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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7536585, member: 102103"]I mostly collect cheap world coppers, 1600-1950 or so. I look for types I don't have in junk bins or among cheap packaged coins. I think there are a lot of bargains to be found looking through unidentified world coins. US coins are great, but they are a mature market and I have trouble finding interesting bargains. And I tend to focus on older modern coins theses days (pre-1850) where US coins can get expensive. I probably have 1000s of world coppers these days, median price about 25 cents, collected over 40 years or so. My pre-1850 bin for example. </p><p>Particular series of interest to me:</p><p>Chinese cash coins</p><p>Japan Meiji to early Showa</p><p>German States pre-1870</p><p>Interwar Central Europe</p><p>Korea 1888-1910</p><p>Emergency/siege coinage</p><p>Occupation money</p><p>Counter stamped and chopped coins</p><p>Large coppers 1800s</p><p>Not a very focussed list, but I'll never run out of stuff to do in one lifetime!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301070[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7536585, member: 102103"]I mostly collect cheap world coppers, 1600-1950 or so. I look for types I don't have in junk bins or among cheap packaged coins. I think there are a lot of bargains to be found looking through unidentified world coins. US coins are great, but they are a mature market and I have trouble finding interesting bargains. And I tend to focus on older modern coins theses days (pre-1850) where US coins can get expensive. I probably have 1000s of world coppers these days, median price about 25 cents, collected over 40 years or so. My pre-1850 bin for example. Particular series of interest to me: Chinese cash coins Japan Meiji to early Showa German States pre-1870 Interwar Central Europe Korea 1888-1910 Emergency/siege coinage Occupation money Counter stamped and chopped coins Large coppers 1800s Not a very focussed list, but I'll never run out of stuff to do in one lifetime! [ATTACH=full]1301070[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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