The following coins are my attempt to document major historical eras through a coin collection. These coins span an era from the 6th century BCE until about 1900 or 1930's for some countries. The Greek page is not yet set up so only the 1st century BCE and following are displayed. In general all of these coins were made to be used as actual payment in the days when specie (silver and/or gold) was required in a coin.
Over the years I've become specialized in 4 major areas and while I'll still look at other coins, generally I try to only acquire coins in these areas. It seems that coins are becoming grouped into 2 major area. The first are ultra-high grade coins which are bought as investments. Here the emphasis is on grade and rarity. I've been very unsucessful in buying these types of coins as I'm very value oriented. The second area are coins that are "nice" but not of investment quality. These coins comprise this site so if you're looking for investment grade material: you won't find it here. Some of these coins are not very common and may be just as rare as investment coins within their grade class, but because of their lower grade, I only have to compete with other normal type people in trying to buy them.
For example, I like the minor coinage of early Latin America, simply because of their historical importance even though some important dealers have written that these are poor investment items. If you have any questions on the coinage in these categories and eras, please contact me & I'll try to help.
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