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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gocamels, post: 392530, member: 14934&quot;]There&#039;s really no right or wrong answer to your question.&nbsp; There are as many different ways to collect coins as there are coin collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the popular methods are:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) type collecting - getting one example of each &quot;type&quot; of coin - so, one of each type of half cent, large cent, small cent, two cents, etc.&nbsp; This method can be about as affordable as you want it to be, if you want to pick common dates of each type coin and/or lower grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) series collecting - picking one coin series and buying one example of each date and mint mark - some popular series to collect are Morgan dollars, Franklin halves, Bust halves, Mercury dimes, Lincoln cents, etc.&nbsp; Again, this method can be as expensive or affordable as you make it.&nbsp; It all depends on which series you pick, and what grades of coins you want to put in your collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) foreign - many people are drawn to foreign coins, and collect much the same as above.&nbsp; Some people try to obtain at least one coin from as many different countries as possible.&nbsp; Some people pick the coins of a certain country (or countries) and attempt to put together collections of just those particular countries.</p><p><br /></p><p>4) various combinations of the above - some people just buy whatever4 coins they see that appeal to them without much of an overall plan.&nbsp; Granted, most collectors will gravitate to one of the above (or both) eventually, as the sheer number of different coins begins to overwhelm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there are ancient coins, tokens and medals,&nbsp; the list goes on and on.</p><p><br /></p><p>The thing to do is to find a coin shop where you can see many different coins and decide which ones appeal to you.&nbsp;&nbsp; Then find books, magazine articles, web sites, etc that will help you learn as much as you can about those particular coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then, once you have educated yourself as to what you want and how much you should pay for it, then you can go shopping for coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, you can always come here with questions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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