How do you collect world coins?

You can still find deals on crowns, I've picked up two Victorian crowns for less than melt because someone had them listed in the wrong area. And I've found Aussie crowns for melt, it's all about patience.

 

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This isn't nearly as elegant as sonlarson's solution, but here's the first page of a 20th century Mexico type set done in a binder page. I like to group things together more by time period than by denomination, though doing this logically can be a challenge. And there are disadvantages to this method - for one thing the glare on the sheet makes a decent photo impossible. It's also given me a neurotic tendency to collect things that come in sets of 20 ; )

 

For my Hungarian type set, I've been slabbing everything through NGC. Some coins I find already slabbed, but it is rare.

I started out just going for Franz Joseph I regular issues and patterns by type (1867-1916) which is a reasonable sized set with only a few unattainable examples. To this I also added a date set of one korona/corona coins.

In studying these coins, I became interested in some of the earlier and later issues, so I expanded into War of Independence coinage (1848-1849) (very short set), and Austrian types (1851-1867) on one end, and Karoly IV (1916-1922) (very short set) and Horthy Regency (1926-1946) coinage on the other.

My love of Franz Joseph I coinage got me into coronation and coronation anniversary jetons and medals, and then that led to earlier Habsburg coronation jetons as well. So I feel like I'm kind of all over the place, but it's still very focused.

 

Wow. 10 dollars is great! I can't understand why more aren't made, and for other countries too. I was at a show and this guy was trying to sell me the black danscos and pages to make a type set, but it just isn't the same

 

Cool. But I see that you also collect ancients, since your name implies that. I got a small binder of uncatalogued ones.

 

Thanks for sharing. Very nice. I sometimes organize them like that too

 

Yeah, it's both focused but inclusive, which is great. By the way, Why Franz Joseph?

 

I collect gold coins. I want a very eclectic mix of coins in my collection without any concentration on any particuliar century, country or denomination (although the European Low Countries are a specialty area for me). I like unique coins exhibiting qualities of rarity, popularity and historical significance; ducats and hammered gold are some of my favorite types.

 

It's not Franz Joseph I specifically that I'm interested in. The period of his rule is considered to be the Golden Age for Hungarian art, and the design of the coinage very much reflects that. It's just a great period to collect with lots of diverse types and great classic design.

You see, a change in the design for coinage was mandated every 10 years during his rule, making for a lot of type changes. I find it interesting to see how his portrait changes from that of a young teenager to that of an old man, and also to see the changes in the coat of arms of Hungary as its territories changed during this period. Also, midway through his rule in 1892, Hungary adopted the gold standard, and the coinage changed significantly across the board.

The Hungarian millennium (896-1896) also happened during his rule. This was actually the first year that Hungary minted commemoratives for circulation, and the millennium commemorative issues were extremely beautiful. I consider the 1896 Hungarian millennium korona to be the most beautiful commemorative issued by any country.

 

It is ONE of the most beautiful commemorative issued coins (1896 Hungarian millennium korona)... so largely agree with you (although I fully respect your view). But to support my "ONE" remark Ill post the Kaisereich Prussia 2 Mark 1913 (here in MS and Proof)



and here is your Korona

 

I'd assume you have American gold coins too. Do you have even modern US ones like that pretty Olympic girl bust?

 

What is the grade on the bottom coin? I can't say. Those are all very nice!!

 

I believe Jaelus has it in MS62.

 

Yep MS62. This is the only original uncirculated example I've been able to find, and the only graded example. I've identified a late die state of this coin with a spiral die crack through the lettering on the obverse that I'd love to find an uncirculated example of as well though. I've also got two examples of the original presentation boxes for the coin (see picture below - the inside is lined with burgundy felt). There were at least half a dozen styles of the presentation box with various box materials, colors, and some with inset gilded lettering.





I also have 1965 restrikes in PF66 CAM and PF68 CAM (1/0). I haven't photographed the PF68 CAM yet as it was a recent upgrade, but here are some seller photos.



I also have a restrike of the much larger companion Millennium 1896KB 5 Korona (X11) in PF67 UCAM (I haven't photographed this one yet either). Unfortunately this was only a pattern, and the 5K denomination was not issued in Hungary in any form until 1900.

 

Joe .. I do have a couple of US gold coins in my collection

 

I just found this website called type coin collecting, and it's some kind of wiki site. It had a bunch of checklists available for Mexico, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, and a few other country type sets. They may be very helpful. I'm probably going to start on some, using a binder, 2x2s, etc

 

i buy world coins for my grandkids, but buying 5 to 10 pounds at a time through ebay is time consuming and high with the new shipping rates. i would like to find coin dealers who sell in bulk, maybe 50 to 100 pounds per order. any ideas?

 

I tend to buy mostly silver commemorative world coins but I also bullion silver coins too. If I like the design and can afford it then I'll buy it.

 

Sorry, I don't know of any. My local shop never has anymore, they used to though. I'd just sit and cherry pick coins and he'd charge me 7 dollars a pound. It was a great deal, since I only took what I wanted. But now it's dried up. When he gets things in, it's gone in no time. I also get a little from flea markets and sometimes ebay. The only problem wit ebay is the stuff has usually been gone through

 

I just got some dansco albums for quarters, nickels and dimes. I turned the pages around so it's blank. Im using the dime book for Switzerland 5 rappen series, which will take me years to complete. I'm also doing a 20 rappen series (20th century). I'm also doing common series like France nickel francs from 1960-2000, Italy 10 lire aluminum 1951-, Italy 20 lire 1968-. I figure I run into these series so many times that I might as well get some sets going. Oh yeah, I also organized and got my Swedish 20th century major type set (no gold) going, and it's about 70 percent done. I'll take some pics soon