My only goal is to add my whole collection to the database before the end of 2016. I hope to succeed but I have serious doubts about it.
As soon as that gigantic work is finished, everything will go much easier and I can focus on swapping but till then it stays hectic.
get a few more Russian late empire - early USSR silver types. Would really like a silver rouble in XF or better, but they tend to be pretty expensive in that condition
add more pre-Elizabeth II Canadian types
I got a lot of Japan types recently - would be interesting to see if I can find a few more to get the count to 50+
grab some new 2016 bullion - just the ones that have annual design changes, 6 coins or so?
get any new US Commemorative dollars and halves
maybe add a couple more older US commemorative halves, the ones that actually circulated
add at least one new country every month - currently at 208, so shouldn't be difficult
limit spending!!! - There are 2 major coin shows I go to every year. The last one was in the spring. I spent several hours and twice as much as I planned there. The big fall show is coming up in just a few days! Need to keep it under control this time, so I still have some spare money left for other fun stuff! :)
go to the chicago international coin show on april 16
get at least one coin from danish w indies, danzig, order of malta, hejaz and greenland. refer to bullet point 1( and too many other countries to list )
buy 2x2's for all the loose coins I have sitting on my desk( every time I go to the coin store I plan on buying some but I end up coming out with all coins and no flips!)
begin to focus on the countries i(d) really love to collect, turkey/otto, russia russia empire modern russia, panama, brazil, new zealand
I do not have many goals for 2016.
1. Get to 300 countries. 1 to go.
2. Keep exchanging with you guys/gals
3. Buy coins I like.
4. Find space to keep them
Quote: "Mark240590"I think I want to for the third year running continue the upgrade programme and as part of that I won't be buying low grade coins.
You and I are of a like mind Mark old buddy. Funny how when you first start collecting, anything and everything will do, so long as you have a copy of it. Then after a few years you look back and say "what the hell was I thinking?"
Quote: "Mark240590"I think I want to for the third year running continue the upgrade programme and as part of that I won't be buying low grade coins.
You and I are of a like mind Mark old buddy. Funny how when you first start collecting, anything and everything will do, so long as you have a copy of it. Then after a few years you look back and say "what the hell was I thinking?"
indeed mate, it's a sticky trap and it's funny how you never listen to more experienced collectors.. Just as you never listened to your parents.
I would have gone for next year to buy a really nice coin but it's more likely going to be this year I'm gunna buy myself a nice 1804 Bank of England dollar. Looking to spend around £4/500 on a good one. My evasions collection will cover it nicely.
Goals for 2016.
Complete America the Beautiful coins up to date
try to get to 300 countries (225 right now)
try to put all my coins in albums (Importa) depending on my mother since she lives in the Netherlands were they are sold.
get my number per type up for as many countries as possible
I'm going to have my 250th country in my listing. If I'd add a goal it'd be to reach the 300 country limit.
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
Get to 2,000 different types (currently at 1,477)
Get to 200 countries (currently at 165)
Get to 4,000+ coins (currently at 3,078)
Get to 100+ coins for my birth year 1976 (currently at 64)
Complete my American State Quarters Map with both mints
And some colonies and splitted countries by periods as well. UN is not the only reference here.
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
1. Find at least 1 from missing 5 coins of Sudan
2. Complete Mombasa set ( missing 1 rupee and 1/4 rupee)
3. Get at least 4 more coins of Algerian "Chamber of Commerce" series
4.Get at least 10 more coins of Tunisia and Algeria 19th century
5. Get at least 5 more coins of 19th century Egypt
6. Get at least 2 more coins of Deutsch Ost Afrika
7.Get at least 1 coin of Mauritius of British invasion ( Calcutta Mint)
8.Get Congo Free State 1 franc
9. Complete missing few coins of SOuth Africa 2009, and 2015 set. Also silver 1 rands of 80-eth
10. Get at least 5 coins of 19th century Morocco
11. Find only missing coin from East Africa and Uganda 1906-08 1/2 cent
12. Get at least 1 coin of East Africa` 1920 series
13. Meet here, in Tbilisi, at least 5 Numista members.
With all other 2016 findings, I should be happy if at least half of these 13 dreams should come true :)
I would also like to conokete the bank tokens of the British Isles this coming year now since i didn't spend anywhere near £4/500 on that dollar of mine and just waited for a bargain.
My goals are #1 complete My Canadian Large cent collection in EF or better from 1858 to 1920 including variants
and #2 try to complete British farthing collection from 1775 to 1956
Trying to complete my large cent collection right now. Any help would be appreciated
My goals for 2016
- Exhaust my swap list in as many exchanges as possible here on numista
- Increase my collection to 7000 (currently ~6200) by KM type
- Complete my Pre-euro want list (1950-2001) as much as I can
- Get all the Euro collector coins & 2 euro commems I am missing according to my want list
- Complete QEII canada collection by KM type (circulation coins only)
- Complete USA circulation series by KM type 1900-present
Quote: "pcarey2003"Complete my American State Quarters Map with both mints
Only 14 coins needed to complete both mints now...
I have all, bot P &D. Started to collect them when they just started to issue :) I didnot collect then African coinage ... and couldnot leave then :) They look very nice in special album, and there were also 6 extra "bags", where I put added more american " lands " also both P and D
Yes, I have them in a "map" album, spaces for all 50 states, plus 6 District of Columbia and United States Territories, plus a further 56 spaces for the 2nd mint. Looks really nice, will be better when it's completed! I have one for the America the beautiful quarters also, but don't have many in there yet :)
- Participate in as many swaps on Numista as possible.
- Reach 150 countries (now at 122, but I think I've got most of the "easy" ones already).
- Complete a type set of 20th century predecimal British non-silver coins (about 22 left, should be achievable).
- Look for promising opportunities for "treasure hunting" (e.g., bulk lots, bargain bins, etc.).
- Stay within my monthly collecting budget and within my wife's tolerance for me staying up late playing Ebenezer Scrooge with the stacks of coins on my desk!
-My goal's for 2016 is to finish off as many of my missing dates on British Pre Decimal denominations as far back as 1700, then onto older coins :-)
-Upgrade the coins I already have.
-Adding old banknotes that I do not have as a side hobby.
-Listing as many coins as I can.
-Exchanging as many coins as I can :-)
My GOALS
Help managing catalogue.
Became a referee.
Getting at least one state DONE - I collect europe by year and mintmark.
Get more coins.
Swap those I do not want.
I hope to get the New Zealand trade tokens catalogue completed (I've got about 40 more New Zealand ones to add.) - No work done on this, I've been busy with other things
After that I want to get started on the Australian trade tokens. - Same with this, I'll get onto it when I've completed New Zealand
My coin collection
I hope to get at least 2 of my lower grade coins upgraded per month - I did a major upgrade push this month and got 7 of my coins upgraded
I want to buy at least one decent value coin per month (catalogue value of $40+) - I had a good month here too and managed to get 3 x $40 and over value coins.
I want to get my collection back into coin pages and get them organised properly. - The coins are now in pages and I have the flags done for all the countries. I now need to re-label them all and get them organised properly.
My goals for 2016 are still the same. get my collection in order. And gave a lot of coins away this spring. And catalog 1000 coins from the UK. At around 650 now.
I've bought a few upgrades, a Jamaica penny's few weeks back, Nigeria 2 Shillings, and I've already upgraded 4 of my Canadian provinces tokens. One is the American flag ships colonies and commerce :)
I've bought some flips so am starting to organise my collection too I've also smashed the £500 barrier I wanted too :)
Get to 2,000 different types (currently at 1,477) (now at 1,651)
Get to 200 countries (currently at 165) (now at 181)
Get to 4,000+ coins (currently at 3,078) (now at 3,423)
Get to 100+ coins for my birth year 1976 (currently at 64) (achieved - now at 140)
Complete my American State Quarters Map with both mints (13 coins to go - 1 to be received from a swap)
And I agree. You can't imagine how much work he gave to me following my nomination as Rome referee. Anyway he'll be welcome to do so again (after solving our numeric value issue).
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
Quote: "Jesse11"My goals for 2016:
- Participate in as many swaps on Numista as possible.
- Reach 150 countries (now at 122, but I think I've got most of the "easy" ones already).
- Complete a type set of 20th century predecimal British non-silver coins (about 22 left, should be achievable).
- Look for promising opportunities for "treasure hunting" (e.g., bulk lots, bargain bins, etc.).
- Stay within my monthly collecting budget and within my wife's tolerance for me staying up late playing Ebenezer Scrooge with the stacks of coins on my desk!
Well, I've already reached 150 countries as of yesterday, so I guess I will set 200 as a new goal.
Find someone to swap for coins missing countries like
Zanzibar - Crete - Ireland - Yemenite states - Argentine provinces
Austrian Netherlands - among others
Quote: "yorkie"Find someone to swap for coins missing countries like
Zanzibar - Crete - Ireland - Yemenite states - Argentine provinces
Austrian Netherlands - among others
I've got a spare Heaton minted Pysa from Zanzibar ;)
Quote: "yorkie"Find someone to swap for coins missing countries like
Zanzibar - Crete - Ireland - Yemenite states - Argentine provinces
Austrian Netherlands - among others
Are you sure to need this one?
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
Second month of the year gone, time for the next update
Non coin collecting, but still coin related
I hope to get the New Zealand trade tokens catalogue completed (I've got about 40 more New Zealand ones to add.) - Still no work done on this, I've been busy with other things, but I'm going to have to do it soon, because I can see a few listings have been mucked up
After that I want to get started on the Australian trade tokens. - Still no work on this either, I'll get onto it when I've completed New Zealand
My coin collection
I hope to get at least 2 of my lower grade coins upgraded per month - 3 more coins upgraded, that's a total of 10 for the year
I want to buy at least one decent value coin per month (catalogue value of $40+) - 1 more $40+ value coin, total of 4 for the year now
I want to get my collection back into coin pages and get them organised properly. - 1/3 done with labelling now, it's just a matter of how long it takes me to get through a tape, order a new one and get some more done
Quote: "pcarey2003"Quick update on Goals so far:
Get to 2,000 different types (currently at 1,477) (now at 1,651)
Get to 200 countries (currently at 165) (now at 181)
Get to 4,000+ coins (currently at 3,078) (now at 3,423)
Get to 100+ coins for my birth year 1976 (currently at 64) (achieved - now at 140)
Complete my American State Quarters Map with both mints (13 coins to go - 1 to be received from a swap)
Still just under 11 months to go :)
Phil
1/3 of the way into the year, so time for another update:
Get to 2,000 different types - now at 1,750
Get to 200 countries - now at 187
Get to 4,000+ coins - now at 3,696
Get to 100+ coins for my birth year 1976 - achieved
Complete my American State Quarters Map with both mints - achieved (special thanks have to go to Pajaskot, housebg1 & ALLRED1950 for helping me to achieve this)
Also a bonus achievement, I completed my Presidential Dollars album (again, special thanks to Pajaskot & pdekeyse for helping me achieve this)
Congrats smoked_caramel, that's an impressive swap record. Think I'm only about a third of the way to that target, so a good few many swaps still to go. Let's see how many you can actually get to by the end of 2016.
Quote: "pcarey2003"Get to 2,000 different types (currently at 1,477)
Get to 200 countries (currently at 165)
Get to 4,000+ coins (currently at 3,078)
Get to 100+ coins for my birth year 1976 (currently at 64)
Complete my American State Quarters Map with both mints
6 months gone of 2016 now, time for a brief update on my goals:
Get to 2,000 different types - now at 1,836
Get to 200 countries - now at 193
Get to 4,000+ coins - now at 3,890
Get to 100+ coins for my birth year 1976 - achieved
Complete my American State Quarters Map with both mints - achieved
Quote: "g00n"Right, I haven't set my goals for 2016, so here goes.
- Finally finish identifying all my coins and putting them in coin holders, pages and albums
- Start entering my collection on Numista
I think just that will keep me busy during the year... Other than that - keep swapping and building my collection :-)
Well, this has gone better than expected. All my coins (except the Chinese ones mentioned in another post that I'm struggling with) have been identified, put in coin holders and album pages. Going to need at least 25-30 more albums to put the pages in though, so that will be going slowly when I have the money to buy some.
"Start entering my collection on Numista"? Finished that several months ago, so that went faster than expected as well...
I guess I'll have to make some new goals at some point then :-)
Quote: "pcarey2003"Get to 2,000 different types (currently at 1,477)
Get to 200 countries (currently at 165)
Get to 4,000+ coins (currently at 3,078)
Get to 100+ coins for my birth year 1976 (currently at 64)
Complete my American State Quarters Map with both mints
Get to 2,000 different types - now at 1,909
Get to 200 countries - now at 195 (soon to be 196)
Get to 4,000+ coins - achieved now at 4,058
Get to 100+ coins for my birth year 1976 - achieved now at 143
Complete my American State Quarters Map with both mints - achieved
- Reach 140 coins in collection
- Offload 1/4 of coins I don't want minimum
- Complete all half crowns 1911-1970
- Get at least 3 more Greek/Seleucid tetradrachme's.
- Get 1 more gold WWF coin.
- Enjoy the hobby
- Make my first cabinet
Quote: "pcarey2003"Nice and simple goals I think:
Get to 2,000 different types (currently at 1,477)
Get to 200 countries (currently at 165)
Get to 4,000+ coins (currently at 3,078)
Get to 100+ coins for my birth year 1976 (currently at 64)
Complete my American State Quarters Map with both mints
Nothing unrealistic I don't think
23rd October and today I completed final goal:
Get to 2,000 different types - Now at Exactly 2,000 (523 types added this year)
Get to 200 countries - Now at 209 (44 countries added this year)
Get to 4,000+ coins - Now at 4,258 (1,180 coins added this year)
Get to 100+ coins for my birth year 1976 - Now at 156 (92 1976 coins added this year)
Complete my American State Quarters Map with both mints - Completed
I will see exactly where I stand on 31st December and decide on some more goals for next year
get a few more Russian late empire - early USSR silver types. Would really like a silver rouble in XF or better, but they tend to be pretty expensive in that condition
add more pre-Elizabeth II Canadian types
I got a lot of Japan types recently - would be interesting to see if I can find a few more to get the count to 50+
grab some new 2016 bullion - just the ones that have annual design changes, 6 coins or so?
get any new US Commemorative dollars and halves
maybe add a couple more older US commemorative halves, the ones that actually circulated
add at least one new country every month - currently at 208, so shouldn't be difficult
limit spending!!! - There are 2 major coin shows I go to every year. The last one was in the spring. I spent several hours and twice as much as I planned there. The big fall show is coming up in just a few days! Need to keep it under control this time, so I still have some spare money left for other fun stuff! :)
Wow, has it been a year already? Well, I'm happy to say that I've accomplished most of what I was aiming for.
done
sadly, I've hardly added any Canadian coins this year
currently at 56 types, so I'm happy with the progress. Other than a few more types from 1870-1 and early 1900s and the big silver Yens (Japanese trade dollar), high-denomination golds, and modern day commemoratives, there are only a few more types left
got 5 out of the 6 I was considering buying - decided to pass on the 2016 Tokelau reverse proof Year of the Monkey, as I've only seen them offered by APMex at more than double the previous years' price!
done - grabbed a couple proof silver $1s and clad half
postponed
done - 40 new countries added
all is under control here
Going to have to start thinking about setting new goals soon.
Quote: "JRo69"Goal Added: To complete the Numista Map.
Nine dots to go. Missed this one thanks to my air conditioner dying before my birthday. So instead of coins, I chose cool and comfort.
This is an achievable goal for 2017.
