Coin Collecting Can Be a Profitable Investment
American Silver Eagle
Are you both a collector and an investor? One of the best ways to make your collecting both fun and highly profitable is to get into coin collecting. Even for novices to coin collecting, the hobby can actually become a profitable investment. With a little information and a sprinkling of wisdom you can build a coin collection that is truly a valuable investment.
There is money to be made in collecting; if you collect the right things.
Collecting has always been a popular hobby. People collect everything from coins and gems to postage stamps and from dolls to classic cars and everything in between. One of the best ways to make your collecting both fun and highly profitable is to get into coin collecting. There are many different types you can collect, but the most profitable are gold and silver coins. Read more
Investing In Silver With Coin Collecting
Collecting US silver coins is an excellent way to invest in the future. Not only are silver coins a solid investment they provide a fascinating hobby as well. A nicely presented coin collection is a thing of beauty; 
you can see and feel the value in your hands.
In recent years the value of silver has risen and it is expected to continue going up in the future. However, the value of a coin is in more than just its metal content. A coin also has “collectable value” based upon its rarity. Naturally, the more common a coin is the less its collectable value will be. Many silver coins are in such short supply that they value significantly more than their silver content, while others are so common that they can be obtained very near to their silver value. Read more
US Silver Coins of The 1800s
Of all the coins that were minted in the United States during the 1800s, the Morgan Silver Dollar is by far the most sought after. Anyone who has received one of these as a hand me down from an older relative stands to cash in on a significant pay day.
Some people go so far as to refer to the Morgan Silver Dollar as the king of all United States issued coins. After this many years, the pure beauty of this coin remains breathtaking. If one were to attempt to buy a Morgan Silver Dollar that is found to be in mint condition, they could expect to pay no less than a $2,000. Read more
Peace Dollar
1921-1928 & 1934-1935
The Silver Peace Dollar was originally proposed to be a commemorative coin issued to memorialize with the ending of World War I; however the final decision was made to issue the Silver Peace Dollar as a circulating coin.
The coin, which got its name from having the word “peace” imprinted at the bottom of the coin’s reverse, was designed by Anthony de Francisi.
The replacement to the Morgan Silver Dollar, the Silver Peace Dollar was struck from 1921 until 1928, then after a pause of six years it was minted again in 1934 and 1935. Read more
Morgan Dollar
1878-1904 & 1921
The Morgan Silver Dollar, which was named after its designer, George T. Morgan, was minted from 1878-
1904 and then again for one year in 1921. Each Morgan Dollar has a finesse of .900 which gives it 0.77344 troy ounces, or 24.057 grams of silver.
The coin was commissioned after the Bland-Allison Act was passed; which called for the US Treasury Department to buy large amounts of silver, and strike it into coins. This was at a time when the cost of silver was very low due to the Comstock Lode silver strike in Nevada; which to this day is the largest silver strike in history. Read more