Reference Aids on Coin Collecting to Add to your Experience as Time Goes by
Along with collecting coins, if you’re really serious and interested in coin collecting, then one of the first things you’ll want to do even before going on a buying spree is to buy yourself reference aids on coin collecting.I know, I know. You want to collect coins, not spend your time reading reference aids on coin collecting. But it really can help you in the long run
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Dealing With Online Coin Dealers, Traders and Auctions
The internet has spawned many things but probably the greatest of all is that now you can be defrauded not only by your own countrymen but by any and everybody around the world who has an internet connection!It’s not that I’m against the internet, only that, as a coin collector I’ve learnt the hard way that there are more opportunities for me to be parted unfairly with
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Watch Out Coin Auctions Can Leave you Broke and Counting your Pennies
For those of you who think that auctions are only for collecting antiques¸ I can assure you you’d be much mistaken. An auction is a great place for the coin collector to get some good coins, and coin collections.There are also a number of rare coins which you can get your hands on if you’re so inclined, have the money, and most of all aren’t out-bidded by
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How Do you Go About Caring for Coins?
There are a great many things you can do wrong in the caring for coins, and I have to say that at the tender age of eight I did just about everything wrong that you can imagine. Luckily for me I didn’t have any old or rare coins in my possession otherwise for certain they would have been ruined beyond all hope!However, I did learn a lot
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Why Finding the Right Coin Price Guide is Important
If you’re new at coin collecting, you might find yourself overly excited at the prospect of finding or holding a coin that’s priceless. Some coins are worth more than others, while other coins are not worth anything at all. To help you figure out if what you have is treasure or trash, you should seek a reliable coin price guide. These days, you can find several coin
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Is your Coin Dealer Respected by Peers in Coin Collecting?
Something that you’ll want to look into, is whether the community of coin collectors respects your coin dealer and respects his establishment. If the coin dealer isn’t well received by his peers and if he’s got a bad reputation then you might want to stay away from them. Popular opinion shouldn’t normally be your judge of character but here you’re not judging character, you’re judging whether the
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My Own Personal Coin Collecting Experience
With a cursor winking at me from my computer screen, and a pile of coins in front of me, to the left and also to the right of me. Contrary to how it might appear I’m no modern day Scrooge obsessively lingering over my money.I am instead what is known as a coin collector and have been for quite some time now. In fact ever since I
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Will your Coin Dealers Give you an After-sales Service?
As with anything, coin dealers aren’t required to give you any after sales service. It’s just in their best interests if they do. And the savvy salesman knows this and will act accordingly.What do I mean by after sales service? Well to start with, I always like a pleasant smile to accompany whatever face it is I’m looking at, so that’s a good start. I don’t equate
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Coin Shows; the Chance to See Up Close so Many Coins in One Place
I have to say that coin shows are a fun way to jump right into your new hobby and if you weren’t already interested in coin collecting, after attending coin shows you would be. The chance to see up close so many coins in one place can be enthralling.You might not get too many coins, and you probably won’t want to spend too much on rare coins
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Looking Into Collecting Coins Which are Rare
starting collecting coins isn’t as hard as you might think and there are a number of avenues you can pursue. Most of it depends though on why you want to start collecting coins. If you’re doing it just as a relaxing hobby then you have no problem and can get started pretty much off the bat.If however, you’re doing this as an investment or you’re looking into
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