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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Billy Kingsley, post: 708803, member: 19456&quot;]I personally LOVE world coinage. Yes, the majority of my collection is from the USA, but, I have pulled most of it from change. I&#039;ve been able to find every year and mint dating back to the mid 1930s in change or rolls in the past year for cents and nickels, and for the quarters and dimes, to the beginning of the clad age. That&#039;s two or more per year, over 4 denominations, for a lot of years, equalling a lot of coins. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Anyway, with American coins, they are expensive. More so then they should be, taken on their age and issue numbers. It&#039;s because of the demand, there are a ton of American collectors out there. With world coins, they are not too expensive. Just yesterday at CoinFest I purchased a problem free silver coin that was issued in 1623...for under $10. IF American coins had been made yet at that time, of the same material and condition...that coin would have been probably 4 digits or more. And there were other coins even older at the same table for less or comparable prices. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>With World coinage, you can cover the entire planet for really, a small output of your money. In my collection I have coinage from 75 different countries. Take out the US and Canada and it&#039;s 73. For ALL those 73 countries combined, I have 162 coins. (not counting the 60 or so I bought at CoinFest, 10 for a dollar) For all 162 of those coins, I have paid roughly $40. (not counting shipping, which in some cases costs more then the coins) Of those 162 coins, the dates range from circa 300 BC to 2008, eith the majority being from the 1900s. About a half dozen are 1800s and one from the 1700s, plus three ancient Romans and one ancient Greek. Metals include copper, silver, bronze, aluminum, steel, zinc, nickel, and maybe a few others. (I collect coin designs, not metal content). No gold though, that&#039;s too pricey for me. However, if I ever do get into gold, it will surely be world gold. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And there&#039;s many ways you can collect world coinage. You can collect by country, by design markers (IE collect coins with lions on them) collect a specific metal, You could collect as many different coins from a specific year or decade, or even just collect whatever looks good to you (what I tend to do) The possibilities are endless! And most themes you could still find coins from the USA that fit the theme as well, too...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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