Three Good Reasons for Collecting Crown Coins; The Crown is normally the largest silver coin issued during most reigns. Crowns have generally been struck in large enough quantities to enable a collector to...
The original value of the United Kingdom Crown was Five Shillings. Queen Elizabeth II Crowns come in two values, namely five shilling or twenty-five pence and five pounds. The reason for this is because as a...
An explanation of weight measures and their history and weight conversion tables. Weight Table --------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 oz avoirdupois = 437.500 grains...
CGT Capital Gains Tax on Gold Coins Disposals of pounds sterling are exempt from Capital Gains Tax. As gold sovereigns, half sovereigns, and gold Britannias in all four sizes, are sterling, they are, or should...
Information about British Crown Coins The Crown Story First Ever Crown The world's first crown sized coin was issued in about 1484 at Joachimsthal in Bohemia, using silver from local mines including Annaberg,...
1960 New York Exhibition Commemorative Crown The 1960 Crown was struck to celebrate the British Exhibition in New York in 1960. Amongst other British manufacturers, the Royal Mint had a stand, on which they...
Royal Mint Dubious Offers Dubious Offers from the Royal Mint Most of the collectors coins offered by the British Royal Mint are very nice, even though we do think that some of them tend to be slightly...
Chinese Lunar Calendar Year of the Pig Boar or Hog The Chinese year 4705 is the year of the boar, and runs from 18th February 2007 to 6th February 2008.The Chinese Lunar Calendar runs in a series of 12 year...
The Birmingham Mint The Birmingham Mint went into liquidation in March 2003, after 209 years existence as one of the world's leading mints. It was formed from Matthew Boulton and James Watt's Soho Mint and...
The British Royal Mint The Romans The Romans set up the first London mint about the end of the 3rd century A.D. but it functioned for no more than about 40 years. Minting was resumed in London soon after 650...