Editing Coin collecting (section)

{{short description|Collection of minted legal tender}}
{{About|a hobby|the systematic study of currency|Numismatics}}
[[File:Coin collection.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|A coin collection, featuring coins loose and in various storage mediums.]]
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Numismatics}}

'''Coin collecting''' is the [[collecting]] of [[coin]]s or other forms of [[Mint (facility)|mint]]ed [[legal tender]].  Coins of interest to collectors include beautiful, rare, and historically significant pieces.  Collectors may be interested, for example, in complete sets of a particular design or denomination, coins that were in circulation for only a brief time, or coins with [[mint error|errors]]. Coin collecting can be differentiated from [[numismatics]], in that the latter is the systematic study of [[currency]] as a whole, though the two disciplines are closely interlinked.

Many factors determine a coin's value including grade, rarity, and popularity.<ref name="CW1">{{cite news |last=Garrett |first=Jeff |url=https://coinweek.com/us-coins/jeff-garrett-pricing-hard-to-price-coins/ |title=Pricing Hard-to-Price Coins |work=Coinweek |date=2023-02-10 |accessdate=2023-03-04 }}</ref> Commercial organizations offer [[coin grading|grading services]] and will grade, authenticate, attribute, and encapsulate most coins.