Knowing what to collect is challenging. If you know police coins then stick to police coins. Or maybe you know Army coins better than anything else. To get going into collecting some cool things you need to come in on the ground floor. You need to learn the in’s and the out’s of what is for sale and trade out there. Jumping in an area of coins you don’t know can be a bad thing as you may not values of coins, or which ones are worth collecting and which ones are not.

Being involved into a community is one of the strongest things you can have. People tend to learn and lean on each other often and most people come out better than if they went in alone. Some people are destined to never join a community and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s a proven fact that those that are solitary in their hobby get much less enjoyment out of it as if they were directly involved. Community helps through support and a way to just interact.

There are a limited amount of communities out there on the web and one of the best upcoming one we have found is from the Challenge Coin Trading site. If offers a full array of connectivity among collectors through groups, forum, messaging, and a traders section. This kind of closeness is key to making you smile each day as you get into another day’s worth of collecting.