Coins Plus

Are you a new coin collector who wants to build a bigger stash? Enthusiastic as you are, don’t purchase the first few coins that you stumble on. Read up first and wait for quality coins to come your way. You can do this by doing research and attending events for coin collectors.

It's important to be patient when you first start collecting.Take some time and educate yourself before you start investing in expensive coins. Go wide in the beginning and determine what kind of coins you like and the type of collection you want.

You should never turn old coins into coin jewelry or modify them in any way. Doing so will drastically reduce the coin’s value and might cause irreversible damage to them.

That's mint! All coins initially minted by the US Mint were either gold, silver or copper. Of these metals only copper is still found in the 1 cent coin with a composition of 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper.