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Hi Dan, Welcome to the forums Chris P. may be trying to sell his books, but actually those two he's picked out are an ideal pair for beginners : one is a fact-filled price guide from 1797 to 1967, the other teaches you about grading in the best way possible - with pictures! If you decide you want to go back earlier than 1797, come back and ask, and we will advise what books to beg steal or borrow .. or even buy. If I had to give you one tip, it's this : better to buy one coin you can afford in the best condition possible, than 10 coins for the same money but in a much poorer condition.

Hi Dan, welcome to the forum! A few broad but basic starting points to consider; Do you want to collect pre or post decimal coins? (before or after 1971) Do you like a certain denomination? (pennies, shillings, crowns, etc.) Do you prefer a certain era or monarch? Do you lean towards a specific metal i.e gold, silver, bronze, etc.? Do you see yourself collecting a date run of some type or perhaps one coin from each monarch? Answering a few of these questions might get you started.. There are a multitude of ways to collect, getting right into it, buying a few cheap but nice coins and seeing what you prefer before narrowing it down is the best way to start, instead of trying to narrow it down before you start collecting. Lots of friendly people on here who will all share their own interests, mine is pennies! I'm going for a date run to collect an example from each year from between 1860 - 1967, although I do like to keep back nice examples of any other UK coin, depending on prices Matt