coin collection

collocation in English

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coin
noun
uk
/kɔɪn/
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/kɔɪn/
a small, round piece of metal, usually silver or copper coloured, that is used ...
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collection
noun
uk
/kəˈlek.ʃən/
us
/kəˈlek.ʃən/
a group of objects of one type that have been collected by one person or in ...
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(Definition ofcoinandcollectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They convinced the museum's board to purchase the artifact for $1 million, which the museum funded through the sale of itscoincollection.
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During this period he served as secretary for the local historical society and curated itscoincollection.
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Against the other walls of the room are cases that display a rarecoincollectionarranged chronologically.
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As opposed to acoincollection, cleaning the chips will not decrease their value but is still not recommended unless really necessary.
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She strongly disliked the political tensions that by 1780 had sprung up between her elder brothers and their parents, and preferred to occupy herself with hercoincollection.
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Darrell spends $400 on a unit by accident, but soon discovers a sizablecoincollectionworth nearly $6,000.
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He amassed a considerablecoincollection.
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Philip also started acoincollectionwhich became one of the largest in the country.
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The museum also includes acoincollection.
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Thecoincollectionroute produced $2,000 a week, and he would open the machines with a key he carried and give the store owner his cut of the profits ($25 and up).
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Joaqun had doubtless been giving thought to the future of hiscoincollection.
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In addition, the department has a great amount of foreign coin collections, the most valuable of these being a collection of coins of classical antiquitiy.
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The coin collections, with examples ranging from the first minted money to modern times, represent the museum's rare cultural treasures.
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Many coin collections are also referred to as date sets, and may be stored in coin holders.
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The buying and selling of coin collections by numismatists who are professional dealers advances the study of money, and expert numismatists are consulted by historians, museum curators, and archaeologists.
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