Collectors and Investors
Motivation
It is important to understand what motivates the collector and what motivates the investor.
Collector Advisory: Beware of Bargains Online
Here's a press release I just received from The Professional Numismatists Guild.
An active collector and quintessential philanthropist, Harry W. Bass Jr. was a life member of the ANA for more than 30 years. He was awarded the Medal of Merit in 1989 and was inducted into the Association's Numismatic Hall of Fame in 1998.
What are Collector Grade Coins?
From Susan Headley, former About.com Guide
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Coin Collectors Guide
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From Collector to Dealer
Cue "The Apprentice" theme song. Money, money, money...You're a coin collector and an entrepreneur. Like Donald Trump, you also have hair that doesn't move.
COIN COLLECTOR WORDS
that start with the letter
" O "
oddity- when something unusual happens to a coin it is sometimes called an oddity.
Collectors that subscribe to Coin Advisor Insider automatically receive early notification of upcoming coin releases, relevant coin news as well as special offers and discounted promotions. This service can save you a lot of money.
Collector Network is happy to present a new paper money book, authored and published by one of our dealers:
Jewish Paper Money in Russia
by Dmitri Kharitonov.
For collectors with an eye for both beauty and investment value, gold sovereigns along with half sovereign coins are excellent choices that will certainly be worth the effort and the money spent on them.
As the collector begins his foray into off-center coinage he quickly learns a couple of new descriptive attributes used in listing off-centers. The first is a measure of the degree or amount of off-center the error is.
The anonymous collector who purchased the coin was represented by Heritage. Dealer Kevin Lipton of Beverly Hills, California represented the seller, described only as "a West Coast collector." ...
Bullion Coin Collectors Site
What does it all mean? BU Brilliant Uncirculated. A standard coin term describing the condition of a coin in the condition that it leaves the mint.
Are you a Coin Collector or a Coin Accumulator?
I enjoy collecting, or accumulating all types of coins. Whether it is pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars or dollars, I enjoy collecting them all.
Numismatics are for Collectors, Not Investors
By Matt Martin
Grading
As a precious metals investor, you may heard much about numismatic and "semi-numismatic" coins, particularly the St. Gaudens $20 double eagle gold coin.
com, A Coin Collector's Website
The Coin Industry has evolved through many changes within the past two
decades. It has seen the introduction of a new grading system. It
has embraced the certification of coins by third party services. It has ...
joys offered to young and old by the incentive to research presented by a handful of old coins, and so great is the fascination thereof have not pursued the numismatic hobby taken up in youth throughout their entire lives as there are many collectors ...
Common mistakes made by new coin collectors
If you've spent any time at all on one of the many internet coin forums then you'll almost certainly have seen the question 'I am a new coin collector, where should I start?'.
Listed here are a lot of coin collecting definitions and terminology that are used commonly by coin collectors to describe things such as coin minting or grading or some other aspect of coin collecting.
We endeavor to be an online information source for new collectors and enthusiasts as well as a gateway to resources all collectors should know about.
How to Become a Coin Collector
originated by:The Know All Kitch, Sondra C, Meagan L, Teresa (see all)
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Collectors of ancient coins use coin reference books to understand and classify their collections. Coin books, and related publications such as auction catalogues and price lists, are collectively described as numismatic literature.
Collector's Old Favorites
Where many serious collectors of ancient Greek coins begin
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Collector Demand is the Wild Card
The Liberty five dollar gold coin value is a direct result of collector demand. These coins are popular today but not hugely so. It is a long running series covering many years.
collector An individual who amasses a systematic group of coins or other numismatic items.
commem Short for Â"commemorative.Â" ...
COLLECTOR
One who collects coins in an organized way, around some objective, and usually as a hobby past-time. A Type collector collects on the basis of the Type or Design of a coin.
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Corporate entity that owns and operates AbaCoin.com. Based in Belmont, MA.
Commem ...
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Value of the Australian round 50 cent pieceold coins ...
Collector Subsets
1859 Indian Head Cent
The 1859 Indian Head Cent is a winner on a few counts. Not only is it the first year of issue for the entire Indian Head cent series, but it's ALSO the only Indian Head cent struck in the 1850's.
A Collector's Guide To Indian Head Half Eagles
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Coin collectors - Coin collectors can be plain hobbyists or professionals. They are not primarily the entrepreneurial type but they are knowledgeable about the hobby.
Coin collector - A person who accumulates coins based on denomination, series, date, variety, or some other means that is interesting to that individual.
Coin collector
An individual who accumulates coins in a methodical manner.
Coin friction ...
Coin Collector's Survival Manual/Travers
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Coin Lore/Tebbens ...
Always Collectors Corner cannot quote you potential coin values or tell you who might be interested in purchasing your collectable coin.
Super Collectors
Think Like a Collector
Building a Small Fortune
Secrets of the Coin Experts
Rarity is Always Important
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General Collector Information
Price Guide - For a price listing of the retail value for colonial coins, see:
R.S. Yeoman, A Guide Book of United States Coins, annual publication, 53 edition in 2000, Golden Books: Racine, WI.
COLLECTOR
EXPERIENCED
very dangerous
NOVICE
extremely dangerous
Either of these coins, on visual examination alone, would (and have) been passed as authentic even in the hands of experienced people, ...
Collectors Love Commemorative Designs
Commemorative coins have a rich, historic flavor and collectors view them with a warm affection. The Modern Commemorative coin market has been driven recently by the popularity of the State Quarters program.
Collectors of tokens know that identifying them is a challenge. Compendiums such as Russell Rulau's list only a minimum fraction, representative of the most common and most rare types.
Collectors love commemoratives and there's an active market for the all the issues including the modern ones.
Collectors appreciate this coin for the stunning visual appeal created by the blank fields highlighting the central design, giving the coin a "cameo" appearance.
Collectors find this to be an interesting coin due to the series having five varieties. The varieties are the same as with the Seated Liberty Half Dime with the addition of another Arrows At Date variety.
Collectors should be aware that the drop in the silver content weight of the coin caused the public to hoard the earlier issues. This was true of all silver content denomination coins for which the weight was reduced.
Collector Coins, Proof Sets,
Silver American Eagles,
U.S. Modern Commemorative Coins,
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Collector whose interests encompass numismatic items outside those issued for official government monetary purposes.
Extremely Fine
An ANA grading standard for coins that are well above standard condition.
a collector who finds scarce and unusual coins by searching dealers old stock of coins
Chop Mark
a mark stamped into coins by Oriental merchants as a means of verifying the silver content ...
As collector demand increased, so too did available note issues, spawned by greed and opportunistic cities.
New collectors of ancient coins are presented a bewildering array of new terms to learn if they are to read a catalog or price list intelligently. This page illustrates some of the most frequently encountered terms applied to Roman portrait heads.
NGC Collectors Society Overview
Registry
Chat Boards
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Collector Order Tracking
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The collector of early world coins often has an important decision to make. Do they allow preservation alone to dominate or does the overall quality of the coin matter most?
The collector, after making a facial expression that indicated that he was tired of dealing with incompetents like me, ...
Coin collectors are often divided on the relative merits of non circulating legal tender. Many countries issue large quantities of non circulating legal tender purely as a profit making exercise.
Coin collectors have lots of options for storing and displaying their coins, from "slabs" of the grading services and do-it-yourself holders to coin albums and folders. One option you might not have considered is putting coins back in your pocket! ...
Many collectors begin with ancient coins by buying a number of uncleaned ancient coins.
Most collectors buy regularly on the web. Many collectors participate in ancient-coin auctions on eBay. There are many large and small dealers with fixed-price sites. I can strongly recommend looking at the ancient coin mall, vcoins.com.
Coin collectors often maintain fairly specialised interests. Examples include coins of a certain nation or historic period, world coins, and error coins, as well as exonumia.
Many collectors share your concern. The American Numismatic Association offers classes on grading at their Summer Seminar and national conventions to help collectors improve their grading skills.
Among collectors, Draped Bust coins, particularly dollars, are very popular right now. An early dollar is truly a majestic coin. At 39 to 40 mm in diameter (the largest of any U.S.
Panda Collector
A coin website devoted to Chinese Panda Coins.
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 See also: Coin, Mint, Silver, Dollar, Numismatic
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