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Green slime is one of the biggest enemies of a coin collector. Green slime, or PVC, is a chemical used to make plastics softer. So, if you want to save your valuable coins, never store them in anything made with PVC.

Beginners tip: History geeks will like collecting coins during a certain time period with historical significance. For example, you could collect all US/Country coins involved in WWII.

Are you a new coin collector who wants to build a bigger stash? Enthusiastic as you are, don’t purchase the first few coins that you stumble on. Read up first and wait for quality coins to come your way. You can do this by doing research and attending events for coin collectors.

All coins have value, so what's the best way to ensure that this value is maintained? By handling and storing them carefully. Here's a handling tip: wear gloves when touching coins and if gloves are unavailable, hold the coins only around the edges.

It's important to be patient when you first start collecting.Take some time and educate yourself before you start investing in expensive coins. Go wide in the beginning and determine what kind of coins you like and the type of collection you want.

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Jump start: take a $5 bill and buy a roll of dimes. Break the roll open and sort all of your dimes by year and pick out the best looking dime for each year. You’ve just started your first coin collection of Roosevelt dimes!

You should never turn old coins into coin jewelry or modify them in any way. Doing so will drastically reduce the coin’s value and might cause irreversible damage to them.

That's mint! All coins initially minted by the US Mint were either gold, silver or copper. Of these metals only copper is still found in the 1 cent coin with a composition of 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper.

The 1892 Columbian Exposition half-dollar was the first commemorative coin in U.S. history. It marked the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the Americas.