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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2874594, member: 71642&quot;]I found the problem (for me) had several components.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>First, how does one define the country list?&nbsp; Eventually I settled on using Krause...but that was a bit unsatisfactory.&nbsp; A few things that may or may not qualify, some astonishing rarities (ie costly for what was supposed to be a low cost and fun set), and did I need to count EACH German State/Italian State/Indian...well you get the idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, how far back to go?&nbsp; Getting into medievals and ancients would completely magnify the problem of #1.&nbsp; Still, could use Krause to set an end point, but that was arbitrary. But, at the time I had the ~1900-present version so that helped to narrow it down to start the OFEC attempt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Third, what about proofs, provas, trial strikes, NCLT?&nbsp; I didn&#039;t really want to use those, but some of them were cool.&nbsp; How could I justify it for some countries and not others?&nbsp; And some countries only seem to produce NCLT.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never checked but does Niue even have it&#039;s own money?</p><p><br /></p><p>Fourth, I&#039;m a terrible record keeper and as I started this activity on active duty there was an extended period where a large portion of my accumulation was in storage.&nbsp; I could not remember every country I had...and that, timing wise, was the official &#039;stop&#039; of the endeavor.</p><p><br /></p><p>And most importantly--HOW CAN I CHOOSE JUST ONE COIN PER COUNTRY?&nbsp; Did I have to choose a single government entity/ruler?&nbsp; French Indo-China and Viet Nam..North and South?&nbsp; I did settle on one per &#039;official&#039; government, and/or did they have a listing in Krause.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the designs for some were so lovely, well let&#039;s just say I am now the owner of a somewhat extensive early 20th century Albanian coin collection because I just couldn&#039;t get all the way past &#039;A&#039; in Krause.</p><p><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/Stork/YEnowt7HgWrXQHiLKEnt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/Stork/YEnowt7HgWrXQHiLKEnt" rel="nofollow">https://collectivecoin.com/Stork/YEnowt7HgWrXQHiLKEnt</a></p><p><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/Stork/NFOrAfaOZ0a1LORGE5yB" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/Stork/NFOrAfaOZ0a1LORGE5yB" rel="nofollow">https://collectivecoin.com/Stork/NFOrAfaOZ0a1LORGE5yB</a></p><p>(and this isn&#039;t even all of it...)</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, now that I have a bit more free time (retired from the Navy and though working, not quite the same hours) I&#039;ve been occasionally hitting my old coin boxes and have started filling a binder with the &#039;keepers from whatever country I did accumulate from&#039;.&nbsp; I suspect I may pick up the set again someday...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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