For new collectors - sites with excellent information

kranky

I don't think this has been brought up in many months so I think it's time for a refresher. There are two good sites (and I know there must be many more, these are two I really like) that offer a wealth of good information just for the taking. If you are new to the hobby or new to investing in coins, I guarantee there are some articles you'll benefit from.

First, I like Tom Becker's site because it offers an incredible amount of free articles on different subjects. [There is also a member's area which has a fee, but the free area is huge.]

And Heritage offers an area with numismatic articles which loads very slowly for me (just a warning) but also has a large number of articles.

Happy reading!

FC57Coins

Excellent post Kranky - thanks!

Frank

Rotts

Thank you-good post. Rotts

shylock

Good post. Another I really like is the Articles page from Douglas Winter's site. I'm not a gold collector but it's great reading, and there are many articles about numismatics in general.

For FE and IH collectors, the Fly-In Club makes some of their quarterly's articles available through their site (which I now host). Some real series specific info here, which requires Adobe Acrobat to read. Link. By the way, the president of the club, Chris Pilliod, wrote an article in Heritage's numismatic writing contest which won first prize.

Blade

CoinFacts.Com - Great reference site. Check out the Cool Coins Tour for pics and references on all sorts of great coins.

Link

Russ

This one is my favorite. I can spend hours getting lost in all the Q&As.

Russ, NCNE

morganbarber

For new collectors, old collectors, or anyone who is out of his element on a particular item, the most incredible list of sites is at this address:



http://www.sharelynx.net/Markets/Gold1.htm

Rotts

ttt one more time.good posts