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    Introduction to Coin Collecting: The Every Day Coin Collector Series, #1
    Introduction to Coin Collecting: The Every Day Coin Collector Series, #1
    Introduction to Coin Collecting: The Every Day Coin Collector Series, #1
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    Introduction to Coin Collecting: The Every Day Coin Collector Series, #1

    By Darren Kirby

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    We all have to start somewhere, and "Introduction to Coin Collecting" is the perfect book to start with.  Including not only the basic equipment to get new collectors going, it includes suggestions on where to start collecting, how to display your collection, as well as important terminology that all collectors should know.

     

    Covering both coins and notes, this indispensible reference book provides a look at the grading systems for coins and notes, a selection of additional books to consider adding for reference, as well as websites to bookmark.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarren Kirby
    Release dateApr 30, 2020
    ISBN9781393315667
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      Introduction to Coin Collecting - Darren Kirby

      International Disclaimer

      This book was written by an American with an American perspective. It was intended primarily for an American audience, so when I generically refer to coins, I'm referring to U.S. coins

      Those of you who are reading this and are outside the U.S., you can still take away a lot of information in this book and series. Much of what I talk about in this book applies no matter where you are in the world, so don't think that this book isn't for you. Just know that this book is U.S.-centric in its approach

      Happy Collecting!

      Every Day Coin Collector

      What Is The Every Day Coin Collector?

      The Every Day Coin Collector is a coin collector who chooses to collect coins and notes because they find them interesting. They aren't necessarily out to find really old coins or notes, or to have a collection of coins and notes from every country, or to have a collection that is an investment.

      As an Every Day Coin Collector, you want to collect coins and notes that have a personal connection or meaning to you. Perhaps you have a family history where some of your ancestors lived in England, so you are interested to learn and collect coins from the United Kingdom. Or maybe the different animals on the coins of Australia speak to you. Whatever the reason, you enjoy collecting coins and notes that YOU find interesting, and not that someone else tells you that you SHOULD be collecting.

      An Every Day Coin Collector isn't always concerned about what they pay for a coin or note, but you also don't want to overpay or be taken advantage of. An Every Day Coin Collector likes to learn about the hobby and wants to help others get interested in the hobby as well. We aren't flashy, we know what we like, and we're perfectly happy if we are the only ones that enjoy what we collect – because we do it for US!

      Introduction

      While this book is titled Introduction to Coin Collecting, I really cover both coins and bills or notes in this book. The reason for this is because they are naturally related to each other, both being currency, and because typically if you collect one, you also collect the other. For sure most collectors tend toward either coins or notes, but there are some collectors, myself included, that collect both equally. Since this volume covers both coins and notes, why didn't I include the word notes in the title? Mostly because of economies of space. There is only so much room on the cover and I didn't want to have a wall of text on the cover. Additionally, most people start collecting coins versus notes because collecting pennies is MUCH more affordable than collecting $10 notes. So, while coins is featured on the cover, this volume will include information on collecting notes as well. And there are some very fun and interesting $1 notes that can be found, so you don't have to look toward the higher denominations right away.

      For those of us who enjoy the hobby of collecting coins and notes, we can all probably point back to at least one incident in our youth that caused us to become enamored with them. For me, I think there were two such incidents. The first was when my family took a trip (and actually did several trips over my formative years) into Canada. Along with being fascinated (and a little frightened) with crossing the border and watching my father interact with the Canadian border guards, I was also fascinated that this other world had their own currency. It looked a lot like the money that I was familiar with in the United States – they had the same denominations in

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