Coin Collecting Resource

Numismatic or Coin Collecting is the science of coins under an economic, legislative, metrological and artistic point of view. It has a great importance in the whole Historical and Archaeological science; as a matter of fact into the peculiarity of a people or age the Coin holds a fundamental role: Numismatic has always reflected the political, economical, artistic and social trends of the time in which it developed. Also see Coin Collecting FAQ.

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There are more and more people who are starting to view coin collecting as investment. You can see this phenomenon with US coins, where some specialists started to suggest to keep 10% of your investment portfolio in precious coins or rare coins!

It becomes more and more interesting for investors as constant growth in coin values bring better returns than risky stock market. If you would like to invest in US Coins or World Coins, purchase them directly from US Mint.

Apart of US and Canada where coin collecting is already matured, it's growing fast in Australia and Europe. In fact, Europe has a huge potential with it's fast growing economy and amazing history of coins. Some East European countries are showing very fast growth in coin's prices as economy is stabilizing, more people understand the potential value of these coins and trying to buy them while they are still cheap. You can buy Gold US Coins, Canadian Coins and Russian Coins online at Coin Dealer shop - My Coin Dealer.

Please refer to our Coin Collecting as Investment page for more information about Investing in coins and visit Stock Investing to find information about investing in stock market.

Also see Coin Collecting FAQ.

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Every serious coin collector should take care of his collection in order not to loose coin values. Here are some general coin care tips:

• Try to hold a coin only by the edges, not laying fingers on obverse and reverse sides.
• Use quality pair of cotton gloves for handling proof/UNC coins and for any coins that you don't want to risk fingerprinting

Also see Coin Collecting FAQ.

Cleaning coins

Please refer to our Cleaning coins page for more information about coin cleaning. Learn how to Clean Coins by Electrolysis.

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Coin Holders

Please refer to our Coin Holders page for more information about keeping coins safe.

Taking picture of the coins

Here are some tips on how to take coin pictures that may help you: picture of coin

Coin Terms Glossary

Definitions of commonly used Numismatic terms and abbreviations. Coin Collecting Glossary

New coin ideas

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