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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3257199, member: 10461&quot;]I&#039;m a &quot;<i>whatever grabs me</i>&quot; or &quot;<i>I know what i like when I see it</i>&quot; kind of collector these days.&nbsp; (&quot;Magpie collector&quot; is my private term for it.)</p><p><br /></p><p>As an eclectic, freestyle collector with no set boundaries to serve as a roadmap, I&#039;m free to pursue whatever catches my fancy.&nbsp; But I end up zigzagging all over the world and consider so many different types of coins and exonumia from every time period, ancient to modern, you might say I have a somewhat schizophrenic collecting style.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the one hand, it&#039;s liberating, but on the other, it can be frustrating because of the &quot;<i>so many cool coins, so little money to buy them with</i>&quot; problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below are just <i>some</i> of the things I would like to add to <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k" rel="nofollow">The Eclectic Box </a>this coming year.&nbsp; I think when we revisit this conversation in late 2019, I will have acquired some of them, given up or not gotten around to the rest, and will have also acquired several that were not on my radar at all as of my typing this.&nbsp; (And those will likely be the <i>really</i> fun ones!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously I will not be able to afford everything on...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>My (hopeful) &quot;list of coming attractions&quot;, in no particular order:</b></p><ul> <li>A medieval bracteate.</li> <li>An ancient Celtic coin.</li> <li>An Anglo-Saxon coin, like a sceat.&nbsp; My beloved <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/f8VHRDZzzusywaN6Tv0l" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/f8VHRDZzzusywaN6Tv0l" rel="nofollow">Aethelred II penny</a> went away this year.</li> <li>A Viking coin.</li> <li>A Crusader coin, likely of the &quot;helmet denier&quot; type.</li> <li>An ancient coin with a galley or ship (there&#039;s a Nero Alexandrian type I like.)</li> <li>A good sized silver tetradrachm (any type) with artistic engraving and a design I like.&nbsp; (I swapped away <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/aiw6o7vH2pE0OqXERbuW" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/aiw6o7vH2pE0OqXERbuW" rel="nofollow">Big Al</a> a while back.)</li> <li>A coin of Akragas with a crab on it.</li> <li>A Baktrian coin; perhaps one of those square drachms.</li> <li>A klippe, since my Nurnberg <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/gOGi8KgnvD6OHy6aZiAK" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/gOGi8KgnvD6OHy6aZiAK" rel="nofollow">hobby horse</a> went away.</li> <li>A coin pedigreed to the collection of the 6th president of the United States:John Quincy Adams, who is my ancestor.&nbsp; They&#039;re out there, but I&#039;ve never had the opportunity to acquire one.</li> <li>A coin of Elizabeth I of England, but not just any old one.&nbsp; I&#039;m after a very particular look, and want a dated piece, which rules out denominations above sixpence.&nbsp; Dates of 1565 or 1588 would be especially nice.</li> <li>A Conder token, but I&#039;ll be very selective there, too.&nbsp; I want a prooflike piece with a cool design.</li> <li>Another nice French essai pattern, preferably 1848, since my lovely <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/YCE9eeN1BloeROPL7JV8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/YCE9eeN1BloeROPL7JV8" rel="nofollow">Marianne</a> went away this year.</li> <li>A Russian coin.&nbsp; Imperial/Czarist would be fine, but the Soviet rouble of 1924 is a type I&#039;m particularly keen for.</li> <li>A 1957 Ceylon 5 rupees commemorating the 2,500th anniversary of Buddhism, in proof or attractive BU.</li> <li>A Mexican &quot;Caballito&quot; type peso.</li> <li>A historic shipwreck-pedigreed coin of some kind, but nothing horribly seawater-damaged.&nbsp; It has to look good.&nbsp; Usually this means gold, but gold from historic shipwrecks is usually beyond my budget.</li> <li>A full thaler of the 16th or 17th century.&nbsp; I have a nice <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/Fj6xHVdtlrZRtofwoCJd" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/Fj6xHVdtlrZRtofwoCJd" rel="nofollow">quarter</a>- and <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/wR9A5JuiabFwVBjKs4FS" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/wR9A5JuiabFwVBjKs4FS" rel="nofollow">half</a>- thaler already.</li> <li>A coin listed in Levinson&#039;s <i>Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500.&nbsp; </i>I&#039;ve owned the book a decade but have yet to own a pre-1500 coin with an actual Western-style date on it.&nbsp; They&#039;re scarce.&nbsp; I want a gold one if possible.&nbsp; That might just be obtainable at the very upper limits of my budget, if I sell some stuff first.</li> <li>One of the first gold coins from the nation of Tonga.</li> <li>A coin with elephant(s) on it.</li> <li>A coin with a griffin/gryphon on it.&nbsp; <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/tP4oznYUObHv0WNonZ0A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/tP4oznYUObHv0WNonZ0A" rel="nofollow">This one</a> went away a while back.</li> <li>A coin with snake(s) on it.</li> <li>A Scottish coin.</li> <li>An Irish coin (since I swapped away my <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/ydvTrfHT3NQtcLXlLyXN" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/ydvTrfHT3NQtcLXlLyXN" rel="nofollow">gunmoney</a>).</li> <li>A coin of Roman Egypt.</li> <li>A Roman Imperial coin of a short-lived emperor or usurper with a reign of less than six months.</li> <li>A Roman empress coin with nice portrait and interesting reverse type</li> <li>Modern proof gold (small coins OK)</li> <li>Another piece of classic US gold (since my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-just-bought-a-used-car-for-5-00-in-dahlonega-gold.319001/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-just-bought-a-used-car-for-5-00-in-dahlonega-gold.319001/">Dahlonega half-eagle</a> went away this summer, but it bought my daughter a used car).</li> <li>A nice US Seated Liberty type coin (probably quarter, half, or dollar) with very attractive <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/">CircCam</a> contrast.</li> <li>A big rolltop desk or cubicle so I can finally have a home workspace of my <i>own</i> instead of competing with wife and daughter&#039;s clutter on the kitchen table.&nbsp; I say rolltop desk because that can be sealed off from sleeping cats or piles of laundry or girly craft projects.</li> <li>I really, <i>really</i> need to catch up on doing writeups and adding supplemental photos and other general housekeeping.</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s it for now.&nbsp; Gimme time- I&#039;ll think up more! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If I can check or ten or twelve things off that list, I reckon 2019 will be a success.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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