What a sad world it has become when an institution such as Ebay that was built on trust is becoming a victim of its own success and its members have to start watching out for these twisted individuals who are...
I collect German Coins for abt. 30 years now and I never in all my life came across a GOLD Nazi Coin. Just think of it clearly: The Nazi-Reichsmarks has never been a free exchangable value, to my knowledge the...
These two errors are confused by many! An Off center error is a Planchet that was struck partially out from under the dies. It will be missing some of the design of the intended coin. Example: it will be...
A CAST COUNTERFEIT is a replication of a genuine coin usually created by making molds of the obverse and reverse, then casting base metal in the molds. A seam is usually visible on the edge unless it has been...
There seems to be alot of selling on EBay for the Notes and Coins of Singapore, being having a stable currency and a no-nonsense tolerance of Fraud and Counterfeiting.A GREAT BUY!! However, there are a...
Beginning in 2004, PCGS began designating coins delivered by the U.S. Mint in the 30 day period following the initial sales date of a new product as "First Strike". For instance, new American Silver Eagles...
While most collectors believe that 1964 was the last year that the United States Mints struck 90% silver coins for circulation -- 1966 was actually the last year of the 90% silver coinage output for...
Along with the new design process of the Presedential dollar series, comes new errors! The new process involves a separate die to create the lettering on the edge of the new coins. Some coins have already...
The U.S. cent and Sacajawea dollar are the only coins currently minted in the United States which the profiles face to the right. All other US coins incuding the half dollar, quarter, dime, and nickel, all...
The Presidential Dollar Coin series is a new type of regular, circulating dollar coin, issued by the U.S. Mint that began this year. These dollar coins are made on the same planchets as the Sacagawea...