OK Y'all, As some of you have seen I'm picking up some World Coins as of late. Entering the "dark side". Dark side is a joke of course. Any coin has it's merits to someone after all. I'm diving in because I have access to coins and research materials to look them up. I figure if I'm going to look this stuff up on a daily basis I may as well start picking some up while I'm at it. To me it's kind of like starting over and I will follow the disciplined route that I have with U.S. for so many years. That "discipline" being "hey I like that and I can afford it". The last 5 World coins I have added came from Mexico, Lundy Island, Liberia, Greenland and the Netherlands. See a pattern developing? If you do let me know because I sure as hell don't! This could get interesting. clembo
Clembo - glad to see you give an update on your collecting interests. There is a downside, however, in that when you want to share what you've bought, the number of people who care is a lot less! I have gone absolutely bonkers on Conder tokens and have bought and am now reading books on the history behind the British industrial revolution, the threat of Napoleon, and even the economics that led to merchants producing their own money. I've joined specialty clubs and message boards. I know I have so much yet to learn. Along the way I've made a few token purchases that keep the juices flowing. I feel as if I'm developing into a newbie historian of the period and this will take years to master. I won't say I'll never buy a U.S. coin again, but I've really shifted gears. Maybe you'll take a deep dive like me!
Way to go clembo:thumb:....welcome to the club Since you have dived into the darkside with a pattern of getting a coin from 5 different countries ; I'll advise you to try out a coin from each country collection. It'll keep a busy and :headbang::desk: for a long time.
For me the question whether I am into "world coins" would be difficult to answer. Of course I'm interested in coins from around here, so primarily euro coinage. Modern British, Swiss and US coins I find interesting too. Africa, Asia and South America, Australia/Oceania and ancient coins I do not actively collect (unless I find a design or theme very attractive), and the rest is somewhere in between ... Christian
i see a pattern. you are getting all the boring stuff time to get a few franks pounds roubles rupees. you should buy coins that represented the zenith of their era of course you will have to before 1800 to get it on the bright side you are collecting coins the way they should be collected you are buying what you like
world coins are very interesting. there are so many more varieties in world coins. U.S. coins are great but limited in there designs. I hate when people call world coins the "dark side".:sniper:
Well, "hate" is a little much in my opinion. It's annoying and arrogant (yes, I heard all the stories about how it was never meant that way etc. etc.), but no reason to get the guns out. "PS" - Just noticed this is almost five years old. Digging up ancient threads here? Christian
your lundy coin is a bit of fun.lundy is a small island in the bristol channel in 1929 the owner martin coles harman thought that he had the right to issue coins being part of the british empire but outside of england.he issued the one and half puffin coins (a penny and halfpenny) but he was charged with unauthorised minting money,he lost the case and was fined five pounds plus costs.lundy is now owned by the nation with plenty of puffins still there.
