In another forum a member (probably with his tongue firmly in his cheek) posted that he felt like a numismatic failure, because he had never completed a set. That comment made me think about one set that I have completed. There are a number of different entities listed in Krause for occupied territory coinage, including the Meng Chiang Chinese coins minted under authority of the occupying Japanese forces for the North China area known as the Mongolian Borderlands. I am proud to say that illustrated below is my 100% totally and fully complete collection of each, every and all coins minted throughout the entire Meng Chiang realm in the course of it's short and little noticed history. :high5: Did I mention that it's finished? (Animation of someone patting him/herself on the back would go here, but in all my smiley researching I've never found one. ) 1938 Cu-ni 5 Chiao, medal alignment, mintage unknown, Y#521, Krause value $1.50 VG - $25 Unc.
Roy,whoever posted that shouldn't be putting themselves down.There are some countries where a collector would be very lucky even to have managed to get one coin from.That doesn't only apply to countries that no longer exist.There are even some current countries whose coins are extremely difficult to find.Kiribati & Tuvalu are 2 of these.I have a friend who has been to Kiribati & has never had a Kiribati coin in his change on any of his trips.He got paid in Aussie Dollars for his services as a Judge of the Kiribati Court of Appeal. The collector will have to wait for the coins to come his way.That is how most of us collectors do. Aidan.
I am proud to say that illustrated below is my 100% totally and fully complete collection of each, every and all coins minted throughout the entire Meng Chiang realm in the course of it's short and little noticed history. :high5: Did I mention that it's finished? (Animation of someone patting him/herself on the back would go here, but in all my smiley researching I've never found one. ) May I have your autograph? Now you can concentrate on your incomplete set of smileys...
I didn't realiaze that the term "tongue in cheek" isn't known in New Zealand. I'll try and be more careful about my choice of slang in the future. A source that I know is familiar to you, says:
Way to go Roy :bow: :bow: :bow: and I was just happy to get my basic set of Kookoburras up to date LOL Of course someone will now write a learned article about the 'Just found long lost missing variety' De Orc :thumb:
H.R.P.P Teddy Bear Coins. Steve,now you will have to start collecting the Hutt River Province Principality's 'Aussie Teddy Bear' silver coins. Aidan.
