| There are many different hobbies with which one | | | | places, but unlike today's money, which is largely |
| can find enjoyment, but one of the most popular | | | | symbolic with little or no inherent value, early ones |
| is coin collecting. People have collected and | | | | were made with actual gold, silver and other |
| hoarded coins for as long as mankind has been | | | | precious metals. Coins, and money in general, |
| using them. It was not until the modern age, | | | | were much more scarce and more valuable in |
| however, that collector coins become common | | | | past centuries than they are today. Coin collecting |
| enough for the hobby to reach its current levels | | | | was once known as âThe Hobby of |
| of popularity. | | | | Kingsâ during the Renaissance and earlier, |
| In past eras collector coins were most likely held | | | | because the endeavor was mostly limited to |
| for the value of the bullion itself rather than any | | | | noblemen: people with enough disposable wealth to |
| aesthetic value. There were certainly some people | | | | own money and not have to spend it all. |
| who collected and exchanged coins from far-off | | | | |