| llecting can be a very interesting and rewarding | | | | dollar or a 5 pence piece from each year to as |
| hobby. It is interesting because you will learn the | | | | far back to when they were originally minted. For |
| history about coins and its rewarding in the sense | | | | the older minted coins you may have to buy |
| that rare pieces can be quite valuable. If you are | | | | these from another collector however, these are |
| interested in collecting coins as a hobby then the | | | | relatively cheap unless they are rare and have a |
| following tips will help you choose the coins to | | | | limited mint mark. The mint mark indicates where |
| start your collection: | | | | the coin was produced. By collecting coins based |
| Tip 1: The best place to start is with the | | | | on their date you will substantially increase your |
| denomination of the coin. Begin by collecting each | | | | collection and it also shows a wonderful snap shot |
| set of denominations of the country you are | | | | of coin history. |
| interested in. The easiest ones will obviously be | | | | Tip 4: Another popular way to collect coins is |
| the country that you reside in. The easiest way | | | | based on the year of issue. For example, what |
| to begin is by collecting coins that have already | | | | many people do is collect every coin that was |
| being issued and are still in circulation. After you | | | | minted and issued in the year they were born. |
| have collected the entire denominations move on | | | | Depending on your age you may still be able to |
| to the coins that have been discontinued. These | | | | acquire all the coins by purchasing them as |
| will be harder to find but, they are out there. | | | | government issues or from the Royal Mint if you |
| Tip 2: After collecting all the denominations you | | | | are collecting British coins. For example, if the year |
| can create different categories within each | | | | you were born included an historic date such as a |
| denomination. For example, if you are collecting | | | | Coronation or the landing on the moon then you |
| US coins this could include the classic head, the | | | | can get commemorative coin sets that can |
| coronet, or the liberty cap. You could also | | | | become valuable especially, if they were limited |
| categorise them by presidency such as Kennedy, | | | | editions. If you are looking for coins before 1960 |
| Roosevelt or Lincoln. If you are collecting British | | | | then you may have to search and spend more to |
| coins then you could categorise these in to Queen | | | | get what you want. What you will find is that the |
| Victoria, King Edward or Queen Elizabeth. | | | | harder you have to search for a rarer coin or |
| Tip 3: Collecting coins based on the date is one of | | | | coin set the more joy and satisfaction you will get |
| most interesting and popular ways to increase | | | | out of it and, that is what coin collecting is all |
| your collection. You could begin by collecting a | | | | about. |