Theme-based collectors

What is your favorite theme for coin collection ?
This question relates to theme-based collectors.
for eg, ships, coat of arms, animals, birds, fish, monarchs, sports, geography, monuments, flora, celebrities, important events etc.
My favorite is sports.

Good question... I think fish for me...

Cricket!

Phil you've just missed out on an Isle of Man cricket quid !

I am not too bothered but I would say my top coins have ships and coat of arms I also love KEVII & KGV portraits are great

Nice topic!

I aim for animals/birds in my coins collection.

Not really a "theme," but I am now collecting coins from wars.

Part of what I collect is coins tokens and medals with ships on them. Only sail and steam ships and only pre-1900 stuff.

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Would love to see your cricket collection....

Old ships.
Portuguese coins are very Nice for that.  

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Portuguese coins are very Nice for that.  

I think it was one of those modern 2.50 'scudo coins

the 1925 25 centimos coin from Spain has a beautiful boat on it. Check it out! Unless you already have it of course.

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Quote: pnightingaleCricket!

Would love to see your cricket collection....

It's still at the early stages Sujit but I will post pictures once I have made substantial progress.

I'm also collecting the Lazereto / Leper Colony coins but these are very hard. After almost a year I have two.  

Hope you get along with that fast.
By the way I also like Indian 1 Rupee coins, I have more than 40 varieties of 1 Rupee coins.

Quote: 15turtlesI think it was one of those modern 2.50 'scudo coins

the 1925 25 centimos coin from Spain has a beautiful boat on it. Check it out! Unless you already have it of course.

Hello 15turtles,
Yes but not only modern 2.50 'scudo coins.
Portuguese coins as 200 'scudo, or higher :

BIMETALS also can be considered as a general theme.

Damm! Those escudos are awesome. I need to pick up some when I get the chance...

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So you'd be after this coin?

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/ukraine/g546.jpg

 

I don't collect thematically, but I like coins with airplanes, ships, and lately also coins with two headed eagles.
Also war scenes coins, tanks etc :)

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So you'd be after this coin?

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/ukraine/g546.jpg

 

Waiting for the Richard Hadlee coin!

There's already plenty of Hadlee stamps, don't know why they haven't put out a coin yet.  

I was disgusted with the match yesterday.  My home team Otago scored 349/7 in a 50 over match and lost by 6 wickets, with an over and half to spare!!  It's not often you see over 700 runs scored in a one day game.

Wouldn't it be nice to see a collaboration by the various mints to produce a set of four coins commemorating the great all rounders, Ian Botham, Kapil Dev, Imran Khan and Sir Richard. That would be a commemorative set I could live with.

Quote: pnightingaleWouldn't it be nice to see a collaboration by the various mints to produce a set of four coins commemorating the great all rounders, Ian Botham, Kapil Dev, Imran Khan and Sir Richard. That would be a commemorative set I could live with.

Check these Sri Lankan ones,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SRI-LANKA-5-RUPEES-1999-World-Cricket-Champions-KM-161-/170985370088?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item27cf85b1e8

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sri-Lanka-5-rupees-2007-Cricket-World-Cup-UNC-/160971522776?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item257aa682d8

What about Sobers? I'd consider him the best allrounder of all time, with Jaques Kallis pushing his case for a place among the greats when he decides to retire.

Thanks Sujit, I have the first coin already but I will defintely be on the lookout for the second one.

Neil, Gary Sobers, Jaques Kallis and even Flintoff are great all rounders but there was a time in the 1980's when the 4 greats were all playing at the same time, I can't think of any other period where spectators were so blessed.

The greatest all rounder ever was an Englishman named C B Fry. He wasn't just a test cricketer (all rounder), he played football at international level, held the world record for the high jump, played rugby union and was later offered the throne of Albania but for inexplicable reasons they opted for some bloke called Zog instead.

In 1938 he was in Berlin trying to persuade the Nazi's, who he genuinely admired, to play Cricket. Ribbentrop turned him down but it's tempting to wonder how different history might have been if AH had listened to CB.

In later life, as is commonplace with men of genius, he became increasingly unstable. He was one of the most remarkable men ever to have lived.

Quote: pnightingaleThe greatest all rounder ever was an Englishman named C B Fry. He wasn't just a test cricketer (all rounder), he played football at international level, held the world record for the high jump, played rugby union and was later offered the throne of Albania but for inexplicable reasons they opted for some bloke called Zog instead.

And, according to his descendant, Stephen Fry, he could jump backwards onto a mantelpiece.  

I like fishes and those old school German letters, this one is perfect example what I like, because there are both themes and fish looks really cool:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6264.html

For ship lovers a few from my fleet ... to wet up some mouths

Very nice love your second one and the 1/2 guilder from the dutch east indies. The second one the 1 Franc token from the Suez Canal is I believe quite valuable in this grade.

Actually, the last two coins of my lot are the cheaper ones. The prices for the first four were rather steep, since it's difficult to find these beauties, particularly in decent grades.

I collect square coins  1900-2000

I l.o.v.e. German States coins
Every time I see one I basically shove my money at them.  

I collect animals: (domestic to big) cat coins from 1900, inc tokens with denomination and probes.
Some of them are pretty hard to find, like Ireland Republic 25 ECU or Mongolia 50 Tugrik 1998 or North Korea coins.

I collect coins with Otto Von Bismarck on them.