VIDEO: HOW TO START A WORLD COIN COLLECTION

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VIDEO: HOW TO START A WORLD COIN COLLECTION

The David Lisot Video Library on the Newman Numismatic Portal can be found at:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/multimediadetail/522852

We highlight one of his videos each week in The E-Sylum. Here's one from 2009 about collecting world coins. -Editor

Bob Hurst is president of the FUN organization. He spent time in the military and lived overseas where he learned to enjoy the different coins of the world.

In this presentation you will see and learn:

What constitutes a "foreign" coin
Why foreign coins are so interesting to collect
Areas of interest to collect
Ways to collect
Definition and examples of thalers, crowns, and minors
Topical coin collecting including space, ships, Olympic, animals
Affordability
Ways to collect ancients both Roman & Greek
Importance of condition
Philosophy of collecting

Speaker(s): Bob Hurst.

From the 2009 Florida United Numismatists convention.

To watch the complete video, see:
How to Start a World Coin Collection (https://youtu.be/hHu6RSk-iDw)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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