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1. Coin Collecting for kids I like to collect old coins from our nation or any others! Kids can find this hobby especially fun and exciting. When i get a new coin for my collection, I like to find out information about the history of the coin. For me that is the fun part! So wh...
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3. US Proof Coin Sets Starting in 1936, the US Mint issued proof or uncirculated sets of coins to coin collectors. These sets contained coins straight from the mint in packages that were meant to be kept unopened. Proof sets are a great way to get involved in coin collec...
4. Proof sets 1950 thru 1959 In 1950, the US Treasury began issues proof sets again after an 8 year hiatus. Proof sets from this era were issues with 5 coins, the Lincoln wheat penny, the Jefferson nickel, the silver Roosevelt dime, the silver Washington quarter, and the silver...
5. Early Proof Sets - 1936 thru 1942 The US Mint started producing proof coins as early as 1936 and suspended the practice in 1942 as the US was fighting World War II. These are the rarest of the proof coins with the lowest number produced and the most coins that made it into circulati...
6. Coin Collecting: The Hobby of Kings Coin collecting -- let's see -- It's a hobby where you get to be around money and all sorts of precious metals all the time -- I like that. It involves the study of interesting times, places, people and events in history -- I like that. I get to look...
7. Coin Collecting Information And Trivia Ever since I was a child I have been collecting old coins. I like to collect old US silver coins like the Standing Liberty quarter, Walking Liberty half dollar, and the Morgan silver dollar, but my favorites are the Seated Liberty coins, and others m...
8. 50 State Quarters 50 State Quarters are fun to collect Kids and adults love collecting the 50 state quarters series. In 1999 the US mint started releasing quarters that highlighted each State in America! Each year since 1999, the US Mint has released 4 new state quart...
9. Shipwreck Coins and Artificacts There is something exciting about thinking of shipwrecks, buried and sunken treasures, and the fortune of finding such rare collectibles as shipwreck coins and shipwreck artifacts. People have been searching for the valuables lost in shipwrecks for y...
10. Buy Silver Coins American Eagle Silver Dollars are the most popular coins in history. If you could find a way to put real one ounce Silver Eagle Dollars, the lawful money of the United States of America, in the hands of hard working Americans month after month at nea...
11. Lincoln Pennies--A Great Intro to Coin Collecting Reach into your pocket, scrounge around in your change purse, look between the cushions of your couch, rummage through the top drawer of your dresser or your nightstand, or perhaps look under the driver's seat of your car and you will almost undoubte...
12. Top 10 Most Valuable Error Coins Found in Circulation Finding rare coins in your pocket change is a just a matter of knowing what to look for.  For example, a 1969-S Lincoln Cent that has a slightly different appearance that normal cents is worth $35,000!  The 1972 penny shown here is worth $5...
13. Wheat Pennies The Lincoln Wheat Cent, commonly referred to as a Wheat Penny was the United States one-cent coin from 1909 to 1958. It was the first United States coin to bear a portrait rather than a version of the mythical Liberty. President Roosevelt ordered the...
14. Biography Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (13 July 100 - 15 March 44 BCE). Julius Caesar, Emperor, military leader, roman statesman, general and author, famous for the conquest of Gaul (modern France and Belgium). He changed the Roman republic into a monarchy and a truly M...
15. Franklin Half Dollars The Franklin Half Dollar was the fifty-cent coin minted in the United States from 1948 to 1963. The coin pictured a bust of Benjamin Franklin in profile on the obverse (heads) along with the word "Liberty," the inscription "In God We T...
16. Susan B Anthony Dollar The Susan B Anthony Dollar was minted from 1979 to 1981. It was resurrected again for a single year in 1999. The front (or obverse) of the coin depicts women's suffrage campaigner Susan B. Anthony. The back (or reverse) depicts an eagle flying a...
17. World Coin Collecting - The Hobby For Brighter Kids! Want to get your kids started on an incredible journey that will take them to far away lands and back through time?  Does your child have an inquisitive nature that you would like to see nurtured?  Would you like your ch...
18. From Mechanical Banks to Piggy Banks Save five pennies and you have a nickel, five nickels and you have a quarter. Four quarters can be turned into a dollar. Every generation has stressed the importance of saving to the next. Times have changed, but the basics have remained the same. We...
19. Littleton's Coin Lens Welcome to Littleton Coin Company's main Lens for coin collectors. We have exciting polls, fun facts and links to our other lenses all available here! With over 60 years of experience dealing with coins, we have provided you with an overview for new...
20. Flying Eagle Cent - A High Point in Pennies? One of the more striking coins in US Mint History, the Flying Eagle Cent was also one of the shorter lived coins. The mint started making them in 1856, but the last Flying Eagle was struck just three years later, in 1858. With their brief period of mi...