Coin Collecting Guide for Beginners Logo
Coin Collecting a Guide for Beginners Header

Coin Collecting Blog

This Coin Collecting Blog is my mini-journal about Coin Collecting. It will.......

  • let you know whenever any Web pages are added or changed at Coin Collecting Guide For Beginners
  • keep you up-to-date with occasional postings about important Coin Collecting news and information.

To subscribe to my Coin blog (no e-mail necessary), right-click on the orange RSS button (to your left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader.

If you are not sure what RSS and blogging is all about, click on the (?) Question Mark above the orange XML/RSS link on the list.

Or click on the My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there.

You are going to be amazed at what RSS can do.



Liberty Nickels

Liberty Nickels were officially minted between 1883 and 1912. They were made of 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel.

Permalink -- click for full blog post


United States Large Cents

Large cents have earned a spot in history as the first coins ever minted by the United States government on its own equipment and premises. They were minted from 1793 to 1857.

Permalink -- click for full blog post


Jefferson Nickel Design Specifications

Design Specifications for the Jefferson Nickel including designer, years minted, weight, composition, diameter, edge and mintages.

Permalink -- click for full blog post


Jefferson Nickels

Jefferson Nickels are United States Five Cent coins. They were first produced in 1938. They are still produced today. This coin was the third coin made by the U. S. that featured a US President.

Permalink -- click for full blog post


Indian Head Penny

The Indian Head Penny is a one cent coin that was produced by the United States Mint from 1859 through 1909. On the front of the coin is the head of a Native American wearing a feather head dress with the word LIBERTY on it.

Permalink -- click for full blog post


Half Dimes

Early Half Dimes are silver five cent US coins also referred to as a half disme. They were first made in 1792.

Permalink -- click for full blog post


Flying Eagle Penny

The flying eagle penny was produced from 1857-1858. It was the first small sized penny or one cent United States coin. It gets its name from the eagle on the obverse (front) of the coin.

Permalink -- click for full blog post


Buffalo Nickels

Buffalo Nickels have won a permanent place in the hearts of many Americans, including mine.

Permalink -- click for full blog post


United States Half Cents Information

Half Cents, also known as the half penny, were one of the earliest United States coins (1793-1857). They were first minted in 1793, just as George Washington was getting started on his second term as President of the United States.

Permalink -- click for full blog post


US Coins (United States Coins)

US Coins (United States Coins) were first produced in 1792 when the US government established the first mint at Philadelphia. Since that time many different US coins have been produced.

Permalink -- click for full blog post


Proof Sets

Coin proof sets are sold by the United States Mint in annual sets usually containing one proof coin from each denomination struck that year.

Permalink -- click for full blog post


What are Proof Coins?

Proof coins (proofs) are coins that are specially struck for collectors using polished dies and planchets.

Permalink -- click for full blog post


What are mint sets?

United States Mint Sets are complete sets of uncirculated coins produced by each mint that particular year.

Permalink -- click for full blog post


The Historical Use of Mint Marks on Coins

The use of mint marks on coins dates all the way back to the ancient Greeks. They called them

Permalink -- click for full blog post


Understanding Mint Marks on Coins

Knowing what mint marks are and where to locate them is very important to coin collectors. Sometimes this small mark on a coin can mean the difference in value of thousands of dollars.

Permalink -- click for full blog post




Return from Coin Collecting Blog to Coin Collecting Guide for Beginners




If You Can't Find What You Are Looking For....

Search This Site!

Custom Search




ANA Member Logo

Eva Sue Duke - R-3147094



CoinManage

Coin Collecting Software

Catalog and value your coin collection

Free Trial





Site Build It!










[?] Subscribe To
This Site

XML RSS
Add to Google
Add to My Yahoo!
Add to My MSN
Add to Newsgator
Subscribe with Bloglines











Site Build It!

free hit counter script

ADD TO YOUR SOCIAL BOOKMARKS: add to BlinkBlink add to Del.icio.usDel.icio.us add to DiggDigg
add to FurlFurl add to GoogleGoogle add to SimpySimpy add to SpurlSpurl Bookmark at TechnoratiTechnorati add to YahooY! MyWeb



Site Build It!


Page copy protected against web site content infringement by Copyscape

Copyright© 2008 coin-collecting-guide-for-beginners.com

Template Design