Think Like a Collector

How to Think Like a Collector
Start with a Collecting Plan...

Inside This Report
• Serious Collectors Make the Most Money
• Systematically Collect Coins
• Our Rare Coin Specialists Can Help You

As you begin to assemble your coin collection today, it's important to take into consideration who your collection will interest later when you get ready to sell.

Over the decades, Austin Rare Coins management team has carefully studied the success of many of the best known coin collectors. This has lead us to recommend a distinctive collecting strategy to our clients, one that we feel will add to the pleasure of ownership and the long-term financial success of collecting.

This approach is an ideal way to help you identify the most appealing and desirable areas of the coin market to build your collection around.

Always Think Like A Coin Collector
Time has proven that serious collectors tend to make the most money in rare coins. Typically, they search out “undervalued coins” and purchase at prices "well below" previous market highs. They hold their coins patiently and wait to sell into hot coin markets.

Put Rare Coins in Perspective
Rare coins have an extremely limited, fixed supply. Historically, coins increase in value when a wave of new collectors enter the market and their demand overwhelms supply. In a rising market, newcomers are forced to bid-up prices to entice the old-time coin collectors to sell. Keep in mind that coins do not go up forever. Coins trade up and down in long market cycles and they do go down in price as well as up– that is why timing is a key factor to long-term success.

Systematically Collect
Buying a few coins here and there with no plan or goals usually leads to a hodge-podge collection of coins. Avoid this approach that makes your collection harder to sell later. We find that the most successful Rare Coin portfolios to be sold in recent years were built by "systematically" assembling historically rare and desirable coins. Developing a plan early makes all the difference.

Focus on a Precise Area of the Market
Thousands of coins have been issued over the past 200 years by the U.S. Mint. Very few collectors or coin dealers can be experts in more than a few areas of the market. For that reason, it’s important to build a long-term relationship with a company who matches your collecting interests, one that's a major coin firm like Austin Rare Coins.

This Austin Report continues with a listing of many of the areas of Rare Coin Collecting in which we actively buy, sell, and trade coins. Use this list to aid you in deciding on special areas of focus for your collection.

Set Goals, Pick Areas That Interest You

Rare Coin Investors/Collectors	Super Collectors/Numismatists	Traditional Coin Collectors
U.S. Mint Pre-1933 Gold Coins • $20 Liberty Head 1849-1907 • $20 Saint-Gaudens 1907-1933 • $10, $5, $3 Princess • $2, $1 Gold • Gold by Mint Mark P, S, D Silver Coins • Morgan Silver Dollars • Peace Silver Dollars • Silver Half Dollars Modern Bullion Coins • Bullion Silver • Bullion Gold • Silver American Eagles	Focus on Rarity • Extreme Rarities • Early Proof Sets • Colonial Coins • Territorial Coins • Pattern Coins • Fractional Gold Coins • Error Coins • CC Gold & Silver Dollars • Shipwreck Gold Coins Pre-Civil War Gold by Mint • Dahlonega • Charlotte • New Orleans	Small Coinage • Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, • Quarters, Half Dollars, Silver Dollars • Coins by Mint Mark • Date Sets by Denomination Modern Coins • Proof Sets by Year • Uncirculated Sets by Year • Presidential Golden Dollars • Proof Coins • All Other Issues from U.S. Mint Modern World Coins • China Mint Panda • Australian Kangaroo & Kookaburra • Canadian Royal Mint
We're Rare Date Gold Experts At Austin Rare Coins, we employ a team of knowledgeable Rare Coin Specialists. Our Numismatic Experts are acknowledged as pillars of authority in the industry. While we offer a wide range of U.S. coins, here are key areas in which we have a unique interest. 1. We specialize in building Pre-Civil War coin collections– coins from the long-closed, almost forgotten branches of the U.S. Mint in Dahlonega GA, Charlotte NC, and New Orleans LA. 2. Our entire staff has been trained as specialists in Pre-1933 gold coins. We can answer many of your questions about how to build collections of Rare Date Gold from the 1800's or the early 1900's. 3. Our Buying Trust also knows the U.S. Silver Dollar market inside and out. This year, we have found this to be a very hot market and an ideal way to diversify beyond a gold coin collection. 4. We also have individual Rare Coin Specialists who are experts in specific areas of the collector market like Pattern coins, Commemoratives, C-Mint gold, D-Mint gold, modern gold issues etc. How To Get Started? Before you begin to build a serious collection of coins, talk with our team of Rare Coin Specialists first. We can discuss your goals and areas of focus. Planning will make it easier to finish a collection within a clearly defined budget range. Absolutely Confidential Advice Our confidential advice is a distinctive part of the service that we offer our clients. With nearly 18 years of dedication to our clients, Austin Rare Coins has earned a reputation for professionalism that's well deserved. Questions? Our staff at Austin Rare Coins is available seven days a week from 9am to 9pm at 1-800-928-6468.