Old circulated coins

[Pocketcoins]

I see a lot of real nice shiney uncirculated coins on this forum but I wanted to know if any one else besides me ever fools with the plane old circulated coins. The ones that have been around the block a few times. Maybe they don't look so good but have a lot histoty. The ones you can hold in your hand and think just what has this coin seen in it's life. 

[Nevol]

The majority of my collection consists of plain old circulated coins that have well & truly been around the block a few times.  Many of them appear to have been around the world a few times, not just the block.   

No matter, I still have fond feelings for all of them and as they only cost me face value,  I haven't paid an arm & a leg to collect them.

[Nighthawk]

Hey, as long as I can read the date on them and see at least some of the design elements, I got no problem collecting circulated coins. Some type coins that I need for my collection are way outta reach for me price-wise, so I have no other choice. Still, I like 'em Unc or Proof when I can get them! 

[Triggersmob]

Like Nevol, my collection consists almost entirely of old circulated coins.

I like to have coins that I am not afraid to hold. It fact I don't even own
a pair of white cotton gloves.

[AdamL]

Pocketcoins, when I start the massive project of organizing all of my coins (Hopefully within the next week) you'll probably see me showing off a few old circulated ones. Maybe a bunch of them actually.

[Yass]

I have over 6000 foreign coins from all over the world. Most are like the ones in your picture.  I have put them all in 2x2s (they store easier that way).  I have subsequently entered them all in an excel spreadsheet and created a pivot table which displays them in any order I choose.  I have a 10kg bag of foreign coins on layby and hope to pick them up in a couple of weeks.  The intention is to see what sort of date runs I can generate and how many countries and different coins I can find.

I have my fair share of proofs, mint sets, uncirculated and rolls, but as you say there is something to say about having an old coin in one's hand and a question mark as to where it had been before it got there.

[CoinCrusader42]

Pocketcoins,

I just read your post, and then looked down at my desk and found the majority of coins laying there fit the description of old and circulated.

I was just looking at my 1902 nickel with a magnifying glass, trying to determine if it had a mint mark.

 

[Pocketcoins]

I really love the old circulared coins and wish we would see more photo of them on the forum myself. Sometimes I think folks are a little intimidated by the proof and uncirculated coins. Don't get me wrong I like them also but I like the look of the circulated coins best. So if you got them, post them, I will look at them. 

[Triggersmob]

All mine are online if you're interested.
Only one side though. If you would like to see
the other side of any coin, let me know.
Click the link in my sig line.

[Yass]

Pictures of some of my coins and errors are also on the CCF gallery.  I'd be happy to discuss if necessary.
Yass Gallery on CCF

[Yass]

Pictures of some of my coins and errors are also on the Mom & Dad Site gallery.  I'd be happy to discuss if necessary.
Yass Gallery on Mom & Dad Site

Interesting how I put 'CCF Gallery' in the above URL title and it translated to 'Mum & Date Site'.

How did that happen, given that we're 'personna non gratis' with them?

[AdamL]

Here is a link to my KOTCT gallery:
http://www.knightsofthecointable.com/kotctgallery/main.php?g2_itemId=65
Plenty of circulated and uncirculated coins in there.

[Pocketcoins]

I was thinking you all must have photos some place.    It will take me awhile to look every ones pics over. If I wanted to put photo in the gallery what would I have to do? I tryed to long in to it and could not.

[CoinCrusader42]

Speaking of the M & D site, I guess I'm just totally computer illiterate, but I remember posting there once, and made reference to the Coin Talk site.  When my post showed up, "Coin Talk" had changed to some other name.  So, I guess it's possible to be sure a competitor's name isn't posted?

 

[Yass]

Speaking of the M & D site, I guess I'm just totally computer illiterate, but I remember posting there once, and made reference to the Coin Talk site.  When my post showed up, "Coin Talk" had changed to some other name.  So, I guess it's possible to be sure a competitor's name isn't posted?

 

But this was from our site.  It was our software.  Perhaps its embedded in their URL?

[Sap]

Interesting how I put 'Mom & Dad Site Gallery' in the above URL title and it translated to 'Mum & Date Site'.

How did that happen, given that we're 'personna non gratis' with them?

and...

Speaking of the M & D site, I guess I'm just totally computer illiterate, but I remember posting there once, and made reference to the Coin Talk site.  When my post showed up, "Coin Talk" had changed to some other name.  So, I guess it's possible to be sure a competitor's name isn't posted?

Yes. It's done using the swear-word filter most forums come with; you can tell the software to automatically change one word to another. CCF uses it quite a lot, to make sure blacklisted sites never get a mention.

Obviously, one of our admin/moderators has also programmed our swear-word filter to change any reference of CCF to "CCF". Whoever it was, it's obviously an American... or they'd have said "Mum and Dad Site".

(I've used sneaky cheating to get CCF to show up here in this post.) 

[Sap]

And to keep this thread on-topic: yes, most of my coins are circulated as well. As far as my OFEC collection is concerned, if you can read the country, it's good enough. If I had to spend $100 on OFEC coins, I'd rather buy 20 new countries than 1 or 2 near mint state coins.

Perhaps one reason why pics of awful coins don't get posted too often is, well... they're awful, and don't photograph well.

[CoinCrusader42]

Very possible!!