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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 204085, member: 669&quot;]You have to define exactly what you are trying to collect in order to decide what constitutes a &quot;set&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dozens, if not hundreds, of countries have issued gold coins over the centuries, many of them intended to circulate in the marketplace as money.&nbsp; Those coins generally were issued at their face value, which equalled (or at least approximated) their bullion value at the time of issue..</p><p><br /></p><p>All of the countries you have mentioned currently issue so-called bullion coins, of which the primary characteristics are that they are a sub-class of non-circulating legal tender (NCLT) sold by their precious metal weight with a face value far below both their bullion value and their issue price; and carrying little or no numismatic premium.&nbsp; I <i>think</i> there are other nations who issue that class of coin, but they are way outside my areas of specialization and I&#039;m not qualified to make any more specific statements.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are others - Japan for example - which issue commemorative gold coins sharing most of the characteristics of bullion, but carrying numismatic premiums.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still others - Liberia for example - issue a high volume of NCLT, some of which is minted in gold.&nbsp; Those coins are touted as collector coins, and are minted in much smaller quantities than the &quot;official&quot;&nbsp; bullion coins like the ASE, Britannia, Krugerand, etc.&nbsp; Nevertheless, they generally have little numismatic premium over their bullion value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some countries that minted gold coins no longer exist.&nbsp; Others haven&#039;t minted gold coins in many years.&nbsp; Others have only recently started minting gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because there are no hard and fast rules observed by all nations, there are no carved in stone definitions of &quot;complete sets&quot; in this context.&nbsp; That&#039;s worth repeating and emphasizing:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><i>There are no carved in stone definitions of &quot;complete sets&quot; in this context.</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The set for <u>you</u> to collect is the set <u>you</u> define.&nbsp; In order to come to a reasonable definition, you need to do the research to educate yourself sufficiently to understand your choices, and reasonably make them.</p><p><br /></p><p>In summary, the answer to your question &quot;would these 9 form a complete set?&quot; is: Yes, <u>if</u> you define it that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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