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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1639003, member: 26302"]Well generically I would say get KM books and look at all of the modern world crowns. Thailand is an example. Every year they put out different large silver coins. This is just from something I am aware of, many other countries do the same. A person could just scour coin shows and Ebay for modern world silver crowns and find a huge variety to collect, most not much over spot. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then there are bullion series. The Australian mint makes Koalas and the like every year, and China makes Pandas, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anything like that could form a cool collection. I would ask do you want just a series, do you want a series of DIFFERENT animals each year, or the same animal in different poses, or do you want completely different coins altogether for each example. Its hard for me since I am not a stereotypical hole filler, I lilke variety, so my choice may be different than yours. </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I would go with modern silver crowns from all over the world, just buying what pleases me for the price. That is just me though, YMMV.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry if not very specific. The one specific recommendation would be to go to a large coin show, and absent that look through the KM catalogs as to what is available. Maybe you find yourself drawn to a NCLT series, or a countries yearly series, or a theme like animals, ships, buildings, etc[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1639003, member: 26302"]Well generically I would say get KM books and look at all of the modern world crowns. Thailand is an example. Every year they put out different large silver coins. This is just from something I am aware of, many other countries do the same. A person could just scour coin shows and Ebay for modern world silver crowns and find a huge variety to collect, most not much over spot. Then there are bullion series. The Australian mint makes Koalas and the like every year, and China makes Pandas, etc. Anything like that could form a cool collection. I would ask do you want just a series, do you want a series of DIFFERENT animals each year, or the same animal in different poses, or do you want completely different coins altogether for each example. Its hard for me since I am not a stereotypical hole filler, I lilke variety, so my choice may be different than yours. Personally, I would go with modern silver crowns from all over the world, just buying what pleases me for the price. That is just me though, YMMV. Sorry if not very specific. The one specific recommendation would be to go to a large coin show, and absent that look through the KM catalogs as to what is available. Maybe you find yourself drawn to a NCLT series, or a countries yearly series, or a theme like animals, ships, buildings, etc[/QUOTE]
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