Many people think a coin collection is simply one coin of each date in a series. For example, many people collect Lincoln Cents, starting in 1909 and obtaining one coin for each year of issue and usually with each different mint mark. This might include the famous 1909S V.D. B., the 1914 D etc. However, you could just as easily form a date set for considerably less money. This collection would have an example of any coin in the year of issue. Thus you would have a coin from 1909 but not necessarily the V. D. B.,maybe a nice $5.00 coin rather than a $500.00 coin. This great for someone on a budget. You can always upgrade later.
A very popular collecting theme is the Type Set. This is a collection of one coin from every style or type of coin and or denomination. An example is a collection consisting of United States half cent, large cent, Indian head cent, Lincoln cent, two cent, three cent nickel, three cent silver… all the way to silver dollars and gold coins. But you would only have one coin of each type, not all the dates and mint marks. An impressive and fun set to put together. We have many customers working on these collections.
You might collect coins that have personal meaning, Date of birth, first child, grandparents birth, graduation or any other date could be used. This is often nice with a photo or note, great family heritage.
You might gather a coin from every country in the world, one from every country you’ve visited or country of special family history. If you are a musician or artist, or any profession, perhaps a coin that commemorates a person or sport. There are many non-round coins that are very interesting, coins with animal themes, holes in center, different composition. I’m just naming a few of the possibilities. I’ll bet you can come up your own interesting ideas!