Helping Dad: Collect world coins

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by KSTeapot, Dec 7, 2013.

  1. KSTeapot

    KSTeapot New Member

    My Dad has been collecting world coins for about 20 years. He lives in another state from me so distance is an issue. He's 82 and spends many of hours learning and searching for coins to add to his collection. I would like to help him complete his goal to collect a coin from each country. He enjoys hunting through stacks of coins to find even one he doesn't have. He's not looking for treasures, although he has found some, but keeps a catalog and map of all the countries he has collected to represent. He use to go to a local bank and they would save up a few coins to give him but that option changed when the bank no longer accepts foreign coins. I don't want to buy individual coins to complete his quest, however I would like to find out what the best way to help him might be? Any suggestions?
     
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  3. jlogan

    jlogan Well-Known Member

    you could buy mixed world coins by the pound on ebay/amazon
     
  4. largecent37

    largecent37 Coin Collector

    You can buy big mixed lots at coin shows/shops. Those are fun to go through. Good luck!
     
  5. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Do you have a list of what countries he has and what he needs? The answer to your question might be quite different, for example, if he has every European country and lacks most former Soviet states or vice-versa.
     
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  6. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Welcome KSTeapot!! => man, that is a wonderful gesture (good luck with your goal and your Dad's passion)

    => I tend to be a bit more of a sharp-shooter, rather than what you're looking for ... but hopefully one of these dudes will point you in the correct direction!!

    cheers!!
     
  7. BRandM

    BRandM Counterstamp Collector

    Good to have you here KSTeapot! Good idea from dougsmit about posting a list of countries he doesn't have. Maybe we can help you out here on CT. Looking forward to hearing from you.

    Bruce
     
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  8. KSTeapot

    KSTeapot New Member

    Well I tried Ebay, I kept raising my bid all day over the weekend and thought my bid was a bit high. Ebay showed my bid looked good until the last minute and lost it by $1.51. Oh well! On to the next option.

    In reference to what he still needs: My Dad sent me a three page list of all the countries he has and those that he still needs. I have listed some countries that appeared on his list alphabetical. (I am amazed at how many there are and how many I have never heard of before. I see why he's interested in this!)
    Ajman
    Alderney
    Amecameca
    American Samoa
    Angola
    Anguilla
    Antigua
    Antigua & Barbuda
    Ascension Island
    Azerbaijan
    Azores
    Bavaria
    Belarus
    Belgian Congo
    Benin
    Biafra
    Bohemia & Moravia
    British Honduras
    British North Borneo
    British Virgin Island
    British West Africa
    Bundi
    Cameroon
    Central African Republic
    Central African States
    Chad
    China, Republic of
    China Soviet Republic
    Congo Republic
    Crete
    Dahomey
    Danish West Indies
    Danzig
    Darfur
    Dominica
    Equatorial Guinea
    Faeroe Islands
    French Afars & Issas
    French Oceania
    French Somaliland
    Fujairah
    Gabon
    Georgia
    German East Africa
    Ghana
    Greenland
    Grenada
    Guadeloupe
    Guinea
    Guinea-Bissau
    Hejaz
    India-Portuguese
    Ivory Coast
    Katanga
    Keeling (Cocos) Island
    Kiau Chau
    Korea
    Liechtenstein
    Maderia Islands
    Malay Peninsula
    Mali
    Martinque
    Mauritius
    Montenegro
    Montserrat
    Muscat & Oman
    Nagorno-Karabakh
    Nauru
    New Guinea
    New Hebrides
    Niger
    Niue
    Palau
    Palestine
    Pitcairn Islands
    Qatar & Dubai
    Ras Al-Khaimah
    Reunion
    Rhodesia
    Rhodesia and Nyasaland
    Russian Caucasia
    Rwanda & Burundi
    Saarland
    Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic
    St. Helena & Ascension
    Saint Kitts & Nevis
    Saint Lucia
    Saint Pierre & Miquelon
    Saint Vincent
    Sarawak
    Senegal
    Serbia
    Sharjah
    Sierra Leone
    South Viet Nam
    Spitzebergen
    Szechuan Province
    Tannu Tuva
    Tatarstan
    Teh Gambia
    Tibet
    Togo
    Tokelau Islands
    Tonkin
    Transnistria
    Tristan da Cunha
    Tunis
    Turks and Caicos Islands
    Tuvalu
    Umm Al Qaiwain
    United Arab Republic
    United Kingdoms of Saudi Arabia
    U.S.S.R.
    Vatican City
    Yeman Arab Republic
    Yeman Republic
    Yeman, Democratic Republic
    Zaire
    Zanzibar
     
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