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What Types of Coins Do Collectors Love?

Simplicity is not the best policy when it comes to coin collecting. Oftentimes it is the rareness, the history, or the mother country of the coins that collectors value most.

Here is a wide array of the variety of coins that "coinophiles" are obsessed with:

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 representative coin from each date and mint marks for each coin series. Various national 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. Errors became possible when the production of coins was automated during the nineteenth century. Collectors of historic coins are fine with error coins because they like the uniqueness or error coins. Even modern day coin collector falls in love with error coins because they are assured that the modern processes promise that they are unique. The characteristics or coin errors include the following:

- 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 countries of the world. Geographically-challenged individuals will have a hard time participating 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 required. 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 ancient times. The most popular of these historic coins include the following:

- Byzantine

- Celtic

- Greek

- Indian

- Israelite

- Merovingian

- Ostrogothic

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

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Herodian Coin, Minted During the Reign of Herod the Great $39.99 Michael Melford Herodian Coin, Minted During the Reign of Herod the Great - Photographic Print

Coin from the Reign of Saxon King Coenwulf Ruler of Mercia $49.99 Coin from the Reign of Saxon King Coenwulf Ruler of Mercia - Giclee Print

Silver Coin from the Reign of Philippe Iii Le Hardi $44.99 French School Silver Coin from the Reign of Philippe Iii Le Hardi - Giclee Print

Reign $10 Reign - Ja Rule

Alberto Juan Ancient China Sterling Coin Earrings $259.6 These sterling silver earrings are cast from a coin that was used during the reign of the Qianlong emperor from 1736 to 1795 The face of the coin has the Chinese symbols which translate to "Qianlong Emperor". The top and bottom of the coin have the Chinese symbol for "money" Made in United States

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Black Reign $4.99 Black Reign

Reign Of Fire $8.99 Reign Of Fire

Reign Supreme $11.49 Reign Supreme

Reign Of Terror $11.49 Reign Of Terror

Reign In Blood $6.49 Reign In Blood

Rebellious Reign $5.99 Rebellious Reign

Reign of Terror $47.99 Reign of Terror

Half Crown (British Coin) $114.71 The half crown was a denomination of British money worth two shillings and sixpence, being oneeighth of a pound and half of a crown. The half crown was first issued in 1549, in the reign of Edward VI. No half crowns were issued in the reign of Mary, but from the reign of Elizabeth I half crowns were issued in every reign except Edward VIII, until the coins were discontinued in 1967. The half crown was demonetised (ahead of other predecimal coins) on 1 January 1970, the year before the United Kingdom adopted decimal currency on Decimal Day. During the English Interregnum of 16491660, a republican half crown was issued, bearing the arms of the Commonwealth of England, despite monarchist associations of the coins name. When Oliver Cromwell made himself Lord Protector of England, half crowns were issued bearing his semiroyal portrait. The half crown did not display its value on the reverse until 1893. In the 1800s, the silver half crown coin was (very roughly) convertible into an American fiftycent piece, and was sometimes nicknamed the half dollar in North America. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 180 Publication Date: 2010/04/25 Language: English Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.41 inches

Halfpenny (British PreDecimal Coin) $70.1 The British halfpenny coin was worth 1/480th of a pound sterling. At first in its 700 year history it was made from silver but as the value of the pound declined, the coin was made from base metals. It was finally abandoned in 1969 as part of the process of decimalising the British currency. A halfpenny, colloquially written hapenny. It was long considered that the first halfpenny coins were produced in the reign of King Edward I (12721307), with earlier requirements for small change being provided by cut coinage ; that is, pennies cut into halves or quarters, usually along the cross which formed a prominent part of the reverse of the coin. However, in recent years metal detectors have discovered a few halfpennies of Kings Henry I (11001135) and Henry III (12161272) these are extremely rare and very little is known about them; they have all been found in the London area, where they circulated alongside the more common cut coinage, and while it is possible that these coins were patterns or trials, it is clear that they did see circulation. No documentary evidence of these coins is known to exist, and it is possible that there are other coins or issues still to be discovered. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 76 Publication Date: 2010/07/27 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.18 inches

Reign In Us $6 Reign In Us - Starfield

The Reign of Terror $49.99 The Reign of Terror - Giclee Print

Reign of Fire $19.99 Reign of Fire - Poster

Farthing (British Coin) $70.1 A farthing (derived from the AngloSaxon feorthing, a fourthling or fourth part) was an English coin worth one quarter of a penny, 1/960 of a pound sterling. Such coins were first minted in England in the 13th century, and continued to be used until 31 December 1960 when they ceased to be legal tender. Early farthings were silver, but surviving examples are rare because they were infrequently stored. The first copper farthings were issued during the reign of King James I, who gave a licence for minting to John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton. Licences were subsequently given out until after the Commonwealth, when the Royal Mint resumed production in 1672. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Publication Date: 2010/07/24 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.22 inches

The Reign $29.2 No Synopsis Available

Come and Reign $6 Come and Reign - Cape First Worship

Heaven's Reign $6 Heaven's Reign - Jeff Ochletree & Teri Undreiner

The Reign of Antichrist $49.99 Michael Volgemuth The Reign of Antichrist - Giclee Print

Slayer Reign Sticker $4.99 SLAYER REIGN STICKER

Reign Over Me $5.99 Reign Over Me

Sing Reign Of Fair Maid $11.49 Sing Reign Of Fair Maid

Handbook of English Coins: Giving a Concise Description of the Various Denominations of Coin. from the Norman Conquest to the Present Reign $11.73 No Synopsis Available

Handbook of English Coins: Giving a Concise Description of the Various Denominations of Coin, from the Norman Conquest, to the Present Reign $11.83 No Synopsis Available

I Reign Superior $10 I Reign Superior - M.C. Mack