Most of them are modern, and from 20+ different countries, of course.)