JaggyNI

Thanks everyone. One more question and then I'll stop bugging you all! What do you use to store your coins?

Again thanks for all the welcomes folks! Starting in a fit of enthusiasm is exactly what I'm worried about doing as I've done it before with other things only to realise what I've bought is completely useless! After a quick look on ebay thanks to Peckris' advice on Roman coins I'm genuinely shocked at how cheap some of them are. I can own something that is 1500+ years old for that price... pretty cool if you ask me! Am I right in thinking these are the correct grades? (I collect comic books too, apart from the uncirculated grade they seem pretty similar!) UNC or MS = uncirculated, mint state. AU = almost uncirculated Then you have your fine, good and fair etc all the way down to poor or basal that I read somewhere?

Thanks Peter! I figured I'd stick to one denomination for the time being just to get a solid foundation for my collection, but looking around the web there are lots of other things I like the look of... all a bit overwhelming! haha. Thanks for the advice on the books as well. Toying with cancelling my order for Coin Yearbook and picking up the other one.

Can't seem to find an edit function, so apologies for the double post and if I'm being stupid! Would "Roman Base Metal Coins" be a good reference book when starting out with Roman coins?

Thanks very much for the welcome! I didn't realise Roman coins could be bought for so cheap! Any recommendations on where to buy from? I think I will start with halfpennies as well. It's just so daunting with so many sets and eras to start collecting from!

Hello everyone! I am 20 years old and completely new to coin collecting after finding coinweek on youtube and thinking that it seems like a pretty cool hobby! I'm very interested in history too so the two seem to go hand in hand. I've ordered the Coin Yearbook 2014 so I'm waiting on that to arrive. My question is... what do I collect? At the minute, I don't have that much disposable income so I was thinking of sticking with pennies, however I've noticed that a lot of them are relatively easy to find and for pretty cheap, so that's something I don't really want to do! I was browsing the coin acquisition thread on these forums and noticed someone said that halfpennies would be a great place to start for someone sticking to one denomination. Would you agree with this? I also really like the look of some Roman coins but I'd imagine they would be rather expensive. Apart from that, any other tips and tricks for a beginner would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, Chris