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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1515476, member: 29751"]Hi Greg, I'm not sure what draws me to the horses -- but you are correct, that is a "topical/thematic" collection I have. Currently, I display the graded examples in an NGC custom <a href="http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=5705" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=5705" rel="nofollow">set which you can view here</a>. It has 122 entries today, but is always growing. I also have about another 100 coins that are raw with horses on them. In general, I think that the horse is a very graceful animal, and is also entwined with a lot of historical events -- thus, I'm able to find coins with horses that allow me to learn a lot about history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another thing that's sort of a draw for me is that I can collect world coins, tokens, medals, US coins, etc...and all have examples with horses. My oldest is a Trajan Decius coin from c. 250AD, and the newest is the 2012 Sacagawea/Native American dollar...the set is always growing, and the hunt also makes for a very entertaining way to collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, I also collect a few series of US coins, and US type coins... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>-Brandon</p><p><br /></p><p>PS -- regarding my "favorite" one, I can't choose. There are simply too many that I love. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1515476, member: 29751"]Hi Greg, I'm not sure what draws me to the horses -- but you are correct, that is a "topical/thematic" collection I have. Currently, I display the graded examples in an NGC custom [URL="http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=5705"]set which you can view here[/URL]. It has 122 entries today, but is always growing. I also have about another 100 coins that are raw with horses on them. In general, I think that the horse is a very graceful animal, and is also entwined with a lot of historical events -- thus, I'm able to find coins with horses that allow me to learn a lot about history. Another thing that's sort of a draw for me is that I can collect world coins, tokens, medals, US coins, etc...and all have examples with horses. My oldest is a Trajan Decius coin from c. 250AD, and the newest is the 2012 Sacagawea/Native American dollar...the set is always growing, and the hunt also makes for a very entertaining way to collect. Of course, I also collect a few series of US coins, and US type coins... :) -Brandon PS -- regarding my "favorite" one, I can't choose. There are simply too many that I love. :D[/QUOTE]
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