Family Coin Collecting - A Great Home Activity For All

Although huge amounts of money can besay so much about our nation, honoring Liberty
invested in collecting some types of Americanand freedom above all. In the same way, today's
coins, It is possible to have a load of fun collectingpolitically correct coins which exclusively promote
coins without really investing much money at all. Ithe politicians of the past tell of the foibles of our
don't have much money invested in our little coinown modern USA (what subject could possibly be
collections, including those that belong to my kids.more dear to our self-absorbed and narcissistic
In my opinion it's really not necessary. We don'tfederal politicians when they are trying to decide
do it as an investment or anything - its really justwhat should appear on our coins than the
a family activity. The kids get a big kick out of it.aggrandizement of politicians like themselves).
When I was a kid, you could sort through pocketThere are many types of coins to collect: error
change and find coins minted in the teens andcoin collecting, ancient coin collecting, international
twenties. Now days you have to buy bags ofcoin collecting, silver coin collecting - there are just
wheat cents. Not to worry, they are fairlyso many ways to approach it that its hard to
inexpensive. When I brought the first bags ofcount them all. There really is no right and wrong
wheat backed Lincoln pennies home, I didn't knowway to collect coins, in spite of what many so
if the kids would be interested, but they dove incalled experts say. You have to decide what your
and really had fun. It was like a treasure hunt andgoal is. Do you want to have a family hobby?
the blue Whitman collection folders, like I boughtWell, inexpensive wheat cents are an easy way
for children, are almost exactly the same asto get started. Do you want to invest significant
when I was collecting coins as a kid. We have alsomoney in coins hoping that they will go up in
collected and sorted through old nickels, bothprice? Investment guides want you to buy the
Jefferson and Indian Head or buffalo nickels. Ivery highest grades of uncirculated coins, but
especially like those Buffalo nickels myself, butsometimes regular old circulated coins appreciate
with all the Washington "statehood" quarters,significantly in price as well (circulated means the
there is a lot of interest in Washington quarterscoin has some signs of wear - and sometimes a
as well.lot of wear). I have certainly seen the prices of
Collecting coins that are a century or more oldthe circulated buffalo nickels I purchase go up
gives one a special feel for the history of oursteeply in price over the last five years. In the
nation. You wonder about the history theseend, its all up to you! I recommend that you buy
heavily worn coins have seen. These old coins alsothe coins you like.