| Mankind has always been intrigued by a means of | | | | these coins will increase in value; making the coin |
| trading something which they have an excess of | | | | more rare. These rare coins can be very |
| for something that they need. In the beginning | | | | beneficial to people that own them; so buying rare |
| mankind would trade food or weapons in | | | | coins and reselling others is a great way to |
| exchange for leather or some other item that | | | | increase a collectors bank account. Many coins |
| they could use to make life easier for them and | | | | were manufactured for its amount of bullion value. |
| their family. This type of trading worked out until | | | | This was the amount of certain metals that was |
| mankind decided that there is a better way. | | | | placed in the coin when it was manufactured. |
| As man evolved he learned to harness the metals | | | | Collecting coins for its artistic value did not come |
| of the earth and began using them to make | | | | until sometime later in history; although some of |
| better weapons. However, someone realized that | | | | the art from the Roman and Renaissance periods |
| this metal could be made into coins and used as a | | | | had very beautiful engravings stamped on both |
| means of trading for items that they needed. The | | | | sides of the coins. Coin collectors do not always |
| idea of using coins as legal tender became very | | | | collect them for their money or art value; there |
| popular among towns people and the harder | | | | are various types of hobby collectors, who collect |
| certain metals were to find, the more valuable it | | | | coins from every country. The bullion the coin |
| became. | | | | contains the more valuable it is; however, the |
| Man began stamping symbols on these coins; | | | | bullion value may not interest some coin |
| which signified the amount that the coin was | | | | collectors; just the idea of owning coins from any |
| worth, as well as the country that it came from. | | | | country is a worthwhile effort. |
| Later down the timeline, man began stamping the | | | | Some coin collectors only collect coins that have |
| faces and other familiar monuments and artifacts. | | | | errors on them. Coins that have been double |
| Even later down the timeline; they began | | | | stamped or a coin that only had part of a symbol |
| stamping these coins with a certain country's | | | | stamped on it. In the 1980's coin grading became |
| leaders, heroes, and other facts from history. | | | | very popular among many coin collectors. This |
| So collecting coins is not only fun but it is collecting | | | | was a means for buyers and sellers of coins to |
| history as well. Today, coins of interest are not | | | | measure a coins value. Grading services will certify |
| just old coins but what condition that old coin is in. | | | | the authenticity and rate the quality of individual |
| Coins that have never or almost never been | | | | coins. This establishes the worth of a particular |
| circulated became in high demand. This | | | | coin from other coins of its kind. |
| uncirculation of coins is done now in the 21st | | | | Collecting or gathering coins is not only interesting, |
| Century as well. | | | | but exciting as well. It is exciting for collectors to |
| The head of a government will requisition a coin | | | | get together at a coin convention, shop, or some |
| to be manufactured and only allow so many of | | | | other meeting place to display and show off their |
| the coins be produced. In this way coins are sold | | | | coin collect. |
| to coin collectors all around the world. Each year | | | | |