The Gold Sovereign A brief history, with technical specifications. Gold sovereigns are probably the world's most famous and recognisable coins.We are limited to 10 images per review, so we have created...
Developing an Ancient Coin and Antiquities business on eBay is easy, low cost and lots of fun if you enjoy ancient history, or at least have an interest.Research The very first thing you should do is watch the...
Beware Krugerrand Imitations in Silver or Miniature There are now many items offered on eBay as "krugerrands" which are NOT krugerrands, that we thought it time we published a warning about them.When we...
Purity: The purest form of Gold considered 24 karats is equal to roughly 99.9 percent purity. Sometimes when looking at the stamp inside of gold rings, bracelets or other gold jewellery the numerical...
On 19th June 2008, I won an auction on eBay, (hosted by scammer 99mushroom999). I paid immediately with PayPal. I had bid on the item with confidence that it was covered under PayPal's buyer protection policy...
GOLD FRANCO PESETA 1963 A STUNNING COIN False misleading description by 3,500+ feedback Canadian seller. This seller persistently and repeatedly lists items with dishonest inaccurate titles and...
Branch Mints Since 1871, British sovereigns were struck at branch mints, in addition to the Royal Mint in London.The first branch mint to strike sovereigns was Sydney in Australia. It made good sense to...
Gold Coins Four millennia of gold coin production and use - a brief history.The First Gold Coins Lydia 643 BC In about 643 to 630 B.C., the Lydians had started to produce the first coins. They were quite...
The Gold Sovereign A brief history, with technical specifications. Gold sovereigns are probably the world's most famous and recognisable coins.We are limited to 10 images per review, so we will create...
Gold Silver Price Ratio One way to measure the relative prices and investment potential of gold compared with silver is to look at the price ration between them, known as the gold:silver ratio or gold to...