Certified Elemental Metals Set! Can/Should I add anything?

Weren't there a few commemorative palladium coins?

 

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There have been platinum, palladium, and iridium coins, but, to my knowledge, none were circulating coins as @klippenberger is looking for.

 

I am doing something similar, although I am not going for certified. In fact, it surprises me how many of us there are pursuing the same goal. Poster gxseries above is a good friend of mine as well as a challenging auction competitor (he won the Kweichow antimony coin although I eventually did end up finding another one).

I have the 100 Mark Conradty Notgeld. It is the only one of the set of three that is small enough in diameter to fit in a holder, although it is 5mm thick so that might be a problem.

As you say "circulating coins", you will pass up some interesting non-circulating legal tender (NCLT) commemorative issues such as the Cameroon 750 CFA in cobalt-plated steel, or the bimetallic silver/tantalum coins from Kazakhstan.

Also, the TPGs will holder some medals. I know I could get my Fred Zinkann tungsten Eagle pattern certified if I wanted to. NGC seems to holder pretty much anything that is metallic and round. I've seen a "Boyd's Battery" in an NGC holder

Here is some of my collection, which might give you some ideas. I also have all of Dave Hamric's (Metallium) medals to date, but they're definitely not circulating coins as some of them would immediately oxidize to powder if freed from their protective ampoules!

http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/xphobe?page=1&sort=year&sale=0&country=0

 

Since you only asked for opinions about METAL examples. What about a lead counterfeit in an one of those ICG C/F slabs.

Also, I think you are ready to add alloys. Great collection, great idea!

 

The number is the serial number of each coin. It's supposed to be there. I would be surprised if a TPG considered that damage.

btw I helped write that Wikipedia article. Glad to hear someone finds it useful

 

Link brought back memories...During the International, many of us "sugarholics" took several trips a day for baked goods from the "killer" concession at the base of the escalator.