Numismatics 101

I need YOUR help. I write numismatic articles and I am wanting to compile 101 tips or tricks about coin collecting. If you would like to help all you have to do is reply with tips or tricks you would like to share. I want to categorize so please state your tip or trick as Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced. For organizational purposes, please use one tip per reply. If you would like to do multiple please use multiple replies. Any category of tips is accepted and PLEASE CHECK THAT YOUR REPLY HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN SAID. Thank you for your help!

 

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Beginner-Buy the Book before the coin.

 

Beginner - The better the deal, the closer you should check it.

 

@Mike Drop I have one question for you.......

Do you get paid, or hope to get paid, for these articles?

Chris

 

Beginner- if youre going to buy on ebay or anywhere online, only buy from reputable dealers.

 

Beginner: Read the books you buy.

 

@cpm9ball No,these aren't planned to be published. If you would like an acknowledgement, I can certainly do that. Just for fun and to show any new collectors I come across.

 

Sad. Sad because I have never heard of you. Maybe you'll be a fellow to be reckoned with with in the future, but not now. Build your brand. Make your brand more recognizable and reliable. Make yourself more formidable with knowledge. Big thing there. You've got to prove yourself before folks around these parts are gonna take you serious.

 

There is nothing to be serious or unserious. All a person has to do is type in a tip and done. I ain't trying to prove nothing, just trying to get some help from the more experienced such as yourself.

 

Beginner- It may be difficult (heck I'm still workin' on it), but you absolutely have to find a good way to organize your coins early on. Or else you will have them everywhere and feel overwhelmed. Stick with one way for some things and maybe a different way for other types of coins or whatever, but changing it up too much makes it hard to stay oriented.

 

PS Im not building a brand, I'm just a 15 year old who like to write down what he learns to help others and thats what im doing

 

Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced- When you take out a coin from binders, books, etc (maybe to check for varieties) put it back when you are done. May sound obvious but usually you forget.

 

Shoot, that changes it all, grasshopper........Observe utmost.

 

Then you probably shouldn't have started it off with "I write numismatic articles" which makes it seem as if you are assembling a book for publishing.

 

@green18 What changes it all?
@Kentucky Point noted

 

I actually took a college course where the instructor had all the students write up science demonstrations and then actually collected them and published a book to which he receives the royalties!!!

 

Beginner - Collect, don't invest

 

Beginner - Don't clean your coins.
Intermediate - Be careful when conserving coins.

 

Sounds illegal...but im sure he found a loophole

 

You're wet behind the ears.......