What characteristics does your ideal country collection have? And which country best fits your ideal

For me, the characteristics are:

• I'd like it to be a closed set, so the country is no longer producing more coins.
  
• Preferably the coins should be minted before 1945
  
• The country should not have too few coins that it's easy to complete the collection, but not so many that it's unlikely that you'll get them all, around 50 coins is ideal for me.
  
• Some precious metal coins
  
• There should be some common coins so you can easily get something new for your collection at the beginning, but plenty of medium value coins and a few high value ones to build up to.
  

The country that probably best fits these characteristics is Straits settlements:

• It's a closed set
  
• The coins were minted between 1845 and 1939
  
• It has 47 coins
  
• 24 of them are silver
  
• Some of the coins are valued at just a few dollars, but it builds up to several hundred for some of the rarer coins
  

So what do the rest of you like in a coin set?

For me, San Marino fits the best because it's versatile (you can choose any part you like / can afford) and nicely designed:
Pre-1945 lira circulation issues: Copper coins are easy to get and are very nice. Silver ones are more classy and more expensive and can fit in the most demanding collections.
1972-2001 lira issues: Perfect for a beginner. It's a closed set of coins, there are both cheaper and more expensive ones. There's quite a lot of silver coins: some are cheap and easy to get, some are more expensive.
Euro issues (2002-...): Nicely designed and expensive toys. Look fantastic, unfortunately cost a lot. A perfect fit for anyone who collects euro coins.
Scudo issues: For the rich. You have already seen a lot in your life and have enough resources. True class and a lot of effort to get them all.

For me, I like closed and uniform sets. Sets where are rarely some changes, and if so, they keep design the same or within some boundaries.

You can hardly make any set from Hungary (no offense!) : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?mode=simplifie&p=1&r=country%3AHungary+Forint+%281946-date%29&e=&d=&ca=3&no=&i=&v=&m=&a=&t=&dg=&w=&g=&f=&c=&co=y&cno=y&cc=y&cat=y

But you can easily make a set from Slovakia: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?mode=simplifie&p=1&r=country%3ASlovakia+Koruna+%281993-2008%29&e=&d=&ca=3&no=&i=&v=&m=&a=&t=&dg=&w=&g=&f=&c=&co=y&cno=y&cc=y&cat=y

I collect all European coinage, so I am not picky, but some are trickier for Album organization than others.

Quote: "Jarcek"​For me, I like closed and uniform sets. Sets where are rarely some changes, and if so, they keep design the same or within some boundaries.

​So Switzerland would be a good country?

Symbol of stability? Of course. Album will be big, but consistent.

I like my collections with some sort of attachment, as I move from country to country, one of the attractions I get is to collect a bit of those countries I have live in.

Also the countries where my family is from to have some sort of heritage in my collection...