1941 Southern Rhodesia 2 Shilling Years ago I decided for fun to get a worldwide collection of coins struck in my year of birth (1941). Things have really slowed down since I'm getting close to the end -- at least an end I can afford. One factor that has caused me to modify my goal is the cost of some of the coins. For example, the Vatican set for 1941 included 5 coins struck in gold. They will not be included in my birth year set. Three other factors have slowed me down: -- coins that are so low in numismatic value that I can't find them listed -- coins that I can't find in a reasonable grade -- coins that are inexpensive but sellers overprice them considerably. Also at times I suspect my pricing source (Krause World Coins/1901-2000; 38th edition) has not got realistic prices for some coins. For inexpensive coins I'm willing to pay 50% over catalog -- but not more than that. If Krause prices are lower than current real world values I may be missing out on something I would otherwise buy. Anyway, it's a fun set to work on.
Your questions have me digging and scratching. Like I said, I started this collection long ago and didn't keep good records at that time. So now I'm in the LONG process of finding the answers. This definitely will take a while.
Okay, as best I can tell, this is my current status based on the Krause catalog: Total 1941 Coins: 371 Coins Too Pricey: -29 My Complete Set: 342 Coin I Have: -273 Coins I Need: 69 The "Coins I Need" category includes some that will take a while to get since I can only consider them if they are lower grades (VF or less).
Wow! You've gone quite a ways in your pursuit of a complete set, or rather a financially achievable set. But surely they're going to be harder and harder to obtain. I've wondered how many coins would be in my birth year set (1946) and this gives me a ballpark number.
