In Kinda New To The Game And Need All Of Your Help

johnnybingo, I am sure that there are many people here who can give you a better answer than I can and I am looking forward to seeing what they suggest.

Collecting doesn't have to cost much at all. I have never put together a set but I have just kept any coin that was made before I was born (1955). So I had a jar of stuff to go through. I just always checked my change and kept the old stuff.

Just this past year I got interested in really learning about US coins and I got the Red Book which has the values of the coins. These prices are not entirely accurate but the book will give you an idea about what to look for when you check your pocket change. I now collect coins from all years. I store the best ones in 2 X 2's and the rest in coin tubes. After I learn more about grading coins I will probably start to sell some of my collection.

You can also go to your bank and buy rolls of coins to search through and that doesn't cost anything because you give them paper money and go home with change. You search the change, keep the good coins that you find, and take the rest back to the bank.

I have been looking up every coin in the Red Book just to learn. And this site has a lot of information on each coin in the US Coin Facts section.

Good luck.

thank you for the info you guys and to fuzzy thats a great idea I was thinking about buying bars of 1 ounce silver for her but I like the coin thing better with the year she was born ty and please everyone share more I and everyone else could use all the info and ty

My best tips on building a collection:
1) On a limited budget, collect what you like, and collect in the best grades that you can afford.
2) Tell your family and friends that you are collecting. Coins will come your way. Especially, talk to grandma and grandpa and to Uncle Joe.
3) Buy a couple of good coin books, and read them.
4) Search for circulation coins. Pick something and go for it. Half dollars? Pennies? Whatever is just fine. But bags from the bank, if they will sell to you , and search like mad.
5) Remember to collect while you travel. Different areas offer different coins.
6) If you are at a garage sale, and it looks like too good a deal, it is probably a fake. But not always.

ya well heres the thing I dont care if she picks up the hobbie or not what I care about is wen I croke she has sumthing she can look at and say wow dad really liked this and did it all for me and now I'm gunna buy a new house lol or car or ring or keepem and give them to her children who knows but thats why I'm doing it I know its a man type hobbie but ud be surprised how many woman know there stuff as well trust me its money lol but anyways I thank you all for the advice and like I said in the last one keep it coming thank u

Here's the simplest suggestion: skip the silver 1 oz. bars, those are really for investors and have no value apart from their metal content. When you give your daughter this, she'll go, "what was dad thinking?' Since she is four, start with her birth year and buy that year's corresponding American Silver Eagle, aka ASE. ASEs are minted by the US Mint and can be bought at a precious metal dealer or coin dealer for a few dollars above the current spot price and contain 1 ounce of silver. Catch up to 2011, and every year after, buy that year's ASE. When she is 20 or 25 or whenever, she'll have a nice tidy date run of silver eagles starting with her birth year to remember you by. It would be a really neat gift. Good luck & welcome to the community.

awsum I didnt think of doing that with the proofs and ASE's ty thats wat ima do ty so much

I was in the local Barnes & Noble bookstore today, and noticed they have a whole section devoted to collectibles, including some beautiful coin series books, like the states quarters and the National Parks series, etc... They were large, coloful books, looks like they would be a lot of fun to work on.