If you have a jar of coins sitting around you house, you are a coin collector. You can sift through the coins you have and find many coins that are older than others are. You might even find an old rare coin that you didn’t know you had. Once you go through your coin collection, you might want to take your interest a step further and become an actual coin collector.

Becoming a coin collector isn’t going to make you rich. You’ll probably never land on a stash of old Roman coins or Celtic coins that will bring you fame and fortune. If you want to get into coin collecting, do it for the pleasure of hunting down increasingly rare coins or unique ones. Some people focus on collecting coins created in a limited edition that are new in the marketplace. Others focus on specific types of coins, such as old Canadian coins or silver coin sets.

A collector needs a few tools of the trade. A magnifying glass to examine details on each of them is one. Envelopes or albums to store and display the ones you have are other supplies to purchase. A coin collecting price guide that has information on dates, varieties, and grading guidelines is a smart addition. A plastic ruler that has both millimeters and inches for measuring them, cotton or latex gloves for handling, a soft cloth to set them on for viewing, and good lighting round out the list of supplies.

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