How to Start your Coins Collection and build it Video Blog
Coin collection was considered as the hobby of elite class.
Today numismatics is developed as a hobby, investment and business. Anybody
interested can start this hobby any time.
You can start with looking around your house, your purse,
coin boxes, old bags and old shelf etc. Definitely you will find some coins.
Some of them may be very common. Keep one each of them. Look further and find
more varieties and years. Mostly you will find coins that is used in your
country.
There are two types of coins used in your country.
1. Standard
Circulation coins
2. Commemorative
coins
Standard circulation coins you will find more commonly and
commemorative coins in small quantity. Start keeping one coin from each
category.
Once you have collected a few coins, get one entry level
album. In this type album you can keep 100 – 200 coins. Keep your coins
arranged. For example, keep 1-rupee denominations on the first page, 2 rupees
on the second page and 5 rupees on the third page like that.
When you select the coins for your album select only good
condition coin only. Also keep the oldest dated coin in your collection if you
choose to keep only one.
As you progress your collection will get increased. You may
require another album to keep foreign country coins.
As a young collector please spend some time to go thorough
your coins at least 30 minutes every week. When you reach a target of 100 plus
coins you can try to catalogue it. The best way is to use some online
catalogues like numista, coin gallery etc. Here you can find a listing related
to your coin with image. You can mark it as available in your collection or
available for exchange. Most of the online catalogues offer variants of each
coins and its catalogue value. If you are lucky you will find some valuable
coins in your collection,
When we sum up we have reached 100 plus different coins
collection and all coins arranged inside the album and catalogued using some
online catalogue. Next day we will discuss how to expand your collection.
Thank you
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