Mouser's Coin Collection

I've been collecting coins since 1989. In that time, my collection has grown to include several thousand unique coins, foreign and domestic. Most of my American collection is what is referred to as a "date collection," where each different date and mint mark combination of a given type is collected. I've been filling my Whitman coin folders for each of the various American coin series since I started.

Within my American date collection, the various series fall into several categories:

Complete series - I have one of each date and mint mark circulated for these coin series:

Flying Eagle Cents (1856-1858)
Jefferson Nickels (1938-)
Eisenhower Dollars (1971-1978)
Sacagawea Dollars (2000-)

Pseudo-complete - series that are complete with the exception of expensive coins. The definition of expensive is currently ~$15+ for G-4. The reason for such a low cap is that I am a poor grad student and cannot afford to be throwing large sums of money into numismatics at this time. These series are probably not going to be filled in until I have a lot more money laying around.

Active series - coin series for which I am trying actively to fill in the missing dates. These are the coins that I look for on Ebay and in coin shops.

Inactive series - coin series for which I have some coins but am not actively searching. I am still collecting these series; I am just not trying to fill the boards yet.

Current generation series - Looking through pocket change gives diminishing returns as my collection grows. However, some newer coins of currently circulated series still need to be added to the boards.

In addition to American date collections, I also have a "type collection" of foreign coins. This means that I collect one coin of each denomination from each country, ignoring mint marks and dates but accounting for differences in design over the years.

Foreign coins, St. Paul - the master type collection of foreign coins kept at home in St. Paul, MN.

Foreign coins, Cambridge - an auxilliary type collection kept in Cambridge, MA. This collection gets merged into the St. Paul collection whenever I make it home.

Foreign duplicates, St. Paul - coins that I am interested in trading with other collectors. Note that these coins are in Minnesota and if you wish to trade for them it will take me several weeks to get ahold of them.

Foreign duplicates, Cambridge - coins that I am interesting in trading. These coins I have immediate access to.

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Starting in 2001, I began to keep track of when I added each coin to my collection and how I got it. Here is the running list:

Coins added to the collection since 02.01.01:

Foreign
EU            2 Cents     2000 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
EU            50 Cents    2000 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
EU            1 Euro      2000 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
EU            2 Euros     2001 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
EU            assorted    2002 - purchased from Philip Butler 02.02.04
assorted      assorted         - gift from Elisa Calimano 02.02.04 
EU            50 Cents    2002 - gift from Mikkel Conradi 02.01.11
EU            1 Euro      2002 - gift from Mikkel Conradi 02.01.11
EU            2 Euro      2002 - gift from Mikkel Conradi 02.01.11
EU            3 Euro      2002 - gift from Mikkel Conradi 02.01.11
Great Britain 1 Penny     1980 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Great Britain 1 Penny     1999 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Great Britain 5 Pence     2000 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Great Britain 10 Pence    1992 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Great Britain 20 Pence    1982 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Great Britain 20 Pence    1999 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Great Britain 20 Pence    1996 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Great Britain 1 Pound     2001 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Great Britain 1 Pound     1985 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Great Britain 1 Pound     1983 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Great Britain 1 Pound     2000 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Great Britain 2 Pounds    2001 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Hungary       10 Forint   1994 - gift from Elisa Calimano 02.02.04
India         1 Rupee     2001-B - gift from Kabir 02.01.09
India         2 Rupees    2000-B - gift from Kabir 02.01.09
India         5 Rupees    1999-B - gift from Kabir 02.01.09
Israel        1 Sheqel    1988 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Norway        50 0re      2000 - gift from Mikkel Conradi 02.02.28
Norway        Mint Set    2001 - gift from Mikkel Conradi 02.01.11
South Africa  10 Cents    1999 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
South Africa  50 Cents    1991 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
South Africa  1 Rand      1994 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
South Africa  2 Rand      1991 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
South Africa  5 Rand      1995 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
South Korea   50 Won      1994 - gift from Heemin Yang 02.01.14
South Korea   100 Won     1995 - gift from Heemin Yang 02.01.14
South Korea   500 Won     1989 - gift from Heemin Yang 02.01.14
Spain         10 Pesetas  1990 - gift from Elisa Calimano 02.02.04
Swaziland     5 Cents     1986 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Sweden        1 Kronor    1997 - purchased from Philip Butler 02.02.04
Switzerland   5 Rappen    1992 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Switzerland   1 Franc     1999 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16
Switzerland   2 Francs    1974 - purchased from Madleina Scheidegger 02.02.16

Older additions to the collection.

Bills added to the collection since 01.01.01:

EU            5 Euro      2002 - gift from Mikkel Conradi 02.01.11
EU            10 Euro     2002 - gift from Mikkel Conradi 02.01.11
EU            20 Euro     2002 - gift from Mikkel Conradi 02.01.11
EU            50 Euro     2002 - gift from Mikkel Conradi 02.01.11
Germany       200 Marks   1996 - purchased from Jesse Kirchner 01.05.14
Germany       5 Marks     1991 - purchased from Jesse Kirchner 01.05.14
Italy         5000 Lire   1985 - purchased from Jesse Kirchner 01.05.14
Italy         1000 Lire   1990 - purchased from Jesse Kirchner 01.05.14
Norway        200 Kroner  1999 - purchased from Mikkel Conradi 01.08.18
Russia        1 Ruble     1991 - purchased from Jesse Kirchner 01.05.14
Switzerland   50 Francs   ?    - purchased from Jesse Kirchner 01.05.14