Coin collecting is one of the most interesting hobbies, which can be also very rewarding. The purpose of this web site is to provide information about numismatics (coin collecting) and coin values to coin collectors and/or coin investors.
This web site is dedicated to anything related to coin collecting, it's updated weekly, so please bookmark it and check for updates often. You can also post any suggestions to our coin forum.
You can find information about coin values, Old Coin Values, American Coin Values, Rare Coin Values, Canadian Coin Values on our Coin Values page.
Also, please visit our Coin Catalog for an online reference of US coins and World coins.
Numismatics
Numismatic or Coin Collecting is the science of coins under an economic, legislative, metrological and artistic point of view. It has a great importance in the whole Historical and Archaeological science; as a matter of fact into the peculiarity of a people or age the Coin holds a fundamental role: Numismatic has always reflected the political, economical, artistic and social trends of the time in which it developed. Also see Coin Collecting FAQ.
Building a coin collection can be a difficult process. Doing research on coin collecting is vital to making a good investment and you should do as much research as you can.
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Coin Collecting As investment
There are more and more people who are starting to view coin collecting as investment. You can see this phenomenon with US coins, where some specialists started to suggest to keep 10% of your investment portfolio in precious coins or rare coins!
It becomes more and more interesting for investors as constant growth in coin values bring better returns than risky stock market. If you would like to invest in US Coins or World Coins, purchase them directly from US Mint.
Apart of US and Canada where coin collecting is already matured, it's growing fast in Australia and Europe. In fact, Europe has a huge potential with it's fast growing economy and amazing history of coins. Some East European countries are showing very fast growth in coin's prices as economy is stabilizing, more people understand the potential value of these coins and trying to buy them while they are still cheap. You can buy Gold US Coins, Canadian Coins and Russian Coins online at Coin Dealer shop - My Coin Dealer.
Please refer to our Coin Collecting as Investment page for more information about Investing in coins and visit Stock Investing to find information about investing in stock market.
As a general rule you should not clean your coins. There are some exceptions when you can clean a coin, but make sure you know what you are doing first.
Coin collectors should not use coin holders, which contain PVC, such as soft vinyl flip. Plasticizers mixed with the PVC can damage coins over time, causing greenish "PVC damage".
Please refer to our Coin Holders page for more information about keeping coins safe.
Other Coin Collecting Information
Taking picture of the coins
Here are some tips on how to take coin pictures that may help you: picture of coin
01/03/2009 Stamp Coin Collecting: The Valuable Twins (BellaOnline)
Humans are known to engage into different kinds of diversion to unleash the boredom that life sometimes provides. There are people who use coin, stamp, or sticker collecting to accomplish this while others are satisfied with other hobbies such as cooking, gardening, crafts, etc. All of these provide
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01/04/2009 Eastday (Eastday.com)
The bottle recycling machine on Nanjing Road E. now gives out commemorative coins instead of real money. The machine was set up in a pedestrian mall in May last year to help reduce the number of rubbish collectors on the street.
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