Collectable Coins and Currency for Sale including rare American, World and British Coinage.

August 15, 1962 saw the first international coin collecting convention in the U.S. Sponsored by the American Numismatic Association, this event ushered in the truly modern era of coin collecting.

Today, there are dozens of organizations around the world and millions of collectors devoted to the art and science of coin collecting.

Collectors stand shoulder-to-shoulder with their cousins in numismatics, and they trade actively in high street shops and internet sites all over the World.

The urge to collect coins is extemely popular even seven centuries after Petrarch, with the joy and excitement of finding that rare coin and adding it to your own coin collection, still as exciting as ever.

Collecting Gold coins is a wise investment and an excellent place to start, if you have the budget, otherwise choose a coin collecting category that excites you and jump right in ...

Coin Collecting Categories in The Antique Coins Shop ...

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Rare and Collectable Greek Coins

The beauty and age of ancient Greek coins is a great attraction to coin collectors. Rarity is also sought by many collectors and collecting Greek coinage offers genuine rarities

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Rare Roman Empire Coins

Rare and Collectable Roman Empire Coins cover many periods of the Roman Empire including the Roman Republican c300 to 27BC, the Roman Imperial 27BC to 476AD and the Roman Provincial periods.

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Collectable American Coins

Rare and Collectable American Coins - Rare and Genuine US Coins including the silver eagle and rare Lincoln Cents for the knowledgeable coin collector

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Rare & Collectable American Dollars

Rare and Collectable American Dollars - Genuine US dollar coins for the knowledgeable coin collector

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Hammered British Coins

The quantity and variety of rare and collectable British coins is truly spectacular. However, hammered British coins are among the rarest and earliest and are truly fascinating to collect.

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Rare Gold Sovereigns

The British Gold Sovereign was first minted in 1489 to honor King Henry VII. For todays coin collectors the British Gold Sovereign is a must have addition to their coin collection.


A little about collecting coins & coin collectors ...

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Coin collecting is the collecting or trading of coins or other forms of legally minted currency.

Frequently collected coins include those that were in circulation for only a brief time, coins minted with errors, or especially beautiful or historically interesting pieces.

Coin collectors enjoy learning all about the minutia of different coin types, the years, mints and the history behind all the coin collections and coin designs over the years. Coin collectors see the world in a small, round piece of metal bearing an interesting historical design.