I went to my first show for coin collectors today. I’ve been getting into this new hobby over the past several months. It’s a hobby for fun, not necessarily investment. While I’ve been reading up on the activity in the past week, I also came across unrelated posts I enjoyed from the blogs in the MoneyBlogNetwork and beyond.
* AllFinancialMatters explains why 12b fees are evil.
* Blueprint for Financial Prosperity has some tips for understanding your financial fortress.
* FiveCentNickel presents 12 simple ways to save money on utilities and the planet.
* Free Money Finance advises when to pay off your mortgage.
* Mighty Bargain Hunter looks at the latest American savings rate report, as did I.
* J.D. Roth shares self-defeating blogging behaviors on Meta. J.D. normally writes on Get Rich Slowly.
Congratulations the the money bloggers mentioned in articles in the New York Times and US News & World Report!
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Luke Landes founded Consumerism Commentary in 2003 and has been building online communities since 1990. Luke, also known as Flexo, has contributed to PC World Magazine, US News, Forbes, and other publications. 
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I started collecting coins about this time last year and finished up a complete set of Franklin Halves (VF and higher) this past October. Now I’m working on a complete set of Lincoln cents from 1909 to present with all mintmarks.
I first started coin collecting as a child, but got away from it, eventhough I was still interested with it.
Later, I got into metal detecting, and finding cool older coinage, got me write back into it. It’s a great hobby, and something I like to share with my kid as well.
Lately (also due to metal detecting), I’ve been into collecting trade tokens, super fun stuff.
I do like collecting coins, and now I have many collections. I manage my collecion with a great tool called Collection Studio. It help me to track my collection items and share them with my friends.
http://sharewarecheap.com/Collection-Studio_software_568.html
Welcome to the hobby of kings.