It seems like money is everything today. People use credit cards a lot to buy things and pay for where they live. Coins and banknotes, just like credit cars can be used to buy and sell. But they can also be a great business or investment because of their strong demand by collectors. Precious metals have always been considered a great investment. Most people might believe that venturing into something like this is not possible for them. At the same time there is a complete range of prices and you can find something that would be within your budget. Simple people cannot invest in paintings or antiques because the cheapest piece of real value could cost 20,000-40,000 dollars. While, even a student could invest his 100 dollars into a nice collectible coin. Coin investment is highly profitable. Coins do not only have their nominal or implied value, but also collectible value. Even when there are downfalls on the market, one can always sell coins for what they are – quality gold and silver. However, the collectible value is what makes coin investment really profitable. This value is determined by several factors like mintage and country of emittence. Besides, gold is always appreciating in price, so the value of a single coin is rarely the same price for 2-3 consecutive years. Even in bad years collectible coins appreciate 5-6% of their price.