What Types of Coins Do Collectors Love?

Simplicity is not the best policy when it comes to coin collecting. Oftentimes i
t is the rareness, the history, or the mother country of the coins that collecto
rs value most.
Here is a wide array of the variety of coins that "coinophiles" are obsessed wit
h:
National Coins: Patriotism in Coins
Usually, national coin collectors are interested in collecting their own country
's coins. It is common practice for collectors of national coins to get a repres
entative coin from each date and mint marks for each coin series. Various nation
al coin collectors combine a unique variation of series, date and mint marks.
Error Coins: It's OK to be Not-So-OK
One of the modern types of coin collecting is known as error coin collecting. Er
rors became possible when the production of coins was automated during the ninet
eenth century. Collectors of historic coins are fine with error coins because th
ey like the uniqueness or error coins. Even modern day coin collector falls in l
ove with error coins because they are assured that the modern processes promise
that they are unique. The characteristics or coin errors include the following:
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dies that are doubled

mint marks that are repunched
over-dated
double strikes
coins that are off metal
coins that are displaced or off center
coins that are clipped
one coin with different nominations on two sides a.k.a. mules

World Coins: Hobby of Kings . of the World

Collecting world coins is about gathering those modern coins from all the countr
ies of the world. Geographically-challenged individuals will have a hard time pa
rticipating in this kind of coin collecting. If you would like to be a collector
of world coins, you must be prepared to spend a considerable amount of money if
you would want to have an extensive collection - being a jetsetter might be requi
red. World coin collectors often acquire representative coins from each country
or from authorities that issue coins. There are also world coin collectors that
collect by subject such as those coins that feature animals.
Historical Coins: The Value of the Past
Collectors of historic coins find value in mints that are from medieval or ancie
nt times. The most popular of these historic coins include the following:
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Byzantine
Celtic
Greek
Indian
Israelite
Merovingian
Ostrogothic

There are other ancient coin specialties but it really depends on the preference
s of the collectors. The popular way is to collect the coins that were minted du
ring the reign of a certain emperor or king.