Coin Collecting

One of the most popular hobbies today is coin collecting. Coin collecting is a fun pastime that can be enjoyed by anyone. The premise of coin collecting lies in the idea that certain coins are more valuable than others. Amateur collectors often save a coin if they notice it has a date that reaches back [...]

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Feel The Gold Rush With Gold Coins

A lot of people find collecting gold coins as not only an incredibly interesting hobby but a fairly lucrative one as well! Over time, your collection will increase in value and parts of it can be sold if you desire. This way, you will have additional income for yourself later in life in addition to [...]

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How to Invest in Coins and Precious Metals

With the numerous investment opportunities available in the world today, some of the most basic investments are often overlooked. Take for example the often-ignored art of investing in collectable metals such as rare coins, silver bars, and other precious metals. Literally practiced for centuries around the world, many investors are now beginning to see the [...]

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How do I sell my Coin Collection?

So, you feel it is time to sell your long-time coin collection, or you have inherited a collection and you know nothing about coins and you want to sell them. As with the sale of anything, you want to make sure you get a fair price. Sounds simple enough, right? In the area of numismatics, [...]

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Do I have to Buy the Best Quality Coins if I Want to Make Money?

Buy quality! Buy quality! Buy quality! Thats all you hear these days when you are considering rare coins as an investment. First, are you really buying coins as an investment, or merely for the pleasure of owning a piece of history? That is sometimes the real dilemma for many collectors, or is it investors? Everybody [...]

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Coin Collecting – The Top 10 List

An associate of mine remembers receiving as a child a big paper bag of old US silver dollars, some going back as far as the late 1890s. Sometime between then and today he has misplaced that old paper bag. To this day he wonders if any of those coins might have been worth something. There [...]

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Metal Detecting – Coin Hunting or Coin Shooting Hot Spots

Coin Hunting or ‘Coin Shooting’ as it’s often called, is not only very fun to do, but it can easily be very profitable. Finding just one gold piece or any rare coin can easily pay for the cost of the metal detector. When it comes to Coin Hunting or ‘Coin Shooting’, there are some places [...]

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What Is An Un-circulated Coin?

You may have heard the terms proof coin and un-circulated coin, but what’s the difference between these two? To understand the difference between a proof and un-circulated coin, let’s first answer the question, “What is an un-circulated coin?” Un-circulated means a coin has not had any wear, such as the wear a coin might experience [...]

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