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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Surgeprotector, post: 3033321, member: 93826&quot;]Just to add my &quot;2 cents&quot; (pun intended).... I am also very new to Numismatics, as in a few weeks. I got into it because of my world coins from travel I felt I needed to sort out to see what I had. I ended up finding a 1943 French Franc that I thought was interesting due to the date (WWII) so I began to research it. In the end it was worth something, not much but it got me going through the rest of my coins and found some others that were equally interesting. To put it in perspective, out of all my world coins, roughly about 500 of them, only 13 had any more than face value to the tune of $80. Now don&#039;t get me wrong, I wish I would have found a &quot;Key Date&quot; coin or a really valuable one but it took me a little bit to realize Numismatics is NOT about finding a holy grail of coins, instead it is the search and knowledge gained. Now I am looking at my US change that I have saved in jars over 25 years and I have to tell you, even though I still look out for the rare ones, I get excited when I see &quot;die chips&quot; not because they are rare but because I found it myself. In my opinion the best way to go about coin hunting is to have a goal to hunt for, for me as basic as it is, I am collecting &quot;Die Chips&quot; to start because: 1. They are everywhere and easy to find. 2. Because it is a start and a goal. If I happen to find something else like an &quot;off center strike&quot; then I will start that collection. Believe me, when you start looking just for a specific coin you will be disappointed and begin to see things that are not there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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