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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ErolGarip, post: 2855523, member: 88736&quot;]I don&#039;t know about the history of coin collecting. I found these: </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;... Caesar Augustus, the first emperor of Rome is frequently cited as one of the first coin collectors. Augustus ruled from 27 BC to 14 AD and is known to have accumulated coins and given them as gifts...&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;... It was in the 14th century that modern day appreciation and collection of coins began and an active coin market developed. At that time coin collecting was an interest only of the privileged class and in fact it was called the “Hobby of Kings.”...&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;... It was in the 17th and 18th centuries that numismatics (the study of coins) appears as an academic discipline. Collectors became notably more systematic in their approach to building collections, and study of the intricacies of history and coin manufacture became more formalized... &quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...&nbsp; In the 19th century collectors broadened their horizons to include not only ancient coins but exotic coins and foreign currencies as well. Books on collecting were published, making the research accumulated in prior centuries available to the general public... &quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;... Throughout the 20th century collecting became more and more systematized. Coin conventions and shows began to appear, and a network of professional dealers emerged... &quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;... As with all aspects of modern life, the advent of the Internet has transformed coin collecting. Today’s collectors have access to resources that would have been unimaginable just a few decades ago... &quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinspot.org/history.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinspot.org/history.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinspot.org/history.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So, it is not really 20 centuries. If we don&#039;t count the kings giving as gifts, hobby of kings, privileged class and academics, the general public started to collect the coin in 19th century. So, its history of coin collecting for the public is only 2 centuries. And, with the internet which helps people reach info and pictures of coins easily without owning the coins, with the increased number of collectors, with the decreased number of collectible coins, there must be a decline in collecting coin field.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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