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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DOC5K, post: 24863690, member: 151848&quot;]Excellent article.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have always liked crown size coins and collected US dollars and German States crowns.</p><p>On a diplomatic mission to the Soviet union I was given one of these big 5Ks. I collected them until I had all of the dates except the ones which are impossible like 1757 and 62.</p><p><br /></p><p>After getting bored I sold that collection but started over years later.</p><p><br /></p><p>There really is not end to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The variations in mint,date,design,edge and , of course , the overstrikes make it very interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the folks selling the 5ks do not know what they have or the value and you find the same coin at reasonable and crazy prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you study and watch good values come up regularly and sometimes rarities do.</p><p><br /></p><p>After 50+ years of collecting I found an undocumented variety and at a very cheap price.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any collecting field I always advise to buy the books first. If you know what you see in any field you are far ahead of 95% of collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1776 dated ones make great gifts to American collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>We were a baby country. They were an EMPIRE ! </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Isn&#039;t technology grand ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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