Having joined Numista in 2015, I've been a silent observer of this awesome community ever since. I have initially set myself a goal of collecting atleast one silver crown from each country and finally hit the target 200 countries today, so thought this would be a perfect occasion to introduce myself. I was interested in coins from a very early age and collected coins from all over the world as a kid (Not catalogued in numista). Than after a significant pause, I started again in 2015. This time I deliberately decided to start focusing on only modern legal tender silver coins from across the world. started with no particular theme, and was open to anything that interests me but of late i am drawn to below broad themes.
- Anniversary of independence issues
- Endangered wildlife/WWF
- Marine Life Protection
I have learnt a lot from this community and thank everyone for making this community such a wonderful place for all collectors. I will try to be more active in the community going forward and would love to interact with each one of you. Please feel free to check my catalogue and any suggestions are appreciated. Also, today is the first time i ever tried picturing my collection and would like to share some pictures with everyone. Please let me know your feedback.
just curious why you don't prefer NCLT coins? My thought process when I started to collect them was that i don't know much about grading and how to identify nicer CLT coins and in most cases only better grade CLTs have value with some exceptions. Also, the design on some of these NCLT coins especially issues from 1950-2000 are beautiful and bold with limited mintages and many of the nations issuing them became just independent. So, as these nations develop and prosper many young collectors would want to grab these early issues which would rise their collectability.
Quote: "kirandev"Thank you! Yes some of the recent NCLT issues from Scottsdale Mint are amazing. They recently added a new country Equatorial Guinea to their long list of countries. here is the link
https://agaunews.com/scottsdale-mint-adds-equatorial-guinea-to-its-extensive-portfolio-of-nations-with-the-debut-of-the-guinea-giraffe-bullion-coin/
just curious why you don't prefer NCLT coins? My thought process when I started to collect them was that i don't know much about grading and how to identify nicer CLT coins and in most cases only better grade CLTs have value with some exceptions. Also, the design on some of these NCLT coins especially issues from 1950-2000 are beautiful and bold with limited mintages and many of the nations issuing them became just independent. So, as these nations develop and prosper many young collectors would want to grab these early issues which would rise their collectability.
Would like to know other's perspective.
I just associate NCLT coins with poor and corrupt nations that allow mints to make coins in their image. For example, Bosnia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Somalia had awful civil wars in the 1990's. At the same time, their governments were contacted by the Pobjoy Mint to create all kinds of crap coins. (How relevant is Star Trek to the people of Liberia?)
I think the only non-circulating that are worth collecting is anything made before the 1970's, as that's the last time that they had intrinsic value. I am personally fond of early 20th century USA commemoratives (they're a little too pricey for me, maybe I get a few someday). I only make an exception for the Scottsdale mint coins because I like the way they look.
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Quote: "kirandev"Thank you! Yes some of the recent NCLT issues from Scottsdale Mint are amazing. They recently added a new country Equatorial Guinea to their long list of countries. here is the link
https://agaunews.com/scottsdale-mint-adds-equatorial-guinea-to-its-extensive-portfolio-of-nations-with-the-debut-of-the-guinea-giraffe-bullion-coin/
just curious why you don't prefer NCLT coins? My thought process when I started to collect them was that i don't know much about grading and how to identify nicer CLT coins and in most cases only better grade CLTs have value with some exceptions. Also, the design on some of these NCLT coins especially issues from 1950-2000 are beautiful and bold with limited mintages and many of the nations issuing them became just independent. So, as these nations develop and prosper many young collectors would want to grab these early issues which would rise their collectability.
Would like to know other's perspective.
I just associate NCLT coins with poor and corrupt nations that allow mints to make coins in their image. For example, Bosnia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Somalia had awful civil wars in the 1990's. At the same time, their governments were contacted by the Pobjoy Mint to create all kinds of crap coins. (How relevant is Star Trek to the people of Liberia?)
I think the only non-circulating that are worth collecting is anything made before the 1970's, as that's the last time that they had intrinsic value. I am personally fond of early 20th century USA commemoratives (they're a little too pricey for me, maybe I get a few someday). I only make an exception for the Scottsdale mint coins because I like the way they look.
Interesting perspective! I totally agree that of late NCLT coins from some countries became totally ridiculous with weird themes like star wars, lord of rings etc. I actively avoid them as much as possible and only look at issues that commemorate important historic events of that particular country. The only exception for me is 'Marine Life Protection' series introduced by Palau in 1992. Over the years many countries issued colorized coins of sea life around them to raise awareness with this theme and the series finally came to end in 2017 with these special issues https://www.cit.li/collections/marine-life-protection/
NCLTs should be categorized as "exonumia". The value stamped on them usually doesn't have any connection to reality or to current exchange value.
If you tried buying a loaf of bread with one of these, you'd probably go hungry.
I see them solely as pieces of (sometimes) nice, expensive metal.
I may not be the biggest fan of modern NCLT, but shoving them into exonumia is a step too far. I can use American NCLT coins to purchase goods anywhere in the country. I would be a fool for doing so, as they usually sell for more then face value.
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Quote: "Dejan"NCLTs should be categorized as "exonumia". The value stamped on them usually doesn't have any connection to reality or to current exchange value.
If you tried buying a loaf of bread with one of these, you'd probably go hungry.
I see them solely as pieces of (sometimes) nice, expensive metal.
I respectfully disagree with everything you said. but, we all are entitled to have our own opinions. Thanks for commenting!
Lovely looking coins and given your collecting interests, they are very nice show and tell pieces
You’ll notice people here and elsewhere will try to rain on your parade by dissing on NCLT coins. Of course, classifying them as exonumia is silly, because by definition NCLT are legal tender.
So don’t get discouraged by what other people say. Collect whatever gets your interest (just don’t buy them with an eye on investment else you will likely be in for disappointment!).
i have “all” NCLT coins issued by India since 1969. Apart from that, I selectively also buy some of the euro commems with face value over €2. However I’ve been cutting back on those gradually as it’s getting unmanageable especially since once I start, i *must* finish the series lol.
Quote: "ashlobo"Lovely looking coins and given your collecting interests, they are very nice show and tell pieces
You’ll notice people here and elsewhere will try to rain on your parade by dissing on NCLT coins. Of course, classifying them as exonumia is silly, because by definition NCLT are legal tender.
So don’t get discouraged by what other people say. Collect whatever gets your interest (just don’t buy them with an eye on investment else you will likely be in for disappointment!).
i have “all” NCLT coins issued by India since 1969. Apart from that, I selectively also buy some of the euro commems with face value over €2. However I’ve been cutting back on those gradually as it’s getting unmanageable especially since once I start, i *must* finish the series lol.
have a good week ahead!
Thank you for the encouragement! I never started this collection with investment in mind and has no plans to sell any of the coins. I will likely pass them on to my future generations. I bought most of them because i liked the themes and designs on these coins.
Quote: "kirandev"Hello Everyone,
Having joined Numista in 2015, I've been a silent observer of this awesome community ever since. I have initially set myself a goal of collecting atleast one silver crown from each country and finally hit the target 200 countries today, so thought this would be a perfect occasion to introduce myself. I was interested in coins from a very early age and collected coins from all over the world as a kid (Not catalogued in numista). Than after a significant pause, I started again in 2015. This time I deliberately decided to start focusing on only modern legal tender silver coins from across the world. started with no particular theme, and was open to anything that interests me but of late i am drawn to below broad themes.
- Anniversary of independence issues
- Endangered wildlife/WWF
- Marine Life Protection
I have learnt a lot from this community and thank everyone for making this community such a wonderful place for all collectors. I will try to be more active in the community going forward and would love to interact with each one of you. Please feel free to check my catalogue and any suggestions are appreciated. Also, today is the first time i ever tried picturing my collection and would like to share some pictures with everyone. Please let me know your feedback.
Thanks,
Kiran
P.S. The smudges and marks you see in the pictures are on capsules and most coins are in UNC condition.
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