I hope you have arrived here after reading the first part of this article. In this part, I will be showing you some more examples of the dubious and the downright ugly that at some time have been passed off as...
I hope you have arrived here after reading the first two of my guides. This is my first update of the new year - 18th January 2007 and in this part I will continue with my earlier theme and will be showing you...
COIN COLLECTING IN 2009 The year got off to a very difficult start for many people as the, arguably media-driven,'recession' started to bite hard in January. Many investors were sitting on the sidelines...
On visiting coin fairs and dealers' shops in the UK these days you will usually find at least a smattering of coins for sale which are held in officially authenticated plastic holders. The same is true of...
Gold Buffaloes The Gold Buffalo The gold buffalo is a brand new American pure gold (99.99% fine) bullion coin.The world's best known and first one-ounce gold bullion coin was the krugerrand, introduced in 1967...
I normally write about fakes but there is currently a spate of so-called patterns being sold on eBay and these pieces of nonsense are being described as rare. I should have hoped that people would do their...
A few years ago we started a website called eCoinPrices.Com to enable the public to have Free Online access to learn the Value of Rare Coins. eCoinPrices.Com also gives the current market price of each issue...
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...
Brief History Of The One Pound Coin The history of the British one pound coin really starts with the gold sovereign, first issued in 1489 for Henry VII, which were the first one pound coins, and were last...
Of all hammered coins on ebay, this Northumbrian coinage appears with the most frequency as 'unidentified'. Hopefully my short guide will shed some light on this difficult coinage and aid in successful...