WHY COLLECT :- SINCE 6TH CENTURY BC ,COINS HAVE BEEN
MINTED AND USED IN INDIA.THEY KEPT CHANGING HANDS,AND WENT ON FROM ONE TO ANOTHER AS PEOPLE TRAVELLED WITH THEM TO
DIFFERENT PLACES.THE COINS KEPT UP WITH THE JOURNEY AND ADDED A LOT OF
DESIGN,LANGUAGES,SYMBOLS ETC ON TO THEM.THIS MADE THEM VERY INTERESTING TO LOOK
AT.KINGS PREFERED TO HAVE THEIR OWN DESIGNS,AND EACH ONE LOOKED BETTER WITH THE
CHANGING TIMES.THE FIRST COINS OF INDIA WERE THE PUNCH-MARKED COINS BY
MAHAJANAPADAS AROUND THE 6TH CENTURY BC TO 2ND CENTURY
BC.THEY WERE IRREGULAR IN SHAPE AND HAD
SYMBOLS ON THEM.
SINCE THEN TILL THE PRESENT DAY VARIOUS COINS OF VARIOUS
DENOMINATIONS,SHAPES,METAL USED,ETC BY DIFFERENT DYNASTIES,RULERS FROM INDIA,AS
WELL AS THE FOREIGN RULERS WHO RULED INDIA FORM SUCH A VAST CORPUS OF
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERIOD,THE PEOPLE,THE TIMES THEY LIVED IN.AND HUGE STORIES THAT ARE NOT ONLY INTERESTING,BUT INFORMATIVE AND
GOOD TO LOOK AT AND IMAGINE THE FEELING OF TOUCHING THE COINS CENTURIES
OLD,WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN HANDLED BY PEOPLE OF THOSE TIMES,OR MAYBE THE KING
HIMSELF.
THE BEAUTY OF COINS FROM DIFFERENT ERAS GIVE YOU A GOOD MENTAL
FEELING WHEN U HANDLE IT,AND RELEASING A LOT OF EVERYDAY STRESS IN OUR LIVES.
THE SYSTEMATIC COLLECTION OF COINS WILL HELP YOU DEVELOP PATIENCE
IN LIFE,AS THEY CAN ONLY BE ACQUIRED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME,AND KEEP ADDING AND
KEEP LOOKING THEREBY KEEPING YOU ENGAGED MENTALLY,GREASING YOUR BRAINS TO WORK
IN TOP CONDITION.
COLLECTING COINS WILL HELP YOU GATHER WEALTH OVER A PERIOD OF
TIME,WITH GOOD QUALITY,AND RARE COINS.LIKE ANY OTHER INVESTMENT,THEY TOO WILL
GIVE YOU GOOD DECENT RETURNS IF DONE
WITH SOME GOOD JUDGEMENT.
COINS WHICH ARE BOUGHT SOME YEARS AGO HAVE GIVEN MONETARY GAINS
ALWAYS,SILVER AND GOLD BOTH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN USED TO MAKE COINS SINCE THE EARLY
AGES AND TILL DATE HAVE BEEN IN GREAT DEMAND.
BUYING SILVER COINS FROM LOCAL JEWELLERS DURING FESTIVALS AND ADDING TO THEM IS ALSO A
NORMAL TRADITION WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITIES IN INDIA.
IN SHORT THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS TO COLLECT AND SPEND EVERY
LAST RUPEE YOU HAVE AND STILL BE LEFT WITH SOME MONEY.
YOU WILL NEVER BE SHORT OF MONEY.
HAPPY COLLECTING.
HOW TO AND WHAT TO COLLECT:- A BIG QUESTION FOR A NEW COIN
COLLECTOR,ANSWER-START WITH ANYTHING YOU CAN LAY UR HANDS ON TO IN THE
BEGINNING.
GET INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL COIN CLUBS IN YOUR AREA,AND BE A
MEMBER.THEY HAVE REGULAR TALK SHOWS AND ACTIVITIES WHICH CAN HELP YOU GET IN
TOUCH WITH DEALERS,COLLECTORS,ETC.
COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF COINS WHICH CAN BE
PROCURED EASILY,FOR EXAMPLE PRINCELY STATES,SULTANS,MUGHAL PERIOD,THE BRITISH
ERA,ETC.
SUPPOSE YOU HAVE STARTED GETTING INTERESTED IN BRITISH INDIA
COINS(EASY FOR THE NEW COLLECTOR),UNDERSTAND THE VARIOUS DENOMINATIONS,AND
RULERS INVOLVED,THE DATES IN WHICH THEY WERE MINTED.
LOOK OUT FOR THE RARE ONES WHEN YOU ARE BUYING THEM FROM A FLEA
MARKET(I HAVE GOT A LOT OF SCARCE COINS FOR VERY CHEAP PRICES,MANY TIMES ),ETC
WHERE SOMETIMES THEY GO UNNOTICED EVEN BY THE TRAINED EYE.START BY BUYING GOOD
CONDITION THAT IS AVAILABLE,AND KEEP ON UPGRADING UR COIN WHEN YOU GET A BETTER
ONE IN FUTURE.
LEARN HOW TO LOOK OUT FOR A PARTICULAR MINT IN A PARTICULAR
DENOMINATION.KEEP THEM IN ALBUMS SO THAT THEY ARE EASY TO LOCATE AND PLEASING
TO LOOK AT,WITH A DATE AND MINT IF POSSIBLE,SO AS TO KNOW WHICH ONES ARE TO BE
THE NEXT ONES YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING OUT FOR.
IN THE MEAN TIME MAKE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE COLLECTING SIMILAR ERA
COINS,GET AS MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT COINS FROM THEM.TELL UR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ABOUT YOUR HOBBY,TELL THEM TO GIVE YOU THE ONES THEY FIND IS NOT OF THEIR INTEREST,SO AS TO ADD SOME TO YOURS.EXCHANGE THE EXTRAS THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE ONES YOU DONT HAVE.
BUY GOOD BOOKS FOR READING AS THEY ARE YOUR BEST GUIDES,THERE ARE
A NUMBER OF E-BOOKS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.
YOU CAN ALSO KEEP SMALL DESCRIPTION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU
REGARDING YOUR COLLECTION,GET UR COINS IDENTIFIED FOR ANY DIE
VARIETIES,ETC,HEREBY ADDING YOUR COLLECTION AND GAINING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT YOU OWN.
YOU CAN ALSO COLLECT MANY DIFFERENT ERA COINS AT THE SAME TIME,
THE JOY OF GETTING YOUR HANDS ON TO A GOOD COIN CAN ONLY BE EXPERIENCED.
JOIN THE JOURNEY TO HAPPINESS UNLIMITED.
