| Coin collecting is a fun hobby that anyone who | | | | $1000.Coins that were only issued or circulated for |
| has the time can do. A coin's history and its | | | | short period of time also make good collectibles. A |
| development can be learned by collecting them. | | | | coin collection is at its best if it is focused on a |
| At one point in time, between 1838 and1933, the | | | | certain coin. A collector can choose from pennies, |
| United States issued gold coins for circulation. The | | | | nickels, dimes, quarters and dollars. Another way |
| Liberty Head bust was used as the design until | | | | of collecting is disregarding the types of coins but |
| 1907. The design was then changed to the Indian | | | | concentrating on a certain time period. Coins have |
| Head and Saint Gaudens motifs until 1933 when | | | | different mint marks and collecting those that |
| the "Great Depression" started. This prompted | | | | were struck in the same location can also be |
| the recall of the coins which makes it very rare | | | | interesting. The important thing for hobbyists is to |
| to find any of them today.The most valuable coin | | | | stick to the collection until it has been completed. |
| in the world is the 1933 Double Eagle. This was a | | | | For a good start subscribe to a coin publication |
| $20 gold coin that was made in the 1800's after | | | | such as Coin World or Coinage Magazine for |
| the California gold rush. This coin was not allowed | | | | information on the types of coins that you might |
| to be used in the 1930's and when this coin was | | | | want to collect. The internet or a local coin shop |
| auctioned in 2002, it sold for nearly eight million | | | | can also help expand the search for those coins |
| dollars.Since gold coins are hard to find, most | | | | that can't be found in your locale or out of state. |
| collectors select other coins.One type of collection | | | | Building a coin collection will take a long time - |
| you might consider is the one made up of coins | | | | months or even years. The United States has |
| that are flawed when the coin was minted. If you | | | | produced so many coins that it is hard to keep |
| can find a coin with a misspelled word, a wrong | | | | track of them. By deciding on the coin(s) you |
| date, off-center characteristics, or double-punched | | | | want to collect, the challenge to complete that |
| marks, these coins are valuable. Such mistakes | | | | collection begins. |
| can increase a coin's value from $50 to a | | | | |