How to identify your British India Coins coins

How to identify your British India Coins coins

http://worldcoingallery.com offers some unique way to identify your coins. This method can be used to identify your British India Coin Collection and to also know the market value of those coins. You have to follow some simple steps. 

Step 1. Confirm that your coin belongs to British India period. Get help from the details provided . 

Step 2. Once you confirmed that the coin is from British India period scroll to the bottom of the country page and follow the view all link. 

Step 3. When you find your coin type, note the catalogue number. Return to the top of the country page and follow the link to display the value of the coin. Values are provided for the most common date of each coin type in 5 condition grades. Remember that specific date coins may be worth much more.

How to grow your British India Coin Collection

One who enters into the world of coin collecting may grab a lot of regular coins from friends, swappers and sellers. Once you get some coins list them and arrange them in a chronological order. You will find a lot of Quarter annas, one annas, King George coins in your collection. You will find that many of the coins are missing from your British India Coin Collection. How can you grow your collection and become the proud owner of a decent British India Coin Pattern. You can increase your collection by buying coins in auctions, buying at collectors shops, swapping, bulk of coins, and so on...Here we discuss some major possibilities by which one can improve your collection.

Get a membership of the nearby numismatic society: This give you enough exposure to collectors around you. You will get chance to exchange coins and buy coins. Most of the numismatic societies conduct weekly auctions. You can buy coins at reasonable prices.

Get involved in coin swapping: swapping is one good way to increase your collection. For common coins the swap is good mode. Most of the regular coins are get listed in swapping sites. Numista is one good example of online swapping site.

Visit Coin vendors regularly: Exchanges and swapping will get you regular and common coins. For getting high value British India Coins especially silver and gold coins you have to shell out money. Vendors sell coins regularly but they get hold of high quality coins rarely. So keep visiting more than one (as much as you can) vendors regularly.

Keep your collection tidy and neat: it is important to keep your collection neat and tidy. Only if you know about your collection you will be able to exchange your doubles and get new coins. Always try to get good coins and push off old coins.

How do you store and manage your collection?

Coin holders and sheets

Collectors prefer to keep their collection neat and tidy so that they can be exhibited as and when required, add new coins when they come and exchange duplicate coins with friends. There are several ways to keep coins safe and tidy. I would like to describe my way of keeping coins for those who want to keep the coins. 

First I take all new coins and wash them with light soap water, rinse several times with clean water and rub with brass brush and remove the dirt and acid as far as possible. Once the coins are neat it will be dried and make moisture free. Now I will select the good ones and insert them using 2X2 inch acid free flip holders. Now the details available will be recorded on the flips with a pen. As the coins accumulate in the flips they will be kept in an acid free PVC sheet which can hold 20 flips. The coins are arranged in a chronological order or keep them according to the denomination. Empty space will be left for those missing coins. Doubles and spares will be kept near to the collection so that they can be identified easily. These sheets will be inserted in a file with separate tags on them. The following will be the cost of keeping the coins in such a manner. 

Files that can hold 20 sheets cost around 250 Rupees while the PVC Sheets that can hold 20 coins cost Rs. 25.00. The 2X2 Flips of average quality cost around Rs. 2.00 that make a total cost of Rs. 4.00 per coin. This may be slightly costly but very neat and tidy way to organize your coins safe and handy.

Why should you collect coins or notes?

Coins and Notes represent rich history and cultural heritage. The number of collectors is increasing day by day and so is the demand for these coins and notes. The value of these items keeps appreciating every year. They have given upward and consistent returns than any other forms of investment (like equities, real estate, bank deposits, gold etc with their cyclical swings). Collecting coins & notes is also a very useful and effective hobby for you and your kids as everyone gets engaged in a constructive manner and it stimulates your creative side. It is also a great legacy that you can leave behind for your future generations.

Common British India Coins available now

The common British India Coins that are available now is very few. Here is a list of low value British India Coins that are available, exchanges and sold frequently.

ONE QUARTER ANNA ONE QUARTER ANNA

1875/76/80/82/83/85/87/89/90/91/93/95/96/97/1900/01 VICTORIA QUEEN ONE QUARTER ANNA 1903/04/05/06/07/08/09/ 10 EDVERD VII ONE QUARTER ANNA 1913/14/17//18/19/20/25/26/29/30/33/34/35/36 GEORGE V ONE QUARTER ANNA 1939/40/41/42/GEORGE VI

2 ANNA George vi (SQUARE) 1939/40/41/42/43/44

1/12 ANNA COIN 1907(EDVERDVII)/1914/17/18/19/20/1924/25/29/(GEORGEV) 1939

GEORGE VI KING & EMPERER 1 PAISA COIN 1943/44/45/47 HOLL (COPPER /1950 /51/52/53/54/55 INDIA & HORSE ( EXTRA PICES) 1/2 PICE 1889/98

VICTORIA EMPRESS 1/2 PICE 1903/06/10/12 EDVERD VII KING & EMP. ( EXTRA PICES) 1/2 PICE 1913/14/16/17/20/22/26/27/28/35/36/39/40

GEORGE V KING & EMPERER ( EXTRA PICES ) 1/2 PICE 1939/1940 GEORGE VI KING & EMPERER 1/2 ANNA (2 PICE) 1835(LION & FLAG) 1942 /43/44/45/46/ 47 (GEORGE VI )

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