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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sakata, post: 3102561, member: 23778&quot;]I&#039;ve been away for a few weeks: more than ever since I started posting regularly.&nbsp; May is always a very busy time for me because if I don&#039;t plant in the spring I don&#039;t eat the rest of the year (at least not without spending more than I care to).&nbsp; Plus, some other personal issues got in the way.&nbsp; But, regardless, I am back with an update on this project.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I found is that it is relatively easy to accumulate currency notes and base metal coins from many countries.&nbsp; I very quickly got up to 160 out of the 210+ countries listed in the catalog of modern currency.&nbsp; Many of the remaining ones are more of a challenge so, while I am working on that, I decided to extend my challenge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now my goal is to obtain one each of every denomination minted by each country as a coin or banknote.&nbsp; As fare as coins go I restricted myself to all base metal coin denominations plus a goal of one silver coin per country (gold was too ambitious).&nbsp; This is way more challenging and so I decided to restrict it to countries which are currently minting one or the other (most have both, of course).&nbsp; The goal is one country per month and I reckon that makes it a 15-20 year challenge.&nbsp; That sounds much more interesting.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For some reason I found that the countries which I was closest to completing when I started were the Stans of central Europe.&nbsp; Don&#039;t ask my why: I just had them. So that was my first goal: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.&nbsp; For good measure I threw in Mongolia as it seemed much closer to the Stans than to China.&nbsp; So a six country challenge.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have just completed the first one: Kazakhstan.&nbsp; I have one coin of each base metal denomination and one silver coin. I also have one banknote of every denomination they have ever produced, all the way up to a current note with a dollar equivalent of over $60.&nbsp; I am now working on the other five countries in the region while accumulating as many notes and coins from as many countries worldwide as possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am currently in the process of writing up and scanning all the coins and notes of Kazakhstan and writing background information about each.&nbsp; As soon as it is completed I will create a gallery entry with all the information I have found.&nbsp; It had been very educational and I would recommend a similar project to everyone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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