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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Billy Kingsley, post: 654209, member: 19456&quot;]The best thing about this kind of collection is the fact that the possibilities are literally endless. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have been collecting coins for about a year; I have almost 400 different designs from 67 different countries (the majority of which are US and Canada). The most I have spent on a world coin is $10. That was a Canadian half. After that the most I have spent for a single coin is $5! The most on a US is $25. 90% of the coins in my world coin collection are from the 1900s. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m going a little broader in scope then you are: I want it all :bigeyes: No, I&#039;m not as greedy as that may make me sound. I have set such lofty goals for a handfull of reasons. #1. I am 24 years old. I plan to be collecting coins for the rest of my life. I want a goal that is going to take me that long :smile #2. I love it all. I have not found a coin yet I don&#039;t like. This allows me ultimate freedom, because when I have some spare funds I can ALWAYS find something I want and would enjoy adding to my collection. Weather I have a dollar or 100 dollars, and I feel like buying a coin, I can. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I know my collection will never be complete. I don&#039;t expect it to be. Ever. I like it like that. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am working on some sub-themes myself. Or at least, I am talking about working on themes, I have not actually started them yet for the most part. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One theme I am working on is cars. I&#039;ve been a car guy forever, my entire life, and being car guys runs in my family, so it is destiny <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> There are not a lot of issues in the car theme, it should not be too hard to accomplish. There are far more tokens and medals with cars then coin issues. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Another theme I am going to work on is coins with rodents on them. I think the majority I will find are mice, but I know there is at least one issue with a squirrel, and one with a weasel. (I think a weasel is a rodent, anyway....)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yet another theme I wish to start is coins depicting monkeys. There are actually quite a few monkey coins, with gorillas leading the way. One African country has a current coin with monkeys playing instruments. That is a must have. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you really want a lot of work, you could work on a collection of birds on coins. There are LOTS of designs featuring birds, and it seems like most countries have at least one. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>How about coins depicting swords? Again, lots of options!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To get a little more off-beat, how about coins depicting various nuts? Or a set of coins where teeth are visible? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>How about a set of coins where the denomination is the SOLE design theme? Think about that one, there are not as many as it may seem. Even if you go for coins where only one side is denomination only, that is still not a lot. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Like I said before, the possibilities are endless....and all should result in a fun collection![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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