~*~*~ My PCGS/NGC "Eclectic Box of 20" collection ~*~*~

[lordmarcovan]

In 2013, I decided to pare down my collections and simplify to just a single "Box of 20" for everything, hopefully to focus more on quality than quantity. Still, pursuing quality is an ongoing challenge on my budget.

 

The idea is a freestyle "Box of 20" collection with no parameters or restrictions except that the coins must be certified and the collection is limited to twenty pieces. When one comes in, another must go out. Otherwise, anything goes. In a way, I have narrowed my focus by limiting myself to just twenty slabbed pieces, but on the other hand, I've opened up my horizons to pursue whatever catches my fancy, be it ancient, medieval, modern, or even some tokens and medals. It sort of feels liberating to be freed of the constraints of collecting "sets". Now I can collect what I like and not be a slave to any predetermined "structure". But as the coins get nicer, I suspect it will become more and more difficult sentimentally for me to stick to the "one in, one out" rule.

 

 

 

(Links lead to individual coin discussion threads Across The Street)

 

Ancient Greece (Thessaly), silver "Rhodian Mercenaries" drachm struck by King Perseus of Macedon, ca. 175-170 BC

 

 

 

 

Ancient Rome (Imperial): silver denarius of Tiberius, ca. 14-37 AD: the biblical "Tribute Penny"

 

 

 

 

Ancient Rome (Imperial): silver denarius of Otho, ca. January-April, 69 AD

 

 

 

 

Ancient Byzantine Empire: gold tremissis of Justinian I, ca. 527-565 AD

 

 

 

 

England (Anglo-Saxon): silver penny of Aethelred II (978-1016 AD), struck ca. 997-1003 AD

 

 

 

 

England: silver Short Cross penny of King John (1199-1216), struck in the name of Henry II, ca. 1205-1207

 

 

 

 

Italy (Venice): silver grosso of Antonio Venier, ca. 1382-1400

 

 

 

 

Netherlands (Gelderland): "St. John" type gold gulden (florin) of Arnold van Egmond, ca. 1423-1472

 

 

 

 

Great Britain, silver "South Sea Company" shilling of George I, 1723

 

 

 

 

Great Britain: gilt copper proof halfpenny of George III, Soho Mint, 1806

 

 

 

 

USA: gold Liberty half-eagle, 1842-D small date

 

 

 

 

USA (Syracuse, NY): brass merchant token, A.C. Yates Clothing Emporium, ca. 1850s

 

 

 

 

USA: bronze Civil War token, "Our Little Monitor", 1863

 

 

 

 

German States (Hesse-Darmstadt): silver kreuzer, 1866

 

 

 

 

Japan (Meiji Era): gold Nibu-Kin (2 bu), ca. 1868-1869

 

 

 

 

France: gold 20-francs "Angel", 1877-A

 

 

 

 

USA: copper-nickel three-cent piece, 1880 proof

 

 

 

 

Great Britain: gold half-sovereign of Queen Victoria, 1901, ex-Terner Collection

 

 

 

 

German States (Saxony): silver 3 mark proof, Battle of Leipzig centennial commemorative, 1913-E

 

 

 

 

USA: silver Pilgrim Tercentenary commemorative half dollar, 1920

 

 

 

 

Archives

 

In the very unlikely event that anyone is interested enough in the evolution of this collection from its humble beginnings, there are links to its archived past incarnations in the second post down on this thread Across The Street.

[Taler Universe]

You know which one I like best!

[Brol]

Nice box! Love that Pilgrim!