New Collector Looking For Some Help.

Most everyone here is suggesting US coins but there are also coins from all over the world, you could specialize on one country your all of them. Some people try to get one coin from every existing country, then they may try for countries that no longer exist. I collect world coins by type. Once again you can concentrate on one country or region, or try for them all. I collect the whole world by type back to 1860. I don't do gold or commemoratives, just circulation coin. You can build a collection of thousands of different coins for not a lot of money. I'm to the point now where it is more expensive, but I have over 20,000 different types and I still have a long wantlist. Plus with over 200 countries in the world you can figure around 100 new types are added each year. It's a never ending challenge. There's a challenge for a beginner, circulation type coins of the 21st century. Figure 200 countries with four denominations each that starts 2001 with 800 types. Add an average of 100 new types a year and there are 2,100 types you can shoot for.

When I first started it was due to coins that were given to me from family as well. Because it contained several different types of coins (cents, dimes, quarters, etc., even world coins) I wanted to work on everything at once and became quickly overwhelmed. What I did was divide my collection into cents, nickels, dimes, etc. Then I focused just on cents. It helped me learn a lot as I went along. Learning everything I could about cents as far as what to look for. That got me into Coin Roll Hunting which can do great things for your collection on an extremly low budget... Nothing beats adding coins to your collection at face value. Cents are also a good place to start as they are only a penny :) If you are like me, when I started I was saving EVERYTHING! Even things that I shouldnt have been saving. With cents, its a cheap learning experience. Then as I learned, I released a lot of my hoard back into the wild when I became more "picky" as far as what I was after and what I wanted to save. Now, I am moving slowly into other areas, starting some type sets such as WWII, and other things now that I am more comfortable. This plan of action worked out well for me so I thought I would share. Good Luck and Welcome!