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Message:: [QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 737676, member: 4552"]I know how you feel about those foreign coins. Every time I've ever mentioned collecting coins to someone from another country, they hand me some of thier coins. I too have accumulated a large amouht of them. Most are in 2x2's when they fit. About 1/3 of them I have no idea of where they are from nor what they say on them. As to what to collect in coins. There is really nothing wrong with collecting everything. Of course if you do this you will not have the feeling of a comleted set for a long, long time. But there are other advantages. One is when a friend, neighbor, relative mentions they have some coin they just want to get rid of, it really makes little difference what they are if you collect everything. If someone hands you a free Album of a coin again it makes no difference what it is for since you collect everything. If someone says they have a really great coin but you don't collect those, you can always then say, OH YES I DO. If you see a really great deal on this or other forums, a coin show, a coin shop, again it makes no difference what it is since you collect everything. As you get more and more into coins you would realize collecting everything has many advantages over just collecting one or two types. True it may take a long time to finish a set or collection but then too, many never really do that since there is always those oddball error coins such as the 55 double die Lincoln Cent.[/QUOTE]