| Simplicity is not the best policy when it comes to | | | | - one coin with different nominations on two sides |
| coin collecting. Oftentimes it is the rareness, the | | | | a.k.a. mules |
| history, or the mother country of the coins that | | | | World Coins: Hobby of Kings…. of the |
| collectors value most. | | | | World |
| Here is a wide array of the variety of coins that | | | | Collecting world coins is about gathering those |
| "coinophiles" are obsessed with: | | | | modern coins from all the countries of the world. |
| National Coins: Patriotism in Coins | | | | Geographically-challenged individuals will have a |
| Usually, national coin collectors are interested in | | | | hard time participating in this kind of coin collecting. |
| collecting their own country's coins. It is common | | | | If you would like to be a collector of world coins, |
| practice for collectors of national coins to get a | | | | you must be prepared to spend a considerable |
| representative coin from each date and mint | | | | amount of money if you would want to have an |
| marks for each coin series. Various national coin | | | | extensive collection - being a "jetsetter" might be |
| collectors combine a unique variation of series, | | | | required. World coin collectors often acquire |
| date and mint marks. | | | | representative coins from each country or from |
| Error Coins: It's OK to be Not-So-OK | | | | authorities that issue coins. There are also world |
| One of the modern types of coin collecting is | | | | coin collectors that collect by subject such as |
| known as error coin collecting. Errors became | | | | those coins that feature animals. |
| possible when the production of coins was | | | | Historical Coins: The Value of the Past |
| automated during the nineteenth century. | | | | Collectors of historic coins find value in mints that |
| Collectors of historic coins are fine with error | | | | are from medieval or ancient times. The most |
| coins because they like the uniqueness or error | | | | popular of these historic coins include the following: |
| coins. Even modern day coin collector falls in love | | | | - Byzantine |
| with error coins because they are assured that | | | | - Celtic |
| the modern processes promise that they are | | | | - Greek |
| unique. The characteristics or coin errors include | | | | - Indian |
| the following: | | | | - Israelite |
| - dies that are doubled | | | | - Merovingian |
| - mint marks that are repunched | | | | - Ostrogothic |
| - over-dated | | | | There are other ancient coin specialties but it |
| - double strikes | | | | really depends on the preferences of the |
| - coins that are "off" metal | | | | collectors. The popular way is to collect the coins |
| - coins that are displaced or off center | | | | that were minted during the reign of a certain |
| - coins that are clipped | | | | emperor or king. |