What's the most "common" metal in your collection?

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pieroo_ss12

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Posted: 12 Kas 2024, 00:24 #

For example recently I have decided that I collect medieval/early modern copper coins (17-19th centuries, etc), preferably those large ones, such as the N#1287 or N#17970 , so copper is the most common metal in my collection.

How about you?

silver stacker with a goal of a $1500+ usd coin

| the old coppers & peruvian silver collector

harryg

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Posted: 12 Kas 2024, 00:28 #

1. Copper

2. Bronze

3. Silver

4. Copper-Nickel

rsirian1

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Posts: 12951

Posted: 12 Kas 2024, 00:31 #
Edited: 12 Kas 2024, 23:01

It's a little skewed to copper for me because all US Cu-Ni clad copper coins are considered copper coins even though the Cu-Ni part makes up 1/2 of the coin.

Sean O

Joined: 13 Şub 2022
Posts: 103

Posted: 12 Kas 2024, 04:32 #

1-silver

2-copper nickel

3-bronze

luca biondi

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Posts: 545

Posted: 12 Kas 2024, 05:49 #

ngdawa

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Posts: 6110

Posted: 12 Kas 2024, 21:59 #
Edited: 12 Kas 2024, 22:01

I think this would fit better under Free Discussion, but who cares?

This is my top 7 list of Not for swap only

Dejan

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Posted: 12 Kas 2024, 22:55 #

Koking

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Posted: 13 Kas 2024, 02:03 #

Silver

Copper

Billon

I like billon coins more lol

DizzyBlue

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Posts: 291

Posted: 13 Kas 2024, 08:10 #

My top three are:

1. Copper-nickel

2. Silver

3. Bronze

Offa

Joined: 25 Tem 2020
Posts: 1094

Posted: 13 Kas 2024, 12:07 #

Copper-nickel

2461

Steel

1157

Copper

777

Bronze

723

Bimetallic

690

Aluminium bronze

680

Silver

Member British Numismatic Society

Member Royal Canadian Numismatic Society

Cricket the sport of gods

Sjoelund

Joined: 28 Mart 2012
Posts: 15834

Posted: 13 Kas 2024, 17:37 #

Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com

tdziemia Numista team

Joined: 26 Nis 2018
Posts: 4330

Posted: 14 Kas 2024, 02:54 #

Silver. Slightly over 50% of my active collection.

DizzyBlue

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Posts: 291

Posted: 14 Kas 2024, 08:31 #

Trying to get my head around how Sjoelund has more in the bronze sector than I have in my whole collection of everything added together! Mind boggling. Dare I ask the weight of your collection? 🤔 @Sjoelund

Sjoelund

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Posts: 15834

Posted: 14 Kas 2024, 11:02 #

Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com

Sjoelund

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Posts: 15834

Posted: 14 Kas 2024, 11:04 #

As you can see, I'm not into making an investment with my collection, just to have fun…..

Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com

Idolenz Catalogue referee

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Posts: 9583

Posted: 14 Kas 2024, 11:50 #

And probably another quarter ton or more in doubles. I hope they are not stored all at a concentrated place could be problematic for the structural integrity of the building. 😅

Sjoelund

Joined: 28 Mart 2012
Posts: 15834

Posted: 14 Kas 2024, 12:25 #

My doubles is around one third of the collection in quantity. I would think that would make one third of the collection weight.

The worst is to move my double boxes into access mode for each swap…. Back pains from carrying boxes with 50 times 20 coins.

Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com

DizzyBlue

Joined: 1 Ocak 2024
Posts: 291

Posted: 14 Kas 2024, 15:29 #

Holy smoke! That's a lot of weight and its 200kg more than me which kind of made me smile as I was thinking mine was getting heavy I can now put that thought to the back of my head.

dominusprovidebit