As some of you know, I live in Fremont, Ca, and they had a coin meeting last night, which I went to! :smile I go there every summer so most people there (being old :smile)didn't remember me at first but eventually did! :smile! I was the runner for the auction and got to see all of the coins first-hand(good experience)! I saw a bunch of coins i wanted! These are just the world coins I got (I am mainly a us coin collector so this is new)! :devil: I will get pics up tomorrow night! 2 Piso 1990 Philippines: (picture to be added) 1 Sen 1976 Malaysia: (picture to be added) 5 Centimes 1975 Haiti: (picture to be added) 1 Cent 1969 Fiji Islands: (picture to be added) 1 Cent 1975 Singapore: (picture to be added) 1 Peso 1998 Mexico: (picture to be added) 1 Schilling 1964 Austria (picture to be added) 50 Rupiah 1971 Indonesia: (picture to be added) 1 Mark 1966 Germany: (Picture to be added) 1 Dollar 1989 Eastern Caribbean States: (picture to be added) 1/2 Franc 1965 France: (picture to be added) 5 Franc 1972 France: (picture to be added) 20 Centimes 1997 France: (picture to be added) 1 Franc 1974 France: (picture to be added) All comments and tips welcome :smile -Taylor
Taylor, do you have the Krause catalog, Standard Catalog of World Coins? If not, I would get an older one on Ebay cheap. This is like the redbook on steroids. If you may be interested in world coins, its the first stop. Don't worry about getting an older volume, its the knowledge you are after. Read all you can, look at all the pictures you can, really absorb the knowledge. Knowledge should be the first pursuit of a youngster, (no offense meant), since you will use this the rest of your life. Prices are just relative, so if a certain date is 10 times more expensive than common then, it probably still is. I have personally known many kids with a Krause book to be able to find fantastic deals in dealer cases, since many dealers cannot be bothered to research every world coin. When I was young I went through the redbook so thoroughly I had mintage numbers memorized, could quote verbatim grade descriptions, etc. To this day I know a lot of coins mintages off the top of my head. You can do the same with Krause, though of course its much larger. I would say if you think you might like world coins, a cheap version of Krause for the 20th century would be a fantastic present to yourself, or to ask your parents for. I know if my children get interested in US or world coins, the first opportunity I have I will get them their own coin book. They will be lucky, though, since they will have access to mine. Dang, what I wouldn't have given to have my library when I was younger. My luck, they will collect comic books. Chris
Thanks for that Chris! I usually dont buy world coins and dont own any but I think I might get into it a little...I have a world coins book already! :smile I got it a while back from a dealer as a present! :smile -Taylor
I got into world coins by just getting a few to start with. it is a lot of fun b/c you see something new every day!! Good luck with your adventures, check out eBay for some good coins!
