Brief Info,Setting up this blog/website to share and sell my collecting banknotes, ancient coins and dynasty porcelains . Those who have hobby and share, about my information and that I have learn along the way. Since then, I also began to prefer to keep a collection of old money. Collecting notes and coins as a hobby can be fun and it usually starts that way. For majority of the paper money, notes and coin collectors, it is usually traced to one common story.
Collecting notes and coins as a hobby can be fun and it usually starts that way. For majority of the paper money, notes and coin collectors, it is usually traced to one common story. It’s likely that you or your friends have inherited some coins/paper money/banknotes from your friends, parents, grandparents or relatives and/or yourself found in the ground that sparkled the journey of numismatic Hobby.
Others might have started because of peer influence or curiosity but whatever the diverse reasons are, paper money, notes, coins collecting can fun and also a worthwhile investment. To go beyond just the fun and part of collecting, you must have a theme, a goal, an objective that defines your notes and coin collection. Have to increase your knowledge about history notes and coins, research, buy magazines, attend notes and coins show etc., At least is to keep this notes, coin collecting hobby or numismatic hobby as fun and lasting, you must have a passion for paper money, coins or banknotes. That's the basic requirement. If not, then your collection will lack a theme and basically, what you are doing is just collecting paper, coins for the sake of collecting. If you can define the goal of your collection, it can end up as a potential investment.
Beside that just take note : encounters with counterfeit paper money, notes, coins and those were costly lessons to me. Because of the demand of these scarce coins, e.g US, Japanese, Trade dollar and so on. There were many counterfeits in the market, We had to learn to how to differentiate the real or not, and the "bluff". I bought lopes and weighing scale and more books.