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Do you know anything about this topic? Share your expertise with our thousands of visitors each day by submitting your quality, informative 'Coin Op' article, and if you become a member we will pay you for your unique and original work (note that all submissions are reviewed by our editors). Your Coin Op Guide is Michael Russell. Recent articles submitted to your independent guide to Coin Op 1. Co-operative Preschools - What Makes Them Different - By: Michael Russell A cooperative preschool has a reputation for being “touchy feely” and a throwback from the old hippie days of the 1960’s. I, for one, love and welcome the idea of a cooperative preschool. These are also known as a “co-op” preschool. The main premise of a preschool environment is to promote discovery... Featured ArticleSmart Coin Investors Build Rare Coin Sets A while ago, coin collectors and coin investors were usually considered to be two different categories. A coin collector was just considered to be a hobbyist and collected his coins for their beauty and educational and historical backgrounds. A coin investor however collected his coins for profit and nothing else. Today, these two groups are a thing of the past. Now the group's boundaries have become blurred. What happened to the two distinctive groups? Investors were suddenly noticing ...
Read full story 2. Coin Collecting - What Types Are There - By: Michael Russell Coin collecting as a hobby is enjoyed by thousands of people today and the numbers are growing. This wasn't the case just prior to 1999. Coin collecting as a hobby had been on the decline since the mid-1960s when the composition of US coins changed from having silver content to being composed enti... 3. Starting A Coin Collection-why It's So Popular - By: Michael Russell People from all over the world study, collect and invest in rare coins and bullion coins. These hobbyists are called "numismatics", and many take their hobby very seriously! Coins are so fascinating for many reasons. One is that coins represent many different and exciting periods in American and ... 4. Coin Collecting - The Oregon Trail Half Dollar - By: Michael Russell In 1926 the U. S. Congress authorized the minting of the Oregon Trail Half Dollar. The Oregon Trail Memorial Association lobbied for the coin because they basically wanted a source of revenue. The idea was to sell the coins at a premium, much like a fund raiser, to generate revenue for the buildin... 5. Coin Collecting – How To Store Your Coins - By: Michael Russell When you first start out in the fascinating hobby of coin collecting, you may not give enough due consideration to the aspect of where and how you store your coins. There is always the erroneous tendency to assume that just because coins are durable, and many of them have survived for centuries, tha... 6. $20.00 Saint Gaudens Coins A Great Gold Investment - By: Michael Russell The $20.00 Saint Gaudens gold piece is an absolutely beautiful coin that deserves the consideration of hobbyists around the globe. This coin, being a collectors' coin and not a bullion piece could be worth two to three times the actual ounce price of gold! These coins were minted from 1907 through... 7. A History Of Coin Collecting - By: Michael Russell Today, it is believed that the first coins were bronze and used in China around 800-1,000BC. Lydia in Asia Minor used coins about 600-700 BC. The Lydian's coins were called "starters" which was a unit of weight. Starters were stamped with a lion's head image and made with a gold and silver alloy.... Please feel free to submit your quality, informative article for our readers. |
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