Coin collecting
Are you a coin collector? If not you may like to become one. A coin from a different country, or a different" time, can often tell you a great deal about the place or that time. You can get hold of foreign coins through friends or relations who have recently visited a foreign country. Ask mum or dad, perhaps
they have some old New Zealand coins somewhere. You may be lucky enough to pick up some collections of coins, quite cheaply, in antique or coin shops. But remember that buying old coins requires care and some knowledge of what you are buying. Do not spend too much money, and check up on the value of what you are buying. Yop can also learn about
history through coin collecting. For example, did you know that the first coins came from Asia Minor, in about 600 8.C.? Coins were hand-made until about 1662, when a screwmill produced good, round coins with a trim edge. Finally, if you are looking for a grand name for a coin collector — call yourself a numismatist
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Press, 9 March 1982, Page 18
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