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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;onecenter, post: 1465033, member: 8703&quot;]Although I have been a collector primarily from circulation since I was age 9 in 1969, my collection has always centered upon what I would find in change.&nbsp; Even yesterday in my office, one my colleagues was ordering lunchtime delivery and noticed a &quot;strange&quot; coin, undoubtedly taken as a cent.&nbsp; It was a German 5 Euro cent coin, for which I promptly paid her a nickel.&nbsp; This, too me anyway, is still quite fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to my &quot;serious&quot; part of collecting, I am building a virtually complete set of silver and clad modern US commemoratives.&nbsp; With just three silver dollars remaining to complete the collection since 1982, I have two of these coins on my watch list.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am also hunting around to continue building an extensive British decimal proof collection which will include those few coins only available in uncirculated condition, as well.&nbsp; I particularly like piedforts.&nbsp; I was able to obtain a lovely 2004 set of piedforts, a missing 2001 piedfort and since the dealer had three books on British coins that I liked, I purchased the books as well as the coins.&nbsp; A silver lining, of sorts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, I have been taking a peek at my Canadian and Australian collections.&nbsp; I had the extremely good fortune to purchase a complete set of 10 of the first series of $20 Canadian Aviation coins with gold cameos.&nbsp; This set was one I had been interested in purchasing when it was originally issued in 1990, but times being very tight at the time, forced me to pass on the set and almost all non-US coins for many years hence.&nbsp; I also was able to purchase Australia&#039;s 1991 25th anniversary of decimal coinage set in .925 silver, also at a very reasonable price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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