| It is in human beings nature to accumulate things | | | | European princes, kings and nobility used to collect |
| but only collectors make it their avocation. One | | | | ancient silver coins. They were attracted by the |
| man's junk is another man's treasure. | | | | mystery and history of ancient Greece and |
| Coin collection is a serious hobby for many people | | | | Rome. The 1st denarius of Ancient Rome was |
| worldwide. Silver coin collectors can start in | | | | made of silver. Why silver? Throughout the |
| childhood but only in ripe old age they | | | | history, silver bullion has served as a primary |
| comprehend how profitably they invested their | | | | monetary metal, because it is divisible, durable, |
| money. There are different reasons for people to | | | | convenient, has utility value. |
| start their collections and we call them differently: | | | | In Russia the collecting of coins began in Peter the |
| hoarders, who gather whatever silver coins they | | | | Great's reign. Silver money in Old Russia was |
| can get hold of, investors, whose common reason | | | | coined in four counties: Moscow, Tver, Novgorod |
| for coins purchase is an investment; and | | | | and Pskov. Nowadays of all this money only 340 |
| inheritors, who acquire or inherit coins from | | | | Old Russian silver coins are known to collectors. |
| another person. | | | | Coin collectors begin by saving coins they receive |
| Modern silver coin collecting is generally believed to | | | | in circulation but find interesting. Over time their |
| have begun in the fourteenth century in Italy | | | | interest may increase; started as a hobby, their |
| (known as the “Hobby of Kings”). | | | | coins can turn out to be an astounding collection. |