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whowantstheworld

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  1. whowantstheworld

    Lowly beginner in need of guidance

    Afternoon all, Greetings from West Yorkshire. Brand new to the hobby and having lurked around a couple of collecting forums over the past few weeks / months I happily stumbled upon the mine (mint?) of wisdom that is predecimal. Thought I'd hang around here for a while. As with all newbies, I've been trying to pin down my focus / interests a bit (albeit not too narrowly.) Contemplated diving head first into ancients but received a number of warnings that it's an area that's particularly unforgiving to the beginner - with tourist fakes and forgeries abound. Picked up a few decent books, including a couple of Rotographic titles and was thinking of picking up 'Coins and Tokens of the Possessions and Colonies of the British Empire,' if anyone has any feedback on that one? Initially, I'm leaning towards the faded grandeur of the British Empire and thought that putting together a modest collection of coinage from around the empire from a given year (e.g. 1900) would be a decent place to start and would encourage further study. I've already picked up tonnes of information from this forum but any advice on the above would be greatly appreciated. Ta / Mark
  2. whowantstheworld

    Lowly beginner in need of guidance

    See, there's a whole world to explore! Poor George, looks like a serious case of the mumps! Ta Paulus!
  3. whowantstheworld

    Lowly beginner in need of guidance

    Thanks Prax, think my tastes are a bit more Olde Worlde but at this stage I'm keeping an open mind
  4. whowantstheworld

    Lowly beginner in need of guidance

    Thanks copper...that's the aim of the game!
  5. whowantstheworld

    Lowly beginner in need of guidance

    Thanks for the welcome Nonmortuus!
  6. whowantstheworld

    Lowly beginner in need of guidance

    Thanks Azda, appreciated
  7. whowantstheworld

    Lowly beginner in need of guidance

    Thanks for the welcome Rob. I take my proverbial hat off to the members here for the responses I've received. Thanks for the tip on Wakefield, only 10 mins away so would be daft not to come down for a look-see. Ta muchly. Mark
  8. whowantstheworld

    Lowly beginner in need of guidance

    Thanks Colin, I think it'll be fascinating and there's plenty of experts and literature to support the quest. In the meantime I'll get reading and continue to drool over everyone's purchases on here! Ta / Mark
  9. whowantstheworld

    Lowly beginner in need of guidance

    Thanks Ian. Much appreciated. Yeah I've stuck the Yorkshire coin show in the diary, nice one. As you say, there's some serious knowledge floating around in the ether on this forum, if I can soak up 1% of it I'll be set for life.
  10. whowantstheworld

    Lowly beginner in need of guidance

    Thanks for the feedback - really helpful and much appreciated. Yes I realise that I've got some serious planning to do before I dive in but at this stage, I'd settle for a nice selection from different countries rather than chasing down every denomination (although once this thing has got its claws in me I'm sure that viewpoint will change!) Thanks again - time to do some more reading.
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