Archive for August, 2011


How to Earn Your Coin Collecting Merit Badge

There is more to coin collecting than just keeping coins. There is something at stake for those who make an effort to know what they are collecting: the Coin Collector’s Merit Badge. A person who wants to acquire a merit badge must prove himself to be someone who knows a lot about coins. Here are [...]

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A coin is worth more than face value

Coin collectors, old and new, have always wondered whether the coin or coins they have in their possession are worth more than the face value today – or in the foreseeable future. Even though that a coin which has little or no value monetarily is not necessarily one would not keep or make part of [...]

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Coin buying

  There are various sources where those “special coins” can be purchased.  The following are the basic methods and starting places to obtain the coin(s) you have long wanted. Go local Coin shops are plentiful in most states.   Generally your local area or city will have coin shops which you can visit to see if [...]

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