US Coins

The colonists used the first American coins in the US and those were furnished to them by Great Britain and Spain. The coins were hard to come buy so in 1652 the colony in Massachusetts decided to mint their own. Granby Coppers are the first copper coin that was ever minted in the US. If you can find those, they are quote rare and could be worth quite a bit.

A numismatist is the person who studies, collects or has a valuable interest in the hobby of coin collecting. It often refers to coin collectors specifically, but also encompasses those who collect paper and other forms of currency, such as medals and medallions, generally. Today, there are many collectors and even groups dedicated to the hobby of collecting coins. In order to understand the hobby, though, we must first explore how US coins even came to be in circulation. It was from these days of antiquity that first started the big boom of numismatist-ism.

The first numismatist came from the Roman era. Recent digs and archeological discoveries in Switzerland intimates that coins were horded by some of the rich, those who could afford to spend extra money on a hobby as expensive as collecting money. The coins of this era were often elaborate works of art, using metals and mélanges of dyes and stamps to create a fine art. As can be argued today, coins just don’t have the same facility as they had back then, often representing a ruler or lord in some way or another. Because Roman coins were so beautiful, the coin makers of Mesopotamia often replicated the coins of the Romans, often only changing the Christian symbols to fit the Muslim motif. The creation and histories of these times permeate into the American numismatist’s culture today.

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1934 Silver $1 Peace Dollar BU - BU+ Better Example    $389.95 1909 Lincoln Penny Cent VDB PCGS MS 65 Red    $210.00 1887-S TOUGH DATE CH BU Slabbed Original MORGAN! [037]    $286.49 1937 PCGS MS67FB FULL BAND MERCURY DIME SILVER    $235.00 1886-O Morgan Silver Dollar GEM BU - RARE MS Coin!    $3,295.00 ★ 1882-P Morgan Silver Dollar GEM BU - RARE MS Coin! ★    $1,285.00 1880 S U.S. Morgan Silver Dollar Coin NGC MS65    $239.00 1953 PROOF SET ANACS GRADED GEMS W/ CAMEO HALF-DDO QTR!    $995.00 1953 PROOF SET ANACS GRADED GEMS W/ 2 CAMEOS IN SET!!    $720.00 1912 $2.5 Gold Indian, Uncirculated MS!    $495.00 1812 Classic Head Large Cent NGC VF Details    $250.00 1922 S Peace Silver Dollar Super AAA+++ BU/MS/Gem/ US Coin GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC    $995.00 View Page:   1  2

The US history of coin collecting started much later, as the US only attained “country” status a couple hundred years ago. Even then, the first Americans didn’t use paper money or coins as currency. The disparate and hugeness of American didn’t allow for coins until more states were formed. If items were not bartered or traded, early Americans used animal skins, stringed beads made from shells or whatever was in short supply and held value, such as tea or tobacco. When these early Americans started trading with the outside world, they needed money. The first money was fashioned from copper, a metal easily attainable back then. There was no regulatory practice of the minting of the coins and only when the official mint opened in Philadelphia did money become controlled, managed, and policed.

Coin collecting was really only for the wealthy way back then. They were the ones who had a surplus of funds and could set capital aside to collect more money. With the slow rising of the hobby and of the American middle class (later), coin collecting took on a band of new collectors. In the mid-1800s, a society was formed to sort of govern and overlook the boundaries of this new recreation diversion. The American Numismatic Society and later the Association grew bigger well into the early 1900s.

A few decades after the turn of this century, coin collecting in America grew to all time highs. Not only was this side interest catching on, but also people were becoming wealthier and, additionally, the US began to produce minted “special edition” coins. With so much going on in the “coin world,” the hobby was bound to catch on quickly. Today, there are more than a dozen million coin collectors in the US alone, and growing worldwide. Whether a collection is started and finished because of its monetary or intrinsic worth, the collector can feel a part of something quite cultural and historic through collecting coins in America.