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Coin Collecting Tips
Coins in Safe Hands: Top Security Tips for Collectors
Coin collectors should protect ancient coins passed down through generations. But how exactly? Coins may be small, but their historical value, sentimental worth, and investment potential make them worth their weight in gold. So how do you ensure that your collection remains untouched by time, nature, or even theft?
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Coin Collecting Tips
How to Become a Coin Dealer? Pro Tips and Strategies
The numismatic industry often seems like a rich space to enter not because of its literal value but primarily due to the cultural significance and experiences other enthusiasts have to share. Some people who get overly obsessed with collecting and excel in coin acquisition may one day think about how to become a certified coin dealer and put these skills into practice.
6 min
Coin Collecting Tips
Pocket Change Worth Your Attention: Secrets and Tips for Future Collectors
Perhaps you are far from numismatics and are not an avid collector looking for every opportunity to get the long-awaited treasures in your collection. However, we are sure that you have a little bit of curiosity, thirst for knowledge, desire to try a new hobby and learn more about the small metal circles, which attractively rattle in your wallet.
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Coin Collecting Tips
What Does Mintage Mean? A Quick Look into Coin Production
Numismatics is a true science, and each science should have a foundation compiled of terms, definitions, proofs, and general knowledge of a subject. Mintage is one of the special aspects that may define the collectible potential of an item, its distribution, and value not to mention. But what exactly does mintage mean? And why should it be calculated properly?
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Collector Apps and Tools
Top 5 Best Coin Appraisal Websites Every Collector Will Like
For every numismatist, getting a professional appraisal is an important step. And the best part? You can do it online for free! We live in the 21st century, a time of technologies and tools. So, there are many websites that offer free coin appraisal. This means that you can find out the true value of your collection easily and quickly.
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Collector Apps and Tools
Coin ID Scanner vs. CoinSnap: The Best Apps for Numismatists
If you’re a coin collector, you know how it feels when you have a rare find. But what if you had an app that could identify and value your coins with just a snap? There are few already: Coin ID Scanner and CoinSnap. Both apps promise to help numismatists identify and evaluate their collections—but which one truly delivers?
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Collector Apps and Tools
Collecting 2.0: How Technology Made Numismatics Accessible to Everyone
Modern technology never ceases to amaze with its ability to simplify every sphere of life. And it would seem even such a conservative hobby as numismatics and collecting is experiencing a real technological upsurge. Modern collectors no longer rely solely on catalogs and reference books, they have innovative apps to value coins and coin identifiers by photo, which help to find, determine what coin is this and evaluate coins with incredible accuracy.
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Collector Apps and Tools
From Hobbyist to Pro: Your Detailed Guide to Coin Collector Software
We can say that the art of collecting and studying coins is quite ancient. It dates back to antiquity and finally formed into an independent discipline in the 16th-17th centuries. Numismatics and collecting is still a popular hobby for people who seek to find treasures, make profitable investments or learn about history and art with the help of small metal pieces. But of course, the process of collecting has changed greatly over time.
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Coins Overview
Two Sense or Two Cents: The Story Behind America’s First Coin with a Motto
My two cents worth meaning has more of an artistic meaning than a numismatic one. The phrase means an opportunity to express an opinion or give insignificant (or even misplaced) advice. However, the phrase is also a reference to the U.S. two-cent coin. The coin first appeared in 1864, becoming a symbol of a nation striving for unity and moral values in difficult times.
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Coins Overview
The Metal of Tones: Colored Quarters and Their Representation
When thinking of coins, one instantly realizes metallic plates with inscriptions and small images on them; however, their forms, textures, and colorings may differ. Since these units of currency may fall into the group of man-made artistic wonders, those who design and develop their layout usually strive to create something “one-of-a-kind”, i.e., unique, and colorized quarters seem like the most indicative example of such an endeavor.
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