Posted 11/17/2007 5:22 pm
My personal recommendation, if you're just starting a world coin collection, is to buy a bulk lot of coins, first.
These are available on ebay, but be careful not to pay too much. My general guideline is about 8 or 9 dollars per pound.
If you have a coin dealer's shop near you, generally they will have bins of bulk world coins for sale. you can sit down and pick out the coins that interest you, but you'll have to fight over the interesting ones with everyone else. I love doing this, personally. Not only do you get to paw through thousands of coins, select the ones you want to keep, and pay a low cost for them, but you can meet some really neat and nice people and strike up some very good conversations at the same time.
In the beginning stages, I prefer bulk over quality. This doesn't mean get the worst condition coin you can afford, but most people start out trying to collect one for every country. Midway through this goal, you'll start to realise that some countries or themes interest you more than others. If you haven't invested hundreds or thousands of dollars into coins, you can choose your path for collecting and put more money into the coins that you honestly find interesting.
You certainly don't have to limit yourself to one collection, either. I've got Australian, Imperial Russian, Imperial Japanese, Chopmarked Trade dollars, and a special set that has kitties on all of them.
World coin collecting is never boring. I hope you enjoy your coins for a long time, and that something I've rambled will help you out. :)
These are available on ebay, but be careful not to pay too much. My general guideline is about 8 or 9 dollars per pound.
If you have a coin dealer's shop near you, generally they will have bins of bulk world coins for sale. you can sit down and pick out the coins that interest you, but you'll have to fight over the interesting ones with everyone else. I love doing this, personally. Not only do you get to paw through thousands of coins, select the ones you want to keep, and pay a low cost for them, but you can meet some really neat and nice people and strike up some very good conversations at the same time.
In the beginning stages, I prefer bulk over quality. This doesn't mean get the worst condition coin you can afford, but most people start out trying to collect one for every country. Midway through this goal, you'll start to realise that some countries or themes interest you more than others. If you haven't invested hundreds or thousands of dollars into coins, you can choose your path for collecting and put more money into the coins that you honestly find interesting.
You certainly don't have to limit yourself to one collection, either. I've got Australian, Imperial Russian, Imperial Japanese, Chopmarked Trade dollars, and a special set that has kitties on all of them.
World coin collecting is never boring. I hope you enjoy your coins for a long time, and that something I've rambled will help you out. :)
