Ancient/Medieval Coin Collection Stats

Steve, your numbers, your numbers! What are they?

 

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Great, I love inventories! Started counting, but I realize now I forgot my Parthian bronzes, so it will have to wait another 12 hours. But I know the winner, that's the 7th century with the early Islam, the late Sassanids and Sogdians etc. About 100 Roman Empire, 60 barbaric imitations, 60 varied Huns, 45 Celts, of a total of about 600. I had thought it was much less.

 

Ok Hermione Granger

 

LOL

 

I've been called worse

 

No love for bronze? C'mon!

 

OK, this is my list for gold/electrum coinage only...


700-600BC 1
600-500BC 1
500-400BC 2
400-300BC 4
300-200BC 7
200-100BC 11
100-AD1 6
1AD-100AD 4
100-200AD 12
200-300AD 14
300-400AD 31
400-500AD 36
500-600AD 43
600-700AD 21
700-800AD 15
800-900AD 12
900-1000AD 15
1000-1100AD 16
1100-1200AD 19
1200-1300AD 14
13300-1400AD 27
1400-1500AD 54
1500-1600AD 45
1600-1700AD 93
1700-1800AD 146
1800-1900AD 175
1900-2000AD 132
2000-2010AD ZERO
John

 

Excuse me?

 

Here's my gold-only list:

600-500 BC = 0 coins
500-400 BC = 0 coins
400-300 BC = 0 coins
300-200 BC = 0 coins
200-100 BC = 0 coins
100-0 BC = 0 coins
0 BC-100 AD = 0 coins
100-200 AD = 0 coins
200-300 AD = 0 coins
300-400 AD = 0 coins
400-500 AD = 0 coins
500-600 AD = 1 coin
600-700 AD = 0 coins
700-800 AD = 0 coins
800-900 AD = 0 coins
900-1000 AD = 0 coins
1000-1100 AD = 0 coins
1100-1200 AD = 0 coins
1200-1300 AD = 0 coins
1300-1400 AD = 0 coins
1400-1500 AD = 0 coins

There is going to be a near zero projected growth in gold coins for the foreseeable future. Yayyyyy...

 

Looks a lot like mine. My only gold being in the 300-400 AD range.

 

My only Ancient gold is 350-320 BCE...

 

I decided to go silver because deep down inside I've always been a silver bug. I may add some gold down the road to my ancient coin collection, but I'm still going to like silver better. Even my gold college ring is in white gold because silver wasn't available as an option. If it had, it would have been silver. I even use a 10oz silver bar as a paperweight at the office.

 

That and 400-500 AD (this more so) are going to be my next gold goal, although it probably will be another year or two before I'm in a good spot financially to go after another gold coin. Unless @panzerman wants to make a generous donation of gold to my collection

 

I always, loved gold....
When I was a little kid, my parents gave me a "Grimm" Fairy Tales book, many of the stories involved witches/robbers/gold coins. Then, when we emigrated to Canada, I starting watching pirate movies/westerns, these also had treasure/gold and silver coins. But.....I now have started into collecting silver coinage too. Still have NO Platinum coins, hope to get one soon.
John

 

I have always felt the same of gold. I have platinums. And, have several MODERN gold. Just only have ONE ancient gold.

 

My collection is mostly low end, total of 929 (Probably give or take a few, probably miscounted.)
600-500 BC = 1 coin
500-400 BC = 8 coins
400-300 BC = 12 coins
300-200 BC = 9 coins
200-100 BC = 22 coins
100-1 BC = 27 coins
1 AD-100 AD = 24 coins
100-200 AD = 33 coins
200-300 AD = 34 coins
300-400 AD = 167 coins
400-500 AD = 64 coins
500-600 AD = 12 coins
600-700 AD = 8 coins
700-800 AD = 12 coins
800-900 AD = 19 coins
900-1000 AD = 34 coins
1000-1100 AD = 29 coins
1100-1200 AD = 154 coins
1200-1300 AD = 223 coins
1300-1400 AD = 4 coins
1400-1500 AD = 13 coins
1500-1600 AD = 20 coins
The reason I have so many coins in the 1100-1300 is because I own a ton of Song dynasty common as hell cash coins.
I have 58 silvers, the rest are copper, or something like copper.
Edit: The 80ish uncleaned 200-400 AD coins that are being delivered right now does not count, as they don't belong to me for another few days.

 

My gold
600-500 BC = 0 coins
500-400 BC = 0 coins
400-300 BC = 0 coin
300-200 BC = 0 coins
200-100 BC = 0 coins
100-0 BC = 0 coin
0 BC-100 AD = 0 coin
100-200 AD = 0 coins
200-300 AD = 0 coins
300-400 AD = 0 coins
400-500 AD = 0 coins
500-600 AD = 0 coins
600-700 AD = 0 coins
700-800 AD = 0 coin
800-900 AD = 0 coins
900-1000 AD = 0 coins
1000-1100 AD = 0 coin
1100-1200 AD = 0 coins
1200-1300 AD = 0 coins
1300-1400 AD = 0 coin
1400-1500 AD = 0 coins
1500-1600 AD = 0 coin
1600-1700 AD = 0 coin
1700-1800 AD = 0 coin
1800-1900 AD = 1 coin
1900-2000 AD = 0 coin
2000-2100 AD = 8
Total: 9

 

All this obsession with gold...

I'm actually more of a silver fan. IMO, the color is more attractive and plus if you ever get attacked by vampires how are you going to defend yourself with gold?

 

Or werewolves

 

I have a LOT of silver too (Modern and Ancient). I have never really fell for all the zombie, vampire, superhero comics, or other fantasy "schtuff" that has been enrapting people's minds over the last several years. I just love gold AND silver. Our wedding rings are White Gold from Scotland (European alloy) so I do not have to replate them every few years like the American style White Gold.