What is the most creative way to collect numismatics?

I met a guy at a show who had a short set of coins with triple date numbers
1888, 1999.
Not many coins there but never thought of it.

 

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I never thought of that. In the near future I would like to do the last 2 digits of my birth year 1961, 1861, 1761, 1661, 1561, 1461, 1361, 1261... not sure exactly how far I can actual do this ? help me someone.

 

Years ago I had a friend on a different forum. He went by dog97. His collection was pretty cool. He went with any coin with 97 in the date.

 

+197x

 

On a quick count, France has 9 just for 1997

 

1997, 1897, 1797, 1697...

 

Many more than that. 1970-1979 times all the denominations plus 1797, 1897 and 1997 times the denominations. I believe he did medals and Commemoratives as well. You probably knew the guy Doug. He was over on CU in the early days.

 

Honestly, when I heard the mint was doing the state quarter series back in the late 1990’s I thought that was quite a creative numismatic collection opportunity. It got rather worn out over the course of the next twenty years though.

 

Doing something with math would be fun. Coins with years that are prime numbers? Just doing US coins you would have, 1801, 1811, 1823, 1831, 1847, 1861, 1867, 1871, 1873, 1877, 1879, 1889, 1901, 1907, 1913, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1951, 1973, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2017. A coin from ever year? I actually might do that.

 

Forget the dates. Instead, think of coins as an art form.

Collect coins with beautiful designs, meaningful symbolism, eye appeal... any or all the stuff that makes for great art.

 

Saw someone who collected 1 coin from every country from his birth year. That seemed like a manageable take on the every country theme

 

Collect errors! Start with different error types within a series, like Washington Quarters. Always start with some kind of theme, and study and read up on whatever you want to start with. The beauty of collecting is that you set the terms for what you want to collect.

1. Monster Broadstrike


2. Off-center


3. Detached Clad Layer (also off-center)


4. An Unstruck Proof Clad Quarter


5. An Unstruck Silver Quarter


6. A Multi-Struck Quarter (3 Strikes)


7. A Quarter Struck on a Nickel Planchet


8. A Quarter Struck on a Cent Planchet

 

Back to 1461 should be no problem at all.
But on earlier coins there is often No Date anymore.....

 

One of the many fun things about collecting ancient coins is that you can define a set however you wish.

 

I want to do every U.S. cent starting from the first large cent to current date. Would take a long time for me to even get all the common ones as there are a ton of them and I'm not rich. But maybe later in life if I come into serious money I can try to get the 56 FE and all those ridiculously pricey 1790's flowing hair cents. Its something I can focus on as a longterm goal/fantasy, so why not.

 

Hot, dang Tif, the 'pig' flying is quite compelling.

 

Pigasus? I have a subcollection of them



And a couple added after that composite:


IONIA, Klazomenai
498-494 BCE
AR drachm, 6.77 gm
Obv: forepart of winged boar right
Rev: incuse square, somewhat quadripartite
Ref: Rosen 563; Jameson 1492; Asyut 615; Traité II 487; SNG Copenhagen 1-2)
ex NFA MBS (18 October 1990), part of lot 310


MYSIA, Kisthene
Orontes, satrap of Mysia, c. 357-352 BCE
AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol; 13 mm, 2.75 gm
Obv: Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready
Rev: Forepart of winged boar right
Ref: Troxell, Orontes 4; SNG France 1164A (Lampsakos); SNG von Aulock
Very rare.
ex X6 Collection