WW1 British Campaign Medal Guide A wide veriaty of campaign medals were issued to British servicemen including interesting foreign awards. This guide deals with the standard issue medals awarded to servicemen...
As someone who has collected ancient coins for almost 20 years and who occasionally buys and sells them on eBay, I get the distinct impression that many people come to this fascinating hobby for the first time...
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...
Long, long ago in the 20th century, Fort Worth, Texas, a dealer used this rarity a 1913 Liberty Head nickel, as the focal point of his nationwide advertising program to sell copies of The Star Rare Coin...
Cleaning Coins - It's Often Better Not to Clean Coins, But How to Clean Them If You Must,How to Clean Coins Don't!The best advice we can give for most people about cleaning coins is...don't!We see far more...
Spellings on eBay Is good spelling important? How many eBay listings contain really bad spellngs? Does it matter?We often despair at many of the spellings on eBay. Some of them are so bad that we find...
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...
2005 Liberia Gold $10 - World's Smallest Gold Coins Beware many auctions offering these as "Miniature Krugerrands", 999 Fine Gold, and other dodgy descriptions.Obverse Reverse of 2005 Liberia 14 Carat Gold $10...
Silver Krugerrands - More Following our existing eBay Guide "Beware Krugerrand Imitations in Silver or Miniature ", we received this question from a eBay member:-Q:I found you on another site when I was...
#12 SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD KRUGERRAND 22K GOLD BULLION COIN This was the title of an eBay auction listing we happened to notice.Nothing wrong with that, you might think, until you read on...WITH GOLD PRICE ABOUT...