Introduction And Confession

[Simon S 0]

Hello folks,

As you may gather from my forum name, I am called Simon and currently based in Slovakia where I work. I come to your esteemed forum from starting out as a 'silver stacker', my main interest is as a stacker but I am developing an interest in the numismatic area. I am enjoying reading the forum and thanks for having me.

Simon

[Coinery 1,156]

Hi Simon, and welcome aboard!

It is indeed a great forum, I have myself acquired a fine education amongst the pages on here! I spent near on a year browsing this site before I even managed to keep up with the daily posts...it's pretty big!

What numismatically 'floats your boat'?

[TomGoodheart 403]

Hi Simon and welcome. You'll certainly find plenty of the numismatic side here!

Silver stacking .. less so. Mainly because, unlike the US, there's no silver in our circulating coinage to pick out sadly! Which isn't to say we're averse to the shiny stuff!

[Peckris 579]

Welcome to the forums Simon

[Nordle11 564]

Welcome to the forum, Simon!

There are lots of people on here to help, just ask!

[Simon S 0]

Thanks for the response, I have just acquired my first kookaburra which I think is an excellent coin and having seen the older Britannia coins I am looking out for some of those too. I saw the Clovis series and thought wow, so they are on my acquisition list too. I was bidding on some coins at an auction yesterday, I bought some modern case items, but I saw the hammered coins from the middle ages and that has got me thinking that some fairly good examples are affordable particularly the Crusader States and some Commonwealth items so that will be an area of exploration for me.

[TomGoodheart 403]

As you've no doubt noted, always best to wait until the RM issues are on the open market and have been available for a bit. Prices drop immediately on issue of most from those asked by the Mint and if you like a design but aren't fussy for a particular year you can hunt around for better prices.

I think the Clovis ones are fun too. Bit different, at least!