Coins and Currency Weekly
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Coins and Currency Weekly
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Coins and Currency Weekly(c) is Published by Alan Cohen October 16th, 1998 Issue #4 Free Coins and Information There is an expectation that if something is on-line, it must be free. This holds true to a certain extent with coin collecting. There is a lot of information out there, and this week I will devote the newsletter to finding out some of this information. Based on the feedback that I am getting from the readers of this newsletter, most of the readers are beginning collectors. Coin collecting can be an overwhelming hobby, especially for a beginner. The most important thing a collector can do is build their knowledge base of a subject. It may seem overwhelming, but it is a lot of fun to actually learn about what you are collecting, or what you want to collect. Fortunately, there is a rather large amount of material to choose from. My first recommendation would be to subscribe to a magazine. The two competing weeklies in the US are Coin World and Numismatic News. Coin World offers a 26 issue subscription for only $15.97, and this can be ordered on-line at: http://www.collect.com/coinworld/cwmag/subscribe.html Numismatic News offers a one year subscription for $29.98, and can be ordered on-line at: http://www.coinmall.com/magazines/ By the way, both magazines offer price guides for US Coins. This is a low cost way to get aquatinted with the hobby. From there, you can subscribe to another magazine, buy a catalog, etc. Many people will tell you to buy the book before the coin, and I am one who strongly believes this is a good idea. If you don't know how much it is worth, how do you know what to pay? How about winning some coins or currency? The internet provides an excellent opportunity to win things. Below are some web sites to check out, be sure to enter the contests. Free drawing for paper currency - http://www.wco.com/~chappell/drawing.html Free Elongated Coin Offer - http://www.clark.net/pub/massey/free.htm Win A $5 Gold American Eagle Coin - http://www.centercoin.com/contest/contest.htm Win Various Coins - http://www.coinmall.com/ Win a Confederate Bank Note - http://www.papermoney.net Win a NGC Graded $5 Liberty Gold coin - http://www.coinlink.com/club/contests.html In addition, here are some web sites to check out to learn more about coins, or even join an on-line club - All free of charge! http://www.coinmasters.org/ - On-Line Coin Club http://www.ellesmerecoin.com/ - Free Winning Edge Newsletter http://www.coinclubs.com/ - Coins Clubs On-Line http://www.coinsite.com/coindoc.html - Ask the Coin Doctor http://www.coinsite.com/numis_speaking.html - Numismatic Articles http://www.collector-link.com/coins/ - Numismatics Search Engine http://www.limunltd.com/numismatica/ - Numismatica - Coin articles More collecting news and tips next week. Until Next Week, Alan Cohen Distribution Coins and Currency Weekly(c) (CCW) is published by Alan Cohen. It is a weekly newsletter devoted to coins and currency - Current news, viewpoints, and other collecting information. This newsletter is distributed free of charge, and available two ways. 1) On-Line on the World Wide Web. The address is: http://www.coinmall.com/ccw - All back issues are archived at the web site. 2) Direct e-mail. Send a message to: ccw@coinmall.com If you wish to unsubscribe from CCW, you need to send a message to the following address: ccw-request@ListService.net In the Body of the Message: address, just type UNSUBSCRIBE