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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;muhfff, post: 2269942, member: 71559&quot;]I can talk about Estonia (You can google it, if You don&#039;t know where it is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Collecting coins is pretty popular, but collectors are usually not too well educated at this. Most collectors think that books are waste of money and cleaning coins is the most important thing collector can do (because shiny coin is Unc, ya&#039; know!). But the situation is improving.</p><p>Anyway, there are also lot of smarter collectors, who understand what the condition is, and are ready to pay for quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>The collectors usually focus on Estonian coins (both medieval and modern), Russian coins (Estonia has been part of Russian Empire), Soviet coins (Estonia was occupied by Soviet Union after WW II) and neighboring countries (Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, etc). </p><p>The US coins are as popular as any other world coins, so nothing special.</p><p><br /></p><p>We have some collector fairs (about once per month), but these are never &quot;coins only&quot; events. Usually there are also stamps, postcards and stuff like this. These events are usually good to buy some cheap low-grade coins and to meet other collectors, but that&#039;s it. The good stuff can bought form auctions (both live and online).</p><p><br /></p><p>The slabbing is getting more and more attention every year. The high-end coins are moving to slabs (mainly NGC). There is very practical reason - Estonian coin market is small and to get the good price for expensive coin, You have to put it on online auction. And it is easier to sell slabbed coins in eBay for example.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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