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<p>[QUOTE="Maxfli, post: 2965521, member: 69089"]Purely in the "for what it's worth" category . . . whatever is fun for you is the right way to go.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started down this road when my son was 7 and we decided to pursue an OFEC set together (I thought it would be a good way to pique his interest in coins) for 1994, his birth year. He's now 23 and graduated from college last year. We were never able to finish. I still add a coin to it now and then, but it's no longer a focus of my efforts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Initially we were thinking one of every circulated denomination (no gold, no proofs, no uncirculated commems), but very quickly realized that was unrealistic. We were looking at a collection that would probably number over a thousand coins, and I wasn't willing to devote the money, time or space to that.</p><p><br /></p><p>So we opted for quality over quantity and decided to pursue only one very nice, uncirculated if at all possible, example from each country, either the basic monetary unit (1 peso, 1 franc, 1 pound, etc.) OR the largest coin (kids like big, blingy things).</p><p><br /></p><p>So before you set your sights on obtaining an example of every issued coin from every country, just be aware that you're talking about a huge collection that will take many years to complete.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, one more thing. Coins of the Americas and Europe are, comparatively speaking, interesting, nicely made and readily available. Where I started losing interest was when we turned our attention to Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Many of the coins from the smaller, poorer countries in these regions are simply not inspired in their design (to put it politely) and in many cases crudely manufactured. One coin from some of these countries was quite enough. Obtaining a set of every issued coin, even for a single year, would have quickly turned into an exercise in boredom and drudgery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Maxfli, post: 2965521, member: 69089"]Purely in the "for what it's worth" category . . . whatever is fun for you is the right way to go. I started down this road when my son was 7 and we decided to pursue an OFEC set together (I thought it would be a good way to pique his interest in coins) for 1994, his birth year. He's now 23 and graduated from college last year. We were never able to finish. I still add a coin to it now and then, but it's no longer a focus of my efforts. Initially we were thinking one of every circulated denomination (no gold, no proofs, no uncirculated commems), but very quickly realized that was unrealistic. We were looking at a collection that would probably number over a thousand coins, and I wasn't willing to devote the money, time or space to that. So we opted for quality over quantity and decided to pursue only one very nice, uncirculated if at all possible, example from each country, either the basic monetary unit (1 peso, 1 franc, 1 pound, etc.) OR the largest coin (kids like big, blingy things). So before you set your sights on obtaining an example of every issued coin from every country, just be aware that you're talking about a huge collection that will take many years to complete. Oh, one more thing. Coins of the Americas and Europe are, comparatively speaking, interesting, nicely made and readily available. Where I started losing interest was when we turned our attention to Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Many of the coins from the smaller, poorer countries in these regions are simply not inspired in their design (to put it politely) and in many cases crudely manufactured. One coin from some of these countries was quite enough. Obtaining a set of every issued coin, even for a single year, would have quickly turned into an exercise in boredom and drudgery.[/QUOTE]
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