Ok this is just what I have Observed not meaning to offend but why is it that most collect the U.S coins and currency i know people collect others but why is the United states money so collectible???
Good, you can still collect British coins. It appears to be more popular for a couple of reasons. First, you're in the US. American coins are just more commonly seen and available. Second, the US has one of (if not the) largest coin collecting populations in the world. But there's still plenty of variety, especially with the internet now. I don't even collect US stuff anymore.
For me it would be the fact that I am American and it is the money I am most familiar with, and also the most easily attainable. Beyond that, it just seems to make sense. I think when you start collecting anything, it begins with something that is easy to get and builds from there. I started saving wheat pennies and older nickels when I was 7 or 8 years old and it just grew from there. So when you start with American, it makes sense to continue. I do like world coins, but they are a lot harder to find here, they are often in foreign alphabets, they often seem very cheaply made (see the aluminum coins that were popular in Europe for awhile) and I don't understand their system of money (how does a penny compare to a pence?). So that would be some of my reasons.
i like to collect old american history, and imo there is nothing to collect that reflects that better then us coins. just looking at them coins, can bring me back into that day of time. i may be a weirdo, but thats how i feel. i got some world coins as well. i am starting a ww2 collection, so i am holding onto my german coins from that era. next is U.K or japan. i also have some silver proof virgin island coins. and i have an old Caribbean coin, i found in an old jewelery box that was my grandmothers. as far as world coins that is all i probably will do. i sold my $100 worth of euro coins, a week before they dropped. and i am glad i did. i guess i lied, i really want a roman coin and a real early coin, like around just after A.D. that will probably be way in the future though.
I would also say that European countries really seem to be phoning it in with their coin designs since WWII and maybe earlier. German coins are awful, as are French. On the other hand, I love older European coins, like the pre-1967 English pennies or older coins with famous rulers on them.
I'm not saying pre-67 is old, I just wanted to indicate that I meant the older penny design and not the new one. I think the new British currency is lousy, but the old style I like a lot.
I would but can't speak that British language either. :goofer: For real I never could understand thier monitary system. To me a pound is how much I weigh, not a coin or bill. And I really can't understand their language either. On TV they show programs from there from the BBC and I really have hard time figuring out what they are saying so collecting thier coins is out of the question. A real problem for me is I only know one language. I have several boxes of foriegn coins that people constantly give me thinking that all coin collectors are the same. Every time I look at them, I realize I have no or little idea of what they are, where they came from, how much they are or should be worth. To old to start that stuff now.
i always like to think that US coins have never been devalued over time. Face value is still the same even though metal content and inflation have eroded away the buying power
If he keeps talking, his foot will eventually work its way free from his mouth. LOL! Signed....Old Fart
Easy....say I collect Kennedy half dollars instead of Euros. If I get hungry and have no money in my wallet (spent it all on coins) I can take a couple of those Kennedy half dollars andgo buy a can of spaghettio's. This I could do, providing the clerk even recognizes a Kennedy half dollar, other wise, I'd go hungry if I collected Euros. Happy Collecting
To get to the bottom, ask "Why does anyone collect any coinage at all ?". Then ponder what makes America a bit different from many nations. For one thing, the vast majority of people throughout the world can't afford clean drinking water; the notion of valuable coins is unthinkable. Then ponder what is different about America relative to other wealthy nations (western Europe, Canada, etc).
There may be some component to the ability to complete the set with a country where collecting began less than 100 years after it commenced. I can't imagine trying to get every penny from the UK.
When I was selling coins on Ebay, many of the coins went back to their home countries. I guess that most collectors collect their own country, or start there.
