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A general guide for a coin collecting beginner and particularly for someone wanting to get a whole family involved in a hobby like this together. Ways to learn about coin collecting are discussed and tips on getting kids interested.

Are you seaching for a rewarding, exciting, fun hobby that you can easily enjoy? Then you don't need to look any further than the coins you have in your pocket.

Collecting coins from circulation can be not only lucrative and rewarding, it can be downright fun. Many collectors, from the young and novice to the old and experienced, look to their pocket change as one of their main sources for coins.

This article is aimed at beginning coin colletors. This guide will give suggestions and solutions on handling and storing those great coins!

Coin scam artists can take your coin collection, or even sell you junk, unless you are very careful and know your hobby well.

In this article, you will find examples of ten great gifts for coin collectors.

Some coins have royalty on them. Others have presidents or national heros. These have bugs!

These items have been culled from nearly a thousand items in the writer's 1982 tome "The World War II Quiz & Fact Book" published by Harper & Row

Comparative size ranking, considering length and gross tonnage, culled and compiled by the author from historic documents in the public domain for his World War II books.

Extensive excerpts of this personally researched material appear in various of my four World War II books. This article has also appeared in two numismatic publications. I have also granted permission to a number of currency dealers and historians to quote or use it.

Have you ever considered becoming a coin collector but were not quite sure where to start? As you will find, coin collecting is a hobby that is only as far away as your pocket change.

While coin collecting is a pastime where hobbyists have great freedom in choosing their own style, or aims, in amassing a collection, some new collectors find themselves overwhelmed by the number of options available and sometimes don't know where to start.

This is a description of how I found out about the first coin show I attended. What I planned to do and what I actually did at the Coin Show. Description of the layout and other activities that occurred that day.

The twentieth century type set is a pursuit that most any coin collector can potentially afford while also offering the chance to build a handsome conversation piece, dazzling display, and unique illustration of history.

During it's run, the Morgan Dollar was met with indiffernece. Today, it's one of the most popular collectables in the coin world.

The difference in collecting Proof sets versus Mint sets for beginners

The first coin dollar of the new Presidential series designed by the U.S. Mint will make its debut on February 15, 2007.

A new collector may not be aware of all of the types of coins available for collecting. This article gives a sampling of various types and their meanings.

Find the perfect gift for the coin collector in your life.

A gold Bullion coin with the same design as the old Indain head nickel was realeased this year. This year has seen the first release of this coin and has been selling for well over market value.

In this quest you will talk to Warehouse Keeper Sorint and get the mission, sending you to the Union President Bernard to get a special Kaldis coin

The hobby of flag collecting and the study of flags, known as vexillology, has a vocabulary all its own. Here is a list of terms to help you get started in this fascinating field.

An eight-part series of articles designed to walk new coin collectors through some of the fundamental aspects of this popular, exciting, and lifelong hobby.

An eight-part series of articles designed to walk new coin collectors through some of the fundamental aspects of this popular, exciting, and lifelong hobby.

If you are looking to start your own coin collection or want to know more about this hobby, this article goes in-depth into this popular hobby.

An eight-part series of articles designed to walk new coin collectors through some of the fundamental aspects of this popular, exciting, and lifelong hobby.

An eight-part series of articles designed to walk new coin collectors through some of the fundamental aspects of this popular, exciting, and lifelong hobby.

Learn how anyone can build up a nice coin collection even if they have a very limited income

When attending a coin show go to each dealer's table and see if they have a box or boxes of mixed coins for sale. These boxes usually contain coins that the dealers want to sell at a lower cost since the demand of these coins is low.

You want to start collecting coins but you don't know where to start - sound familiar? It is the intent of this article to inform, inspire and point you in the right direction.

In coin collecting, one of the most significant and controversial issues in the industry pertains to coin grading. Coin grading is the process of ascribing a figurative and literal label to a coin based on its wear (or lack thereof).

Are we alone? You might think not if you consider the coins and tokens already available with UFO and alien images on them

Exact copies of rare coins perfectly legal, provided they follow the ruls of the Hobby Protection Act

The convenience of having an adequate supply of coins simply didn't exist in the Caribbean islands until the mid-Nineteenth Century. So they confiscated foreign coins and countermarked them with theirown imprint.

Coin collectors in the United States rejoice---if you are looking for something fresh for your coin collection, why not take a numismatic trip to Canada, a nation whose coins are filled with images of nature, wildlife, and the country's colorful history.

The symbolism of Chrisianity coins in the ancient past - mainly Byzantine coinage.

As a coin collector, your search for new acquisitions will almost inevitably lead you to buying coins from a coin dealer. A coin dealer buys and sells coins, and is about the only source for old and rare coins.

When it comes to buying and selling coins, paper money and other related- items,there are many options for Hartford,Ct area consumers. Listed here are the top coin dealers doing business in the Hartford, Connecticut area.

For years people mistook 'shinny pennies' for dimes, and a nickel with a big 'funny'mint mark on the back helped catch a spy.

There are still valuable coins you can find in circulation!

As you step in to the world of ancient coin collecting, you may take interest in coins that will need a good cleaning to expose their beauty. With patience and experimentation, you can clean your own coins.

From exclusive interviews and the author's personal experiences working in television and the movies

Award-winning numismatic spoof about one of the rarest and most sought after U.S. coins

Use one of these ten movies to enrich your social studies World War II curriculum.

. Eve of World War II In 1931 Japan attacked Manchuria and pounding the Chinese defense. Italy started to attack Ethiopia, while Germany, where Hitler organized Nazis, undertook a large rearmament.

In France during World War II, a group of brave individuals banded together to free their country from the occupying German Force. This group resisted the German force and showed courage in the darkest hour of their country's history.

The twenty-five years following World War II symbolize all the political institutions of an international warfare without the actual combat.