There are bonds , there are stocks and then there is a beautiful category called alternative investments, a motley collection of all other asset types. One of the most exotic within this umbrella of alternative investments is collectibles.
A collectible can be any physical object that people can and do collect: from banknotes , coins to watches , from autographs , matchboxes to toys , comic books and so on. There are collectors who gather these "tangible assets" because they love them . There are investors who possess this and hang onto these assets in hopes that they'll increase in value over time. And then we have a completely new category called “Collectvestors” who are nothing but both collectors and investors together who possess it for pleasure as well as for future abnormal returns.
Some collectibles are regarded as rather wise investments year in and year out. They possess some or all of the traits that investors seek, such as liquidity, credibility, transparency, or trackability. Every single item will always have a value that is greatly influenced by its rarity, how near to mint condition it is, and whether you can find a buyer – all factors that cause a lot of variation. Summing it all it is a very opportunistic , little risky , fascinating category which gives pleasure , gives returns and preserves the culture and heritage of the country , an ideal selection for brave , passionate and diversifying “COLLECTVESTORS”..
There are different types of collectibles and collections as follows:
The study and gathering of paper money and banknotes is known as notaphily. A notaphilist is someone who collects banknotes or other forms of paper money, usually as a hobby and passion. The state of the products is a crucial consideration while collecting banknotes. The highest categorization for a banknote's worth is uncirculated (UNC), which refers to notes that are in flawless condition (without any damage) and have typically never been used. In addition, the value of a particular note is indicated in the world paper money catalogue for UNC condition.
Notaphilists collect paper money by:
• Topic ( famous people , wildlife )
• Time period (series, date)
• Country (native, favourite)
• Substrate (paper or polymer)
• Currency ( Rupees )
• Denomination ( Hyper-inflation , Fraction notes)
• Printer
• Serial number ( Fancy numbers , special day notes )
• Grade ( Gem UNC , Choice UNC , Extra Fine)
• Varieties caused by minor or major design changes
• Replacement or Star Notes commonly used to replace errors discovered during the printing process.
• Errors while the note is printed in the printing process.
The study of or collecting of money, including coins, tokens, medals, and similar items, is known as numismatics. The study of money and other forms of payment used to settle debts and exchange products is included in the topic known as numismatics, which is commonly associated with coin collectors or students known as “Numismatist”. Numismatists classify the oldest forms of money as "Odd and Curious" but bartering for other products is not included, even when employed as a kind of circulating currency.
INDIAN NUMISMATICS:
Between the early first millennium BCE until the sixth century BCE, India's coinage developed, initially mostly consisting of copper and silver coins. Karshapana or Pana coins were used at this time.
However, unlike those in use in West Asia, many of the oldest Indian coins were stamped bars of metal, which suggests that the invention of stamped currency was added to an already-existing type of token currency in the Janapadas and Mahajanapada kingdoms of Early Historic India. Gandhara, Kuntala, Kuru, Panchala, Magadha, Shakya, Surasena, and Surashtra, among other kingdoms, produced their own coinage.
With Indo-Islamic sovereignty in India and the British Raj in the 19th century, the legacy of Indian coinage evolved in the second millennium.
The study of postage stamps and postal history is known as philately. It also includes activities like collecting, researching and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic items. It is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps; philately goes beyond stamp collection and postage studies. For instance, the stamps under investigation can be extremely rare or only found in museums.
Traditional philately is the study of the technical elements involved in creating and identifying stamps, such as:
• The design of stamps
• The used paper (wove, laid and including watermarks)
• The printing process (engraving, typography)
• The gum used in stamps
• The separation method (perforation, rouletting)
• The stamp's overprints, if any
• Any security inscriptions, underprints, or initials with perforations ("perfins")
• Studying philatelic frauds , fakes and forgeries.
The hobby of collecting autographs of various eminent personalities is called philography. People have been gathering signatures to demonstrate that they have met the "Icon" they have idolised and have had the biggest connection of all time for last hundreds of years.
The philography is also done in themes as follows:
• Film stars ( actors and actresses)
• Sports celebrity ( cricket , football etc.)
• Leaders and politicians
• Social Activists
The hobby of collecting various match-related artefacts, such as matchboxes, matchbox labels, matchbooks, matchcovers, and matchsafes, is known as phillumeny and the person who engages in phillumeny is a phillumenist.
Panelology is a hobby that treats comic books and related items as artwork to be sought after and preserved and collect them as hobby . People collecting comic books are known as pannapictagraphists.
Comics are gathered for a variety of reasons, including as admiration, nostalgia, monetary gain, and collection completion. The success of superhero characters like Superman, Batman, and Captain Marvel in the 1930s helped the comic book become widely known in the popular culture sphere. Since the 1960s, Marvel Comics and DC Comics have dominated the American comic book market. Marvel is the publisher of Spider-Man, X-Men, and Fantastic Four, while DC publishes Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Valiant Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, and IDW are a few other significant non-manga publishers.