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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oxford Punter, post: 2875058, member: 82092&quot;][USER=71642]@Stork[/USER], Maybe this rabbit trail is worthy of it&#039;s own thread...?</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand your problems, and encounter them myself.&nbsp; I have relaxed into these issues a bit and allowed myself to &quot;wander&quot; wherever it all takes me.&nbsp; I use Krause as my basic structure.&nbsp; As far as I&#039;m concerned, each category and subcategory is fair game.&nbsp; (With a few exceptions.)&nbsp; Thus, Germany in the 1900&#039;s on (not including German States or German territories of any type) includes:</p><p>Germany, Democratic Republic [DDR], Standard Coinage, 1949-1990</p><p>Germany, Federal Republic, Standard Coinage, 1948-2001</p><p>Germany, Federal Republic, Commemorative Coinage, 1952-2001</p><p>Germany, Federal Republic, Euro Coinage, 2002-</p><p>Germany, Empire, Standard Coinage, 1871-1918</p><p>Germany, Empire, Military Coinage, WWI, 1916</p><p>Germany, Third Reich, Standard Coinage, 1933-1945</p><p>Germany, Third Reich, Military Coinage, WWII</p><p>Germany, Third Reich, Allied Occupation</p><p>Germany, Weimar Republic, Reichsmark Coinage, 1924-1938</p><p>Germany, Weimar Republic, Rentenmark Coinage, 1923-1929</p><p>Germany, Weimar Republic, Mark Coinage, 1922-1923 </p><p><br /></p><p>I ignore trade coinages and patterns.&nbsp; I do most NCLT if reasonable.&nbsp; I do Krause Unusual World Coins when I feel like it.&nbsp; I don&#039;t discard States and Cantons when I come across them.&nbsp; I do it to amuse myself and to try to get back that feeling as a kid of seeing something I&#039;ve never seen before.&nbsp; (It works!)&nbsp; Occasionally, if I am taken by some category, it may even spawn another collection.&nbsp; (i.e. Albanian coins in your case.)&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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