Someone often asks me， “What’s your hobby? Do you like collecting stamps?”

In fact， I’m fond of fishing， collecting stamps， and playing basketball。 But I spend most of my spare time collecting foreign coins。 Maybe collecting foreign coins is my real hobby。

IstillremembermyfirstforeigncoinisaDutchguilder(荷兰盾)。Iwasfascinated（入迷的）bythestrangecointhatIhadneverseen。Fromthenon，Ilostmyselfincollectingforeigncoins。Ihavesomenicecoins，mostofwhichhavetheheadofafamouspersonononeside。Ontheothersidetheremaybeafamousemblematic（象征性的）buildingofthecountryorthedateandthevalueofthecoin。

Mostforeigncoinsarecircular(圆形的)，butsomehavedifferentshapes。Forexample，thecoinsofHongKongaredifferentfromthoseofothercountries。TheyarejustlikebeautifulChineseredbud(紫荆花)。WhenIfirstsawthem，Ieventhoughtmaybethey’resouvenircoins(纪念币)，butwhenIwatchedthemcarefully，Ifoundthattheyarecoins。

Coinscanbemadeofdifferentkindsofmetal。Somearemadeofnickel（镍），andsomearemadeofdifferentmetalmixture。

NowIhavealotofcoinsfromdifferentcountries:U。S。dollar，Germanmark，Singaporedollar，Thaibaht(泰铢)andsoon。IthinkIwillgooncollectingforeigncoins，becauseitmakesmehappyeveryday。