Ancient Coins: Getting Started

Hi! Ancient coin collecting is a fascinating hobby for any history lover, and is available for all budgets, however, getting started may be a bit complicated.
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Here are some tips on how to kickstart you collection without wasting your money, as I go over some of my mistakes and experiences on this fascinating journey.
Useful Links:
Ancient Coin marketplaces I recommend:
www.ma-shops.com
www.vcoins.com
Auction websites I recommend:
www.sixbid.com/en
www.numisbids.com
www.biddr.com/
Great websites for learning more about coins:
augustuscoins.com/ed/
coinweek.com/category/ancient-coins/
www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Ancient%20Coin%20Collecting%20101
rg.ancients.info/guide/ancients.html
www.coinspot.org/ancient.html
Recommended Literature:
Roman Coins and Their Values - amzn.to/3kEY6CS
100 Greatest Ancient Coins - amzn.to/3hKz1o4
The Handbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins - amzn.to/3iTB1vv
Greek Coins and Their Values - amzn.to/3mKng4S
And join us on reddit at r/Ancientcoins
Of course, if you have any particular questions, drop a comment so we can discuss it

[@evanmoyle]

Learned all the basics in 8 minutes. This video is an example of why KZbin is great. Thank you!

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Im planning on making a revamped, updated 2022 starter guide, with better audio, visuals and some reviewed tips. Subscribe and keep tuned as it shouldnt take long :)

[@mikerichards5610]

I've just discovered you and you're Gold!! I'm going to keep learning from you!! Thanks so much!

[@TrueToMusic]

This channel should get way more subs and views

[@MrYdna1984]

I keep my fingers crossed for the development of your channel! It promises to be really interesting :-)!

[@Mufasata]

Find a coin of Philip 2 with my Nokta simplex , it’s thick little coin looks like red yellow colour with face of Apolon and horeseman in the back ,it’s old as f 😮❤ , looks like coin you showed at 4:55 , it’s oldest coin of my coins 😮

[@DopecatSpotted]

BY FAR new favorite youtuber for educational vids on coins like this. I'm new to this part of the hobby so I literally watch your videos every day. Thank you very very much for them. Please keep em coming. It's a huge help

[@cosmo3665]

0:00 a legend is born 🪙

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Here we are, 3 years later, still going strong. Kinda crazy if you think about it :)

[@cosmo3665]

@@ClassicalNumismatics was binge watching some of your old videos to pass the time, still haven’t bought anything ancient, I consider myself a numis-stacker, modern era legal tender silver coins from the americas/Europe, my oldest coins are pillar dollars and I have everything from Mexican Silver Pesos to Czar Nicholas silver Robles

[@SohelRana-cb9vm]

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[@pempakesang9159]

Nice make videos like this

[@expatatat]

Love all your work and contributions to this community!

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

The numismatic community is an awesome bunch of passionate, knowledgeable and intelligent guys and gals. I wish there were many many more channels like mine!

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

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[@NAPNYC4938]

Buy the best coin you can afford. Such great advice

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

I know some people collect for academic purposes, and may not be able to afford the exact coin they want in good grade, but for the average collector, thats indeed very important advice!

[@aquila_d_oro]

I'm starting the playlist, thank you

[@logicreversed18t]

Some recent Toldinstone videos landed me here, and it's good information. Looks like this playlist just might consume my day . . . and in the end, cost me some money - well, save me money, but gotta' spend money to save money! Thanks for the work you do and sharing your knowledge with us.

[@tanishjain9190]

Your videos are great. I am 17 rn, I started collecting coins about 10 years ago. I have started incorporating ancient coins in my collection for an year now ,mainly inheritance, but my oldest ones are the ones I found metal detecting (304 BC Chandragupta Maurya) I was thinking if you could suggest some easily available and cheap (10-15 USD) so that I can buy one with my pocket money. Also how to detect fakes

[@ramialkadri3625]

If you want to buy i have a lot

[@mitchell99508]

Also Classical Numismatics has another video called Ancient Coins: On a Budget and another called Ancient Coins: Affordable Roman Coins Ep. 1. Also, I would advise caution buying from any random person offering to sell you coins either in person or here online. How can you be confident in any coins you may receive? The presenter did point out that you can generally buy confidently at coin shows from dealers. How is a random person offering to sell you coins different than buying on Ebay? By your current age, you would be a high school senior or a first year college student here in America. There are those who will genuinely help you get started and sell you a legitimate coin. There are those who with a sincere face will take your money and say they are selling you an awesome deal as they place their hand on a holy book of scripture.

[@kevinmccarthy8746]

VERY INTERESTING. No thought of money, really. I think a bag of coins would be great to practice on and build on that. I would just try cleaning a few to see the improvement. As a painter and boat guy, I HAVE love making things look beautiful, even as a small child. I do think I should start out with the basic materal. I would get the best equipment, electrolisis and the like, heating and washing coins to 600 degrees would be later if I like doing this kind of hobby. But just study up on the subject more is the goal. Very interesting though.

[@novoicegaming9855]

Whats the background music?

[@Cio_d-borba]

Amazing channel. Could I ask what kind of books you'd recommend for a beginner? I mostly like ancient roman and greek coins, but I also collect coins of the italian city-states.

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

I have a list of recommended books in my video descriptions :)

[@Cio_d-borba]

​@@ClassicalNumismatics Thanks alot for the answer, I should have checked there first. Have a nice day :)

[@Buzzygirl63]

Excellent advice for beginners! Keep making videos!

[@numismatik]

Great video! I'm thinking of starting to collect roman empire coins.

[@aquila_d_oro]

Me too

[@gjuetaretethesareve]

So beautiful coins

[@daniellethomas3745]

This is such a perfect video for beginners like me!! Thank you so much!!

[@Andranik05]

Excellent video, thank you! Buy the best coin you can afford always seemed like a 'truism' to me. Mike Markowitz says it another way that seemed more helpful: Buy fewer, better coins. Look forward to more of your videos.

[@wormius7350]

Thanks for the video! Your channel has really inspired me to start collecting Roman Coins!

[@ancienthistorygaming]

Lovely coins

[@oxnardschooldistrict5802]

Great video.

[@mateuszburchard623]

Great channel. Greetings from Poland

[@TheOldBlackShuckyDog]

I’ve just started buying medieval coins because I needed a hobby I guess lol, is this same info pretty much wholly applicable?

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Yes! Medieval coinage is widely accepted as an extension of ancient coin collecting :)

[@mrsmith8578]

Thanks for an interesting and useful video

[@mtoptimistic]

Fantastic for beginners

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Thanks, glad you like it! Hopefully this video helps people so they dont make the same mistakes as I did starting out!

[@nikolas_schreck]

I like stacking silver and gold bullion, but I want my first painting coin I really wanted Caligula 1 with a budget of about 1200 can you guide me towards a real little boots

[@Silverpicker]

Really great video!

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Thank you! Im Very glad to know big numismatics youtubers consider my work good :)

[@dafunk100k]

Great video can’t wait to see more from you!

[@gregluisi6735]

Love video

[@fokaorrr]

Great videos, thank you so much!

[@bernicia-sc2iw]

Buy what interests you . Don't buy for the sake of buying . Figure out how much you want to spend on coins , and whether you want quantity or quality. Shop around and you will soon learn which sites and dealers are for you. Ultimately , it's an expensive business coin collecting , so unless money isn't an object , your collection will be painstakingly assembled over many years . Lastly , enjoy what you buy , and look after them .

[@DarthStacker]

Definitely needed to see this. Ty.

[@TheIslanderFarmer]

this is a great channel for newbies like me...subscribed!

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Thanks John! I have an entire playlist with a series of videos that should be useful for the absolute beginner, have a look!

[@TheIslanderFarmer]

@@ClassicalNumismatics yes i saw it, almost all of my free time was spent in your channel..very informative, keep it up!

[@p0staldude000]

Cool!

[@GPCTM]

So, do collectors value more the "facing left" roman coins? They seem to be much more rare...

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

It depends on the type, certain issues have left-facing busts as the most common type. Its a case-by-case thing

[@العملةوأتاتالقديم]

👍

[@silvershine4680]

Very informative thank you ✌🏽

[@SuperFruitbat1]

Any books you could recommend for an absolute beginner?

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Yes, I do! Have a look at the video description, I always list 4 recommendations there.

[@halalcomrade34]

Nice my dad has a collection of coins in a frame from the 1970s!

[@hvachero1]

Whats that very first coin?

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

That's a Tetradrachm of Antiochus VII :)

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

thank you this was very informative I have 4 ancient Romans right now and want to expand to shorter lived Emporers, can you do a video on your feeling of 2x2 coin flips or NGC slabbed ancients? 2 of my 4 are slabbed by NGC and the others I bought raw but put them in flips.

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

I have a video exploring flips and other storage solutions, and another entry entirely on the pros and cons of NGC slabbed ancients. Have a look at the channel page!

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

@@ClassicalNumismatics awesome to hear, I will check it out thank you.

[@mevenstien]

🙂

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

🤗

[@terrahistria]

Nice 💪💪

[@lo-tar1442]

So I apologize for the noob question here.. But is a TetraDrachm pronounced: Tetra-Drock-Ma or Tetra-Drahm? Thanks for all the great information!!

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Both, frankly. Americans typically pronounce "Dram" and "Tetradram", while many people, particularly so non-native speakers (such as myself) say it in the Greek-sounding way, "Drockma" and "TetraDrockma". Both are correct and acceptable :)

[@lo-tar1442]

@@ClassicalNumismatics Thanks so much for clarifying! Really appreciate it :)

[@Guitarfanatix]

Good advice! ^_^

[@robyy1979dec]

`great

[@monedaslimpias]

Piezas espectaculares y vídeo con calidad profesional, excelentes explicaciones y originalidad... Te auguro buen futuro.Enhorabuena

[@IKZELF121]

Hey classical numismatics, really great videos. Im really enjoying watching them. I do have a question, why do you buy raw coins? I dont think ive seen you show graded once yet.

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Hi! Thanks, Im glad you like the videos. I dont like slabbing ancient coins nor do I think there is any good value on slabbing them. I have a video on my channel called "Ancient Coins: Should you slab your coins?" where I explore some point why you would and why you would not slab you ancients. For me, I want to hold them :)

[@IKZELF121]

@@ClassicalNumismatics yes, i just found it an hour after asking the question. I do not really agree with that personally but i can see where your comming from and why you want to hold them. Do you have any social media? :)

[@renatocaber8765]

i have an ancient coin.. 2 pcs.

[@bobtimster62]

How do you do this during Co-vid? Is Littleton Coin Company reputable?

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

In my personal opinion, they overcharge for their coins, but they do seem to sell authentic pieces.

[@bobtimster62]

@@ClassicalNumismatics I'm considering buying some coins from Herakles Numismatics and/or ROMAE AETERNAE NUMISMATICS. Do you happen to know anything about these two guys?

[@robertfranklin422]

I've bought from the later, and have been satisfied. they have COAs and some good pieces.

[@bobtimster62]

@@robertfranklin422 I haven't bought from either. Heracles has some good stuff, but his stuff looks overpriced. Thanks for the tip on Romae. I might try them. Anyone here know anything about Steven Battelle or Musa Numismatic Art?

[@butoantikchannel]

wow.. nice money.. I like it..

[@marklestergamayon4082]

How about i buy a ancient roman coin like tribute penny but its a replica of the original coin ? For personal coin collection purposes?

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Well, thats not an ancient coin then, just a souvenir.

[@jonathanjollimore7156]

Money is old

[@ncrtrooper4642]

Do you have a Twitter a can’t find out the name of this ancient coin I bought at an antique shop I now it’s Roman because I’ve been able to identify IMP for imperetor and AVG for Augustus I was hoping you could help me

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

I dont have a twitter acc. My channel has a ton of videos on how to identify all kinds of coins, including Roman, how about you check them out and this way you learn how to identify ALL coins? :)

[@ncrtrooper4642]

@@ClassicalNumismatics thanks I’ll watch them

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

@@ncrtrooper4642 Once again, watch the videos. Ive put a lot of work there and Im not your personal numismatist :)

[@ncrtrooper4642]

@@ClassicalNumismatics alright sorry for bothering you thanks

[@حبيبيمحمدرسولاللهصلياللهعل-ث3ل]

hi there ... i have a roman coin ... at least two thousands years ago ... how can i show you ...

[@oxnardschooldistrict5802]

First rule of collecting ancient coins - go find a rock. That rock was formed millions of years ago. Process that information. Look at your ancient coin, then look at a brand new modern coin. Those coins are smashed together so much that they could create a coin between them on the timeline of things. Do not buy an ancient coin because you think it's old, even the very first coin ever made isn't old. There are truly ancient things everywhere around you. If you like old things, study geology. If you like early modern human creations, art, history, etc. then find coins with meaning to you. For perspective, at a life expectancy of 50 years, your ancestral line going back one thousand years equals 40 people / generations with equal overlap at midlife. So ~80 generations ago our bloodline was at the historical year 1 AD. Now did you ever think about the following: the early lines of people who were wealthy, educated, and lived long lives might have half as many generations over periods of time. They could have children at 30-60 years of age cutting the steps in the line in half, while poor folks with a short life expectancy would have almost double the generations. Which reminds me of the time my stepdad beat me with jumper cables in the foyer when I was watching the Rock perform a body slam on WWE in 1997.

[@العملةوأتاتالقديم]

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[@ademoluadebayo220]

I have a great piece of ancient coin that I don't even know cos I work in an exchange. I have a lot of coin collections but I just got an coin

[@pempakesang9159]

Bruhh my father have archelogist tools