everycountrycoins Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Hey fellow world coin collectors, I recently acquired 6 very nice coin cards. They are not the common (rather plain) Coin Sets of All Nations cards. They are larger (10" x 13"), have the 5-8 coins arranged vertically on one side of the card, and have a large color photo of an interesting tourist attraction on one side (along with a detailed country description) and map and "Coinage History" on the other side. There is no indication on them of who produces them or a copyright or anything else that I can use to find out more about them. The (type set) coins are as recent as 2004, so they obviously were produced relatively recently. I have Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Hungary, United Kingdom, and Iceland, but I suspect there are far more than what I currently have. Does anybody have any of these or know anything more about them? I can provide a photo or two if necessary, but I suspect this is something that you will either know (or more likely) not know. Hoping the right collector reads this, Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 I've never seen a set as you described. Sounds interesting and I'm waiting with you to see if anyone can help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyg Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 The Franklin mint produced sets similar but I think they are too old (early 80's?) (edit - they are the coin sets of all nations duh!), Westminster collection (UK based) also produced a smilar series in the mid 90's. I've seen similar in packs being offered for sale in Germany, but I'm not sure who produced them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everycountrycoins Posted April 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 I just received some additional information about these sets: the first page of the album says: Coins From Around the World Volume 1 of 2. A collection of complete uncirculated coin sets from various countries spanning six continents. Postal Commemorative Society. I have contacted PCS and am hoping that they can tell me more about them. I will share whatever I might find out from them. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everycountrycoins Posted April 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Well, it took two emails and three phone calls, but I finally received the information that I was looking for about these set cards. They are indeed sold by the Postal Commemorative Society. There are 50 countries represented in the collection. There are 50 panels in a complete collection. It is called Coins From Around The World. The countries included are (sorry about the two column formatting) Argentina Jamaica Australia Kenya Austria Luxembourg Bangladesh Malaysia Belgium Nepal Bolivia Netherlands Brazil New Zealand Bulgaria Nicaragua Canada Norway Chile Peru China Philippines Czech Republic Portugal East Caribbean States Russia Fiji Singapore Finland Slovakia France South Korea Germany Spain Greece Sweden Guatemala Switzerland Hungary The Gambia Iceland Turkey India Uganda Ireland Ukraine Israel United Kingdom Italy Zimbabwe The cost-per-panel is $34.90 + $3.00 shipping and service. I don't think that I would ever pay this price (regardless of how nice I think the cards are). I suspect that this is not the type of thing that most "serious" collectors would buy (hence my difficulty getting information about them from this forum!) Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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