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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 378572, member: 5629&quot;]The hobby encompasses so much more than just collecting pieces of metal.&nbsp; There is so much rich history and intrigue around coins.&nbsp; I personally view numismatics as a branch of history and anthropology.&nbsp; The advancement of civilizations and cultural influences throughout the world can be seen and studied through numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>The collecting is only one venue of studying and appreciating this history first hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was introduced to this hobby when I turned ten years old in 1981.&nbsp; My birth-father handed down his coin collection to me as a birthday present.&nbsp; There were hundreds of coins, each different from one another, from a plethora of countries.&nbsp; The coins were intriguing because they were mostly not from the U.S., and thus not coins I had seen before.&nbsp; There were also indian head nickels and cents, and I was shown how to search rolls for more. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My uncle added by passing on coins he had collected throughout Asia on his many tours in the service throughout the late 60&#039;s and 70&#039;s, and had a story for each one.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was not until after I graduated from high school that I realized that there was so much to numismatics that one could not even begin to glean the wealth of information available on the subject within one&#039;s lifetime.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are so many books, and so much accumulated knowledge that others have already made available about our hobby, that it would be impossible to take it all in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet, I still cannot imagine not having at least a small stash of coins to handle and admire in person...something to call a &quot;collection&quot; of your favorites.&nbsp;&nbsp; With all the wealth of information available, there&#039;s still nothing like the cold hard feel of metal in one&#039;s hand, and the wonder of who, what, when, where, how, and why about that little hunk of metal we call coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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