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