Three Good Reasons for Collecting Crown Coins; The Crown is normally the largest silver coin issued during most reigns. Crowns have generally been struck in large enough quantities to enable a collector to...
Why do we love collecting coins? For some it's the finding the unrecorded variety , for others it's the history and for some it's the fascination. For me it's a bit of all that and more. I've been a collector...
This list of addreviations are used to discribe the quality of coins, this list is in order from the worst quality being "Very Good" to the best Quality being "Proof" VG - Very Good F - Fine VF - Very...
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...
Necklet Rumour We tell the History of the British Two Pound Coin in full on our websites, which we are not allowed to mention here, however we keep getting so many enquiries, phone calls, e-mails, and visitors...
Proof v. Uncirculated? We Explain the Difference We are always being asked the difference between proof and uncirculated coins. One very brief explanation is that proofs are shinier, but of course this...
As a business seller, we occasionally try out auction listings, only usually to find that we have to cancel them within the permitted timescales. So why are the listings cancelled ?-we shall endeavour to...
Those 1921 Morgan dollar Proofs supposedly struck for coin dealer Henry Chapman. These have cameo devices and deeply mirrored surfaces like most Morgan dollar Proofs. (George Morgan did bill Henry Chapman for...
Joel's Crystal Ball Foresees the value of 1999 Silver Proof Set increasing significantly over the next 12 to 18 months. His experience and foresight tells him that since every ten weeks a new state quarter...
Information about British Crown Coins The Crown Story First Ever Crown The world's first crown sized coin was issued in about 1484 at Joachimsthal in Bohemia, using silver from local mines including Annaberg,...