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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 102695, member: 4626"]I collect basically by type... as far as coins go, I keep pretty much at least one of each type of coin I come across, and buy any I come across that look interesting. Lately been getting a few Japanese coins... basically from the start of "Modern" coinage (Meiji 3) to just before the generic designs started (so about Shouwa 40 or so, or 1965).</p><p><br /></p><p>My paper money collection is pretty haphazard... I collect just on what designs look interesting. I especially like detailed landscapes, weird architectural designs, and weird portraits. Some of my favorites are a rediculously detailed painting on the back of a Costa Rican bill, to a weird looking star-shaped bridge on a bill from Belarus. It's been a lot of fun collecting this way, and pretty cheap too, since value doesn't really attatch much to relatively recent paper money. Not paid more than $5 for any of the ones I have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 102695, member: 4626"]I collect basically by type... as far as coins go, I keep pretty much at least one of each type of coin I come across, and buy any I come across that look interesting. Lately been getting a few Japanese coins... basically from the start of "Modern" coinage (Meiji 3) to just before the generic designs started (so about Shouwa 40 or so, or 1965). My paper money collection is pretty haphazard... I collect just on what designs look interesting. I especially like detailed landscapes, weird architectural designs, and weird portraits. Some of my favorites are a rediculously detailed painting on the back of a Costa Rican bill, to a weird looking star-shaped bridge on a bill from Belarus. It's been a lot of fun collecting this way, and pretty cheap too, since value doesn't really attatch much to relatively recent paper money. Not paid more than $5 for any of the ones I have.[/QUOTE]
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