If you buy a Greek or Roman coin from a major auction house specializing in numismatic material your chances of acquiring a fake coin are relatively slight and for that assurance you usually pay a premium...
Inscriptions (Legends) on British Coins + Translations One quick way to identify coins is to read the writing on them. Often this will instantly tell you much about the coin, perhaps all you need to know. If...
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...
Netherlands Gold 10 Guilders, Gulden, or Florins Brief historical notes, descriptions, and photographs of Dutch gold 10 Guilder coins of King Willem III and Queen Wilhelmina. Obverse Reverse of 1875...
Identifying Coins About 100,000 people per year visit our web site for information about valuing or identifying their coins, 5,000 to 10,000 per year phone us for the same purpose. Our purpose in providing...
In 1519, Hernan Cortes and his conquistadores, about 500 men with 16 horses, set sail for present day Mexico. In two years they defeated Montezuma and the Aztec Empire. Hernan Cortes was born in Spain in the...