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Yiğit Altay, who was born in Ankara in 1988, has started his education at Fatih Primary School. He took guitar and violin courses at the beginning years at Yıldırım Beyazıt Anatolian High School. He has started to make Turkish Republic Coins Collection in February 2005 and has got the ancient coins collector license from Turkish Republic Ankara Independence War and Republic Museum...
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Grading Ancient Coins
If there is one thing I have learned over the years, it is how subjective grading has become. Many dealers are conservative graders while others grade liberally. Then you have the outright ridiculous seller on eBay that will list a bright, shinny slug as "VF+++". While it is certainly true that grading has become less important than in the past because of digital photography, it is still an important skill that any serious collector and all dealers should become familiar with...
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| Trading & Swapping |
 Effective from January 1st 2009, New set of Turkish Liras will be in circulation. Images of new Turkish coins (incl. high resolution version) can be found in our site. If you want to have this new coin set in your collection, we can arrange swaps or trades, please contact with us. You can mail to info@altaycoins.com
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| Being a Collector |
 Coin collecting is the collecting or trading of coins or other forms of legally minted currency. Frequently collected coins include those that were in circulation for only a brief time, coins minted with errors, or especially beautiful or historically interesting pieces. Coin collecting can be differentiated from numismatics in that the latter is the study of currency, though both are closely related.
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