Individual Collections
Lately, I've been acquiring more and more pieces from large collections as they come to market through different auction houses, so I'll give what information I can.
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Ever since its foundation in 1816, the OeNB has been the focus of all things monetary in Austria.
Magic Collection 43 items
The "Magic" Collection is a great set of MS and PR Indian Cent. The target grade is 64RD with a few grading higher.
A Type Collection
Victoria Empress
1883B Rupee
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Victoria Queen (1862-1876) Obverse
Victoria Empress (1877-1901) Reverse (1862-1901) ...
Captiva Collection's Proof Buffalo Nickels Dazzles Bidders in Bowers and Merena's August 2005 Baltimore Auction
U.S. Currency and Canadian Coins Also See Spirited Bidding
1913 Type I PCGS Proof-68, $75,900 ...
The collection emphasizes the development of money and medals in the United States. The core of the U.S. collection, consisting of more than 18,000 items, including coins of great rarity, came to the Smithsonian in 1923 from the United States Mint.
The collection was displayed at the library for more than 50 years. However it was locked away after a theft of some of the items in 1977. Even though a bulk of the collection was recovered it did not come back on display.
Our collection will be based on Jefferson nickels, probably the most overlooked of the circulating coin types. It's also the easiest set to complete because it has no rare dates!
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: About an hour ...
WheatyCollection
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The Bass collection is one of the last great 'old time' collections that will be sold and it is probable that coins with the Bass pedigree will be revered by future collectors.
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The Mint Collection, at first though only a haphazardly assembled group of coins, had among its care-takers a few extraordinarily gifted people. The names of Adam Eckfeldt, William E. Du Bois and Jacob R. Eckfeldt, as well as its Curator, Dr.
$2 million collection
(Huntington Beach, CA) - Described as a "once-in-a-decade collection," an East Coast collector's set of high-grade 18th century United States coins has been purchased for $2 million by Premium Numismatics, Inc.
While most collections are sold in the space of a few days, the Bass gold collection was so inclusive that four sales have been required to disperse this magnificent grouping. To those that have participated in these events, the memories are numerous.
The Bavarian Collection was just one of thousands of groupings of ancient coins that have been put together and torn apart during the last two thousand years.
To start a coin collection the parent and child can start by opening the piggy bank and examining the coins together. Coins were manufactured during different years and each has its own history.
Starting A Coin Collection
By Paul Totoritis
Grading
The best place to start collecting would be with pennies, we will focus on the Lincoln Cent for the years 1909 through 1958, which are the Wheat Cents.
The North Georgia Collection
(Now known as the Farmer Collection)
SALE OF THE NEW
NORTH GEORGIA COLLECTION ANNOUNCED!
See a complete listing here! ...
Protecting Coin Collections
Your coin collections are the envy of the neighborhood. After all, you're not the Home Depot type, so you have to have something to show off.
Before you embark on your mission of completing a set of this series, you must first decide what type of collection you want to assemble and what your budget will be.
In 1950, Louis Eliasberg, an American financier and numismatist, successfully assembled the only complete collection of circulation strike United States coins.
Incidentally, at the same ANA show where ICG was displaying the Miller Collection, Tangible Asset Galleries/Superior Galleries was displaying the Cardinal Collection, ...
Making some kind of computerized listing of your inventory is the first step to managing your collection. Many collectors begin with an Excel spreadsheet and never need more.
Collecting coins is a fun and enjoyable hobby for many people but a coin collection needs to be cared for and storing it properly is a must for serious collectors.
Don't leave your coin collection everywhere.
Obv: NEIK[OΠOΛEI]
Bust of Apollo right.
Rev: Î POC [ICTPON]
Vase with two handles.
(AMNG 1217-18)
(Former J. Coddington Collection) ...
Collections vs. Accumulations
Times change, and in the late 1980s the collections of yesterday were being replaced by accumulations - miscellaneous groupings of coins assembled on the advice of one investment guru or another, and, ...
Collections
Heather Howard's wonderful site featuring her collection in a slick, easy to use, searchable format William Peter's Great AERATVS site featuring Roman Provincial coins.
COLLECTION OF 16 FULL GOLD SOVEREIGN EDWARD VII VICTORIA GEORGE ELIZABETH
£2,450.00
Full Gold Sovereign coin Edward VII 1908
£215.00 ...
Collection - The numismatic holdings of an individual.
Colonial - A coin issued by European colonies in the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Commemorative coin - A coin issued to honor a person, place, or historical event.
Collection - The numismatic holdings of an individual in total or of a particular type.
Colonial - A coin issued by any colony; frequently refers to those produced by European colonies in the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries.
collection
An organized unit of various numismatic holdings.
colonial
A coin issued by a colony, such as those produced in the eastern American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries.
collection Short for Â"coin collection.Â"
collector An individual who amasses a systematic group of coins or other numismatic items.
commem Short for Â"commemorative.Â" ...
COLLECTION
An orderly, classified group of assembled items, usually with completeness as a goal. See also Accumulation.
COLLECTOR ...
Collection of User Information
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My collection was coming along satisfactorily but, for some reason, I had not heard of or seen any Brockages of the 1806-1807 type of English King George III half pennies. ...
Coin collection - A grouping of coins that have been sorted, classified or attributed for fun or profit.
coin collection
A systematic grouping of coins assembled for fun or profit.
coin collector ...
Coin collection
A grouping of coins assembled for fun or profit.
Coin collector ...
Coin Collection Storage
Storage of your coin collection is an issue that cannot be ignored, and a problem that will take real effort and money to solve.
Private Collections of Roman Countermarks
The Richard Baker Collection
The Pangerl Collection ...
Collection of US Jefferson Nickels 1938 - 1964
5 Original BU Rolls 1958 P Jefferson Nickles
1950 D Jefferson nickel VF+ low mintage rare key date ...
collection could be of a progression of greater and greater percentages of off-center in the same clock rotation or one of each clock rotation position with the same percentage of off-center strike arranged as an actual clock face.
Collection from most countries
India's Rahul Samant has a coin collection with coins from 230 countries. 190 are from sovereign countries, 33 from dependancies of sovereign states, 6 from disputed territories and 1 from another territory.
collections- but that's for another thread. Cheers,
Robert From: dan
Subject: What's Your Specialty?
collection of coins containing all mint marks and dates for a specific value and design.
Sheldon Scale
grading system (from 1 through 70) that was codified by Dr. William Sheldon. This scale is used today for grading the quality of many coins.
A collection numismatic items which have not been classified, sorted or identified.
Alignment ...
A collection of coins in a series, or a collection of types, or a collection from a particular Mint.
shield
The emblem used on some coins in the shape of a shield.
A collection of all coins representing a given denomination.
Typical
A term once used in the ANA grading standards to describe a low-level Uncirculated or Proof coin, equivalent to a 60 on a 70 point scale.
When collections of some tangible assets grow to a certain size, storage becomes a problem. Due to their relatively small size, rare coins are one of the few assets where $1,000,000 can easily be stored in a safety deposit box at your local bank.
My recollection of their use is that they were never confused despite their similarity in size, and the two coins were useful in giving change in the pre-decimal system.
In my collection there is a rare copper coin (fig.1) found at Stary Qrim in the Crimea. Coins similar to this one have been attributed in the past and published by Iliesku.
Books (collections and catalogs)
Berlin Catalog (Königliche Museen. Beschreibung der antiken Münzen) [about 25 direct citations]
Corolla Numismatica Numismatic Essays in honour of B. V. Head. [about 5 citations] ...
- Harp Collection: World Coins and Medals
Attribution of Coins and Historical information Sources: ...
A nice collection of links to high-quality numismatic web sites.
WoList.com
World coin collection links ...
It is a collection of numismatic and history references and articles that YOU can read, edit, correct or update right now. The online format includes edit features that allow FORVM members to add articles or to modify the existing ones.
"OLD TIME COLLECTION GREAT BUY: MERCURY or WINGED LIBERTY HEAD DIME Collection in old green Wayte Raymonmd "Popular Album." The collection is complete with all regular dates and mints except for the rare 1916-D dime.
Ex Norweb collection. London mint. 1999 Coincraft lists the obverse legend as POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEV.
Type:
1649-1660 (Commonwealth) Halfgroat ...
World-wide collections or others where the coins are not of uniform size are often written up and stored in special 2 in. x 2 in. coin envelopes.
Many other collection catalogs and references are used as well for attributing ancient Greek-era coins.
type set
A collection composed of one of each coin of a given series or period.
Coin Collecting Terms beginning with (U)
U.S. Gold
Marketing name for American Arts Gold Medallions.
CUTTING A COLLECTION DOWN TO SIZE.
The coinage of many countries exceeds that of the United States in variety. Deciding how to limit a collection can be difficult.
 See also: Coin, Collector, Revers, Silver, Mint
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