Coin And Stamp Collecting


Does Coin Collecting Mean One is a Numismatist?

Your average numismatist may or may not indulge in coin collecting.


One could also say on the other side of the coin a person who spends their time collecting coins could or could not be a numismatist. The hobby of coin collecting can be traced back to the fourteenth century and some have even said the Roman emperors were known to have coin collections but it really is not known if it was a genuine hobby or if they may just have been hoarding the coins!


The hoarding of coins goes back to the very beginning of coinage where people kept them for the coin s value and coin collecting later developed and is known as the

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Hobby of Kings as well.


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Family Coin Collecting - A Great Home Activity For All

Although huge amounts of money can be invested in collecting some types of American coins, It is possible to have a load of fun collecting coins without really investing much money at all. I don’t have much money invested in our little coin collections, including those that belong to my kids. In my opinion it’s really not necessary. We don’t do it as an investment or anything - its really just a family activity. The kids get a big kick out of it. When I was a kid, you could sort through pocket change and find coins minted in the teens and twenties. Now days you have to buy bags of wheat cents. Not to worry, they are fairly

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inexpensive. When I brought the first bags of wheat backed Lincoln pennies home, I didn’t know if the kids would be interested, but they dove in and really had fun. It was like a treasure hunt and the blue Whitman collection folders, like I bought for children, are almost exactly the same as when I was collecting coins as a kid. We have also collected and sorted through old nickels, both Jefferson and Indian Head or buffalo nickels. I especially like those Buffalo nickels myself, but with all the Washington “statehood” quarters, there is a lot of interest in Washington quarters as well.


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Sell Hobby Items by Mail

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=DeAnna_Spencer]DeAnna Spencer


You can, if you are ambitious, start a Mail Order Business selling collectables to hobbiest by mail. To begin, you must first find a hobby that appeals to YOU. Next, you must spend several weeks researching that hobby. You must learn what collectors want and how much they are willing to pay for it. You should also know what other dealers are willing to pay forthe merchandise which they sell. And you must be willing to pay the same amounts.


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