Guest Stujoe Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Same here and those medals are stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28Plain Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Gorgeous medals, Elverno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuldFartte Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 I have some BBLs and some coins with ships on them, and British Conder Tokens with architectural items (churches, bridges, etc.). I guess those are the themes I collect right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 I had no idea there were so many coins out there with buffalos on 'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Neither did i... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Now those are just ones I knew about. I didn't look in other places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 The world is a very scary place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Thanks for the kind words guys... I'm fascinated by everyone's different take on collecting. Guess it's a good thing 'cause if more people collected my period I'd never get good stuff cheap! BTW, I likey BBLs too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDen1952 Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 JDen1952 North Dakota will have two buffalo on their statehood quarter next year unless something drastic happens. I to collect the buffalo and have your list plus a medal and currently looking at foreign buffalos. Nice subject! Did you know there, unless something changes, will be 4 gold buffalo's next year in pure gold. I believe it will give the mint another year to come up with new designs so the first year of the pure gold bullion coins will be replicas of the original buffalo nickel in 1/10 ounce, 1/4 ounce, 1/2 ounce and a full ounce. Start saving your pennies as 2006 is not that far away and believe me, when these go on sale, they WILL BE HOT! Sorry to bring up an old subject, but I've been away for a short time. That notwithstanding, I'd forgotten about the ND quarter. As for the gold Buffalo coin, according to Senate Bill S.1047, it'll be a "Buffalo Double Eagle" (dare we say, "Double Buffalo?"). http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c109...9P7em8V:e26702: Yes, I'm already saving my Zincolns and wheaties. I plan on getting a Proof and Uncirc, maybe two if finances will allow. They sure beat the "First Spouse" coins. Imagine how many more Buffaloes we could have if we eliminated first spouses. Jerry Dolley Madison in gold might be an exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster110 Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Nickels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted December 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Just curious if anyone collects themes. I collect coins with Medieval looking people on them, on banknotes I collect ugly or "strange" looking people on them, I also like bridges.And you? If you do, maybe show some. I'm very partial to things with the Statue of Liberty on them as well. OMG!!! I just realized I don't have the UNC versions of the US Statue of Liberty Commems! I only have the proofs. Sheesh. At least they're cheap. I have been looking for silver rounds and other coinage with her on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Well, that 100FF is pretty much a round! If I remember correctly, that was a piedfort. It's like a mini silver hockey puck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted December 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Oh yeah, it's really thick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 I'm very partial to things with the Statue of Liberty on them as well. Did you get last year's "Bartholdi" coin then? It shows both the Statue of Liberty and (on the other side) the Belfort Lion ... Neat, as quite a few modern French commems but expensive, as almost all modern French commems . Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted December 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 I did not get it, only because of the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Did you get last year's "Bartholdi" coin then? It shows both the Statue of Liberty and (on the other side) the Belfort Lion ... Neat, as quite a few modern French commems but expensive, as almost all modern French commems . Christian That is a nicely laid out coin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted March 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Couple for my theme areas... Buffalo Bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Bah! Who Cares? What is a theme anyway? I collect the boring way - series and dates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echizento Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Coins with coat of arms in the design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMo Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Civil War and Buffalos. Sometime when I can find the time i'll scan or take some pics of my collection. ...Tony... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just carl Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Never even considered it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 Bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Yeah, actually. I collect non-wet science themed coins (physics, chemistry, astronomy and mathematics, but not biology and its family of sciences), and of course anything from my birth year. I like modern issues with themes from classical Greek mythology (still need to get the 'Icarus' coin in my avatar!), but haven't really done much with that yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarotta Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Not an active collector for over a decade, but in the past I assembled .... Small ancient Greek silvers (and related) from the towns and times of philosophers. I found about 35 to cover from Thales of Miletos to Hypatia of Alexandria. I used Lives of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius as my reference and guide. Banknotes with physicists, which was hard to separate well from mathematicians and astronomers, so that was a broader set. It hit a ceiling, however, as banknotes tend to be high denomination and even at 17 cents to the kapoc, a 1000-kapoc note becomes a problem. Banknotes with literary themes: national poets were pretty easy, but I included as well, printing presses (Bulgaria, for example) and literacy (Iceland, of course). Silver rounds and bars from banks. Phone cards celebrating fiber optics. ... but now all I collect is knowledge; and the only things I have left are the phone cards because they are unsaleable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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