Starting a collection is never easy when faced with the multitude of collectible coins. Therefore, our answers to your questions can guide and inform you to begin a potential collection.

What type of coin can one start a collection with?

⁣⁢When we don't have a very high budget and want to start a coin collection, the ideal is to begin with modern coins: specifically two-euro coins, and mainly colorized two-euro coins. We can easily find colorized or non-colorized two-euro coins for around ten euros each in our section: Euro coins.⁤⁣

⁣⁢What are the most popular products in this category: Euro coins?⁤⁣

⁣⁢The most sought-after two-euro coins in this category, and the most desired, primarily concern the great figures and events of our French history, but also the history of Europe and the World. The themes found on these coins are rich and varied: Marianne, François Mitterrand, General de Gaulle, Europe, and the national particularities of each country, such as Ireland or Spain.⁤⁣

What do you recommend next?

After two-euro coins, you can continue your collection with other denominations from the Eurozone: 10 euros, 20 euros, 50 euros, 100 euros, 200 euros, 500 euros, and notably for France, products from the Monnaie de Paris, with various themes. Indeed, from Marie Curie to the General de Gaulle, moving through the fall of the Berlin Wall, or even Asterix, the coins issued by the Paris Mint cover a wide range of themes concerning our French History.

In what metal do you recommend buying these coins?

It's difficult to recommend one specific precious metal to buy for your collectible coins. Naturally, gold metal with a purity equivalent to 999 ‰ remains the most appreciated metal by our collector-investors who wish to diversify their heritage assets. The historical value of the coin, along with the rarity of its mintage, combine with the metal's value to make it the perfect collectible coin for your future and your grandchildren.

And the other metals?

Naturally, silver metal possesses the same intrinsic characteristics from an investment and heritage perspective as gold metal, and allows individuals with a more restricted budget to enjoy the same advantages. Furthermore, we mustn't forget metals like bronze, or various other alloys which, while less precious than gold and silver, have significant appeal due to the minting quality and limited mintage of these coins. Personally, I prefer ancient coins, what do you think? Everything we've discussed previously also applies to ancient coins. Naturally, we're no longer dealing with a recent, shiny, and often sealed product. Instead, we're looking at a collectible coin that has lived through time, and whose history can be seen through the traces of handling and use it bears. 

Personally, I prefer ancient coins, what do you think?

⁣⁢Everything we've discussed previously also applies to ancient coins. Obviously, we are no longer dealing with a recent, shiny, and often sealed product. Instead, we are dealing with a collectible coin that has lived through time, and whose history can be seen through the traces of handling and use present.⁤⁣

During what period can we start this collection of ancient coins?

⁣⁢First, you must choose a historical period, keeping in mind that ancient coins have been minted since the Roman Empire (and even earlier), up to the end of World War II, which can be considered the beginning of the modern era. Regarding French ancient coins, the historical periods are recommended for starting your collection because they are very rich: coins from the two World Wars, Napoleon I, Henry IV, Charlemagne, and many other major figures and events in French history.⁤⁣

As a collector of coins from the First Empire myself, I can only advise you to collect coins featuring the effigy of the Emperor: Napoleon I.