Many new participants are attracting towards the coin collecting which has been a hobby for thousand of years. For beginners it could be exciting and the most important thing is to choose the coins that you are interested in. The standard coin set for a beginner could be a birth year set. If the birth year being collected included a circulating dollar coin, the dollar coin could be collected as well.
I think the most important thing would be to read and learn as much as you can about the coins you wish to collect. For anyone born in the last 2-3 decades, a birth year set is relatively easy to acquire, but where do you go from there? If someone is collecting US coins, the Red Book of United States Coins should be one of the first purchases the beginning collector should make. The information contained within it is invaluable. Chris
My words of encouragement would be to avoid coins specially sold as collectible such as state quarters and focus on older coins. That's just my personal feelings and part of the reason I collect is for the investment side of it.
Like Chris mentioned above, one of the most important things a beginner can do is acquaint himself with reading material associated with his collecting desire. The first reference tool I received as a youngster was The Red Book. As time progresses, and interest in the hobby remains, most collectors begin to specialize in a particular series of coins. Again, it is important to acquire literature specific to that series. As for which series of coins to collect, I feel that you should collect what you like. Older series of coins are out of reach for many young collectors. Moderns will be more attainable and within their budget. One of the first series of coins I wanted to collect was classic commemorative's. I couldn't afford them as a young man. What I could afford afford mint and proof sets so that was where I started. Sent from my KFJWI using Tapatalk HD
