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My First 2015 Dated Coin Arrived Today

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jackson64

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Getting a jumpstart on a new year and a new set.....

I have had a new idea for a topical themed collection as my primary interest for 2015. I must admit that a combination of factors have contributed to this.

First, my recent efforts to finish the $2 Twonie polar bear canada series--secondly was a reply on the chat boards by Gary who showed a gorgeous obversed and polar bear reverse design coin from Greenland--and thirdly was the recent perusing of various coin dealers and just entering the keywords "bear" or "polar bear" revealed a surprisingly large number of coins with this topic/theme.

After some consideration, I've decided to make the Custom Set-" Bearish Collecting" or some other name ( I'm still working on a nice name with some double entendre or pun if possible)--but what I have decided on is to include all types of bears--which makes for a potentially LARGE set.

As I was looking through some varying mints and mint dealers I have uncovered a myriad of Polar Bears, black bears, Grizzly Bears--and of course entire series of Panda Bears and Koala Bears.

The panda bears of China and the Koala bear series from Australia I'll try and be selective in purchasing the designs I like since my intent is not to assemble complete sets of those series. I have seen several small 1/10 oz gold and platinum coins also so I'll probably add several different metals into the set for added variety--and maybe even one large 1 ounce gold coin as part of the centerpiece of the collection.

Of course I will also include any odd shaped coins-scalloped, triangular, 5/6/7 sided coins if I find any for added variance--and a couple of the coins from my Canada "Twonie" set will be included but again, not all of the existing series because that is not the point--it is for variety of metal, shape and design while being consistent with the bear theme..

So this is my journal to mark the date and beginning point of my new venture in collecting. I always enjoy going back into my journal history and reading past entries to see how my focus and progress has gone over the years--hopefully I'll read this again in a few years and remember when my large Bear Coin Collection first began....

Here is an early Canadian release of a 2015 dated coin---polar bear and cub, still in the mint packaging but I took a peak in the box before sending it away for encapsulation....

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