Numismatist – Collector or Connoisseur?

Today I want to talk about Numismatists, what they are, how you know if you are one, what they do, and are they just collectors or are they connoisseurs. I think it would be best to start with the History of a numismatist. If you were to do a search on “Numismatist”, you would more than likely come up with the term Numismatics, which really defines what a numismatist does, which is: study and/or collect coins, paper money, tokens and so on. Majority of numismatists collect coins from around the world, however they may go above and beyond to the extent of studying currency in general. Now a lot of you may be thinking, “Aaron the only thing I do with coins is put them into a soda pop machine, or a vending machine when I need a snack.” Well that’s all good and dandy, but the coins that I am talking about are a little different. So let’s begin the journey.
I want to start by saying that at one point it was illegal to stock pile SILVER and GOLD here in the united states, however if you had numismatic coins, or world coins that had collectors value, even if they were made of pure silver and pure gold, you were in a loop hole of that particular law. How many of you know that if the government wanted to seize any stock piles of GOLD or SILVER at any point for a national emergency or something along those lines, you would actually have to forfeit it all? That is unless of course they had collectors value, a “Numismatic” Value. “So if I am hearing you correctly Aaron, that means if I have a bunch of silver US bullion and the government wanted to seize it they can?” That is right ladies and gentleman. This is why I am talking to you today about Numismatic Coins.
Numismatic Coins come in all shapes, sizes, and grades. Coins come from top government mints, which will mint pure gold and silver coins and then circulate some and hold some.  Then they can be “Graded” and sometimes even encapsulated to maintain the condition of the coin. Now there are a lot of differing opinions on what coins to collect and what the values are. I am not an expert on it but I would challenge you to do some research for yourself and see what you come up with.
So maybe you’re thinking… hmmm I wouldn’t mind having a garage full of GOLD or SILVER that has NUMISMATIC value!! How someone who is interested in something like this get would start Aaron? Well there are a lot of ways to embark on the journey of collecting world coins. My recommendation is to look for top graded coins, because they will be the rarest, and hold the most value. Are you a numismatist? Yes I am a numismatist. It’s not hard to get started; all you have to do is start collecting. If you are interested in collecting world coins CLICK HERE. You have nothing to lose and a garage full of assets to gain.

To Your Prosperity,

Aaron Sandoval
MLM Success Coach
Executive – Numis Network
aaron@aaronsandoval.com
505.379.8982