| Among the mainstays of coin collecting,
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| | you are holding the same coin that was
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| old coins are among the most exciting and
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| | passed from hand to hand one hundred, one
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| sought after members of the coin family.
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| | thousand, even two thousand years ago.
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| Not only do they tend to be rarer than
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| | They are not just metal, they are pieces
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| modern coins, but they are often made
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| | of history. What you see and feel in your
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| from valuable materials that actually
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| | hands is exactly what your forebears saw
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| worth more now than the actual
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| | and felt.
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| denomination of the coin itself. Which
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| | When you hold old coins in your hands,
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| makes old coins that much more of a
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| | you are not just holding some old money.
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| thrill.
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| | Rather, you are holding links to your
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| One reason why old coins become value is
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| | forebears. Those coins have moved through
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| the simple fact that old coins were often
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| | history as surely as great architecture.
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| made from precious metals, such as gold
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| | And the old coins you collect may have
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| or silver. Thus, old coins can often be
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| | even made history on their own. Who knows
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| worth more melted down than they would if
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| | whose hands those old coins may have
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| they were spent like regular change.
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| | passed through? They may have been in the
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| However, the fact that they are still
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| | palms of kings and presidents,
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| stamped coins makes them even more
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| | philosophers and physicians, writers and
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| valuable. And their value is only
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| | artists, or inventors and tycoons. And
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| enhanced even more by the fact that they
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| | with the number of times that change
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| have been around for a while.
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| | changes hands, there is no telling who
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| Old coins are made even more valuable
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| | might have spent those old coins you are
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| when they are also rare. Fortunately, the
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| | adding to your collection.
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| fact that coins are old tends to make
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| | While old coins can be good investments,
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| them rarer. This is because the older a
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| | they are much more than that for a coin
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| coin is, the more likely that people have
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| | collector. They are windows to long gone
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| exchanged it for more modern currency and
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| | pasts and forgotten times. They are
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| the more likely that the government has
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| | connections to people who have lived all
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| gotten a hold of it and melted it down.
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| | manner of lives and done things both
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| In fact, most governments have specific
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| | great and small. So when you see old
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| legal requirements to destroy old coins
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| | coins, remember that many people have
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| in order to keep the money supply modern,
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| | worked to earn that coin and they have
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| making it more difficult for coin
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| | all, at some level, appreciated its
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| collectors to find old coins.
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| | presence in their lives. So enjoy those
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| However, coin collectors dont just look
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| | old coins that you collect and appreciate
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| for old coins because they are valuable.
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| | them for the fact that they could fill
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| They are also unusual and provide a
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| | entire books with the stories that they
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| connection to people who lived long ago.
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| | have to tell.
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| When you have an old coin in your hands,
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