One Thing I Could Change

Would have educated myself and parents about coins so I would have never spent those double dies and error coins I always seemed to find. I also would have spent so much per week on silver, it would most likely pay all the bills I have now.

So the steps I am taking now are to: 1. educate my family and how to respect coins and 2. making sure that my kids have fun collecting what THEY WANT and not a boring thing dad does and makes them do it with him. I bought them coin collecting books for kids that cover coins for the 20th century and explains a lot about the processes to make them, the history and fun ways to collect, this way they can pick and choose what they want to do later on and always have this book to come back to. Since I have done this, my oldest has picked up the Lincoln fever like her dad and wants to start on her own Kennedy set.

5-10 years in a hobby like this one is really not much you know. Many coins have gone up in value so slowly in that period of time it may well not have been worth saving them for an investment. If your just starting in coin collecting and your doing it with only investing in mind, you should look into other methods of making money. This is a hobby and should be fun. If you are only thinking about what you will have in 5-10 years, your missing out on the fun of a hobby.
I suggest you just purchase all or any key date coins you can afford and resell them in 5-10 years.

If I could go back in time I would have never have quit collecting coins when I was in my teens (I started re-collecting in my 40's), I never would have wasted money on sports cars or other silly teeny bopper stuff. I would have grabbed as many KEY DATE Canadian Victorian coinage in the highest grade possible and today> I'd be retired..................

Glenn Pinto