You may also make an arrangement with people in the internet having interest in business to send you coins
. In this way you can create a collection of coins from the different countries. Collecting coins having significant historical value is the most challenging part of coin collection yet profitable should the collector divert the collection in to cash. These coins usually minted way back the time of early civilization and made from precious metals which probably make these coins very expensive and rare. Some of these coins are in the hands of the collectors but some are still circulating in the old coin markets. To have at least a piece of these coins a collector must have enough money to cover the price which normally plays from hundreds to thousand dollars. Coin collectors in the US collects old silver coin dollars bearing the image of the lady liberty- primarily the prominent symbol of freedom. It is called "collection by design", since there were lots of silver coins minted before in the US it is still possible to tract some of these coins and purchase in a competitive price. Coin collecting could be a very good diversion though sometimes it involves your budget.