What is the most common form of coinage in your collection?

Mine definately is the "Dukat" aka also known as the Zecchino/Italian States/ Ducato/Florin...I have 268 ex
Here is my most recent one....
AV 4 Dukaten 1931 Belgrade Mint
King Alexander I/ Sophia of Yugoslavia

 

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For moderns, crowns/ecus & large silvers.

 

I have over 6,000 Canada Vicky large cents

 

I have over a half a million US 95% copper Cents

 

I have over 200 German 200 mark 1923A, all uncirculated. They are not gold, of course, merely aluminum, but there was a time long ago when aluminum was worth almost as much as gold. Now, if only I could manage time travel and swap that aluminum for gold.

My most common gold coin is the sovereign. Not sure how many I have without looking it up in my inventory file.

 

So you're the reason the mint has to produce several billion a year!

 

i try

 

Mine is probably the penny since I collect a lot of British and Commonwealth countries.

 

It makes no cents to collect pennys this side of the pond.

 

My most common form of coinage is cash. Pun intended.

 

Most of my coins are round.

These days I do not buy much anyway. Mostly euro circulation (and commemorative €2) coins, with the occasional icing on the cake: a little older and/or from the non-euro neighborhood. Does of course not mean I would be interested in those only ...

Christian

 

It makes a lot of sense to collect pennies though. They have been around for over a thousand years from many countries and are a fascinating topic. The US pennies are a mere newcomer to the scene.

 

I have about 700 90% silver US Washington Quarters (300 from 1964 alone) that I pulled from circulation back in the mid 1960s, as they were disappearing from circulation.

 

Probably junk silver halves. lol

 

I had not thought of this, so I have done a bit of counting. Most of my coins are British so those are the only ones I have counted, and these are mainland British not Commonwealth or colonial. Count is for distinctly different coins - some duplicate dates but only when there are recognised variations. Biggest scorers:

Shillings: 236 back to 1551,
Halfpennies: 193 back to ~1390
Farthings: 182 back to 1672
Pennies: 164 back to ~850 AD

Sixpences and threepences probably come next but I haven't bothered to count those yet!

 

Probably second after pennies would be centavos, followed by pesos and maybe ore.

 

Old India coins ?

 

Without a doubt, silver crown types.

 

I am all about Chinese Cash, but I have a couple pieces of EIC cash as well, so I guess they all count.