| I have been collecting coins and banknotes | | | | only the thrill of the hunt and the |
| for over 30 years and it has been my passion. | | | | excitement you'll feel when you finally track |
| Collecting coins is not only fun, it is also | | | | down that rare 1937-D Buffalo Head Nickel |
| very educational. | | | | that you have been searching for, for many |
| | | | years. Anyone can do it, and you can either |
| Coin collecting is generally believed to have | | | | do it for collecting history or for the |
| begun in the fourteenth century | | | | profit potential that collecting coins can |
| | | | bring. |
| Collecting coins is all about owning a piece | | | | |
| of history, and learning each of the various | | | | First of all, like all investments, |
| types of coins out there, entices you to | | | | collecting coins costs money, so you need to |
| learn about the history associated with that | | | | determine how much you can afford to spend |
| coin. | | | | each year for this. The technical name for |
| | | | the practice of collecting coins is |
| Collecting coins has been a hobby ever since | | | | numismatics, a term derived from the Greek |
| coins were minted.and is a lot of fun and | | | | word nomisma, meaning "coin" or "currency. |
| very easy to begin doing on your own. | | | | Governments and other official agencies issue |
| | | | billions of coins annually, and collecting |
| Most bookstores sell specially designed books | | | | coins is a popular hobby around the world. |
| just for the purpose of collecting coins by | | | | |
| year. People have been collecting coins from | | | | You can start collecting coins on a small |
| time immemorial, collecting, sorting, | | | | basis. The best way to start collecting coins |
| organizing and auditing coins all over the | | | | is to buy a coin collecting reference book |
| world. | | | | and to join a coin collecting club if |
| | | | possible. If you really want to go all out, |
| When you participate in the hobby of | | | | try collecting coins issued in your birth |
| collecting coins you will find that it is not | | | | year by other countries. |