The coin above was given to Lance many years ago by his mother. He saved it, not knowing anything about the value of coins at the time. Then in 1995, for his birthday, Lance's wife gave him a 1945 half dollar. That peaked his interest in coin collecting and he's been collecting ever since.
Lance felt that World War II coins were especially interesting. They are still very affordable and have historic interest. He also is collecting a select set of Lincoln pennies, and also hopes to have the entire set of Susan B. Anthony silver dollars.
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A great way to collect coins is by auction. It doesn't get any more real than this. NUMISMATISTS ONLINE is a real-time auction. The list of dealers participating keeps growing. There are bargains and treasures to be found at all levels of collecting. There's no junk here, either. Register online to begin, then bid with play money at the mock auction until you feel ready to start bidding on real merchandise.
COIN WORLD is to coin collecting what the WALL STREET JOURNAL is to stock trading. This weekly publication is extremely timely and highly respected. You'll probably want to subscribe, but until you do, browse around their WEB site.
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