Don't Devalue Your Coins By Cleaning and/or Polishing Them This is a short guide to explain why the numismatic world frowns upon cleaned coins and those that perpetrate the deed. If you are considering the...
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...
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...
How Do I Store My Coins? Coin collectors always seem to have difficulty in deciding how to store their coins. Ideally, coin storage should preserve the coin from damage by humidity and chemicals, yet allow...
Do you have a British coin, which was used in circulation, and do not know if its rare or not? Below is a guide on the very rare and expensive (Price over 100 pounds for FINE condition) British 19th and 20th...
Coin Grading The condition of a coin, in relation to the amount of wear it has received in circulation, is paramount to it's value to a coin collector or dealer. A common coin in uncirculated condition is...
Most of us have collected coins from time to time. Not maybe as seriously as myself who has many albums but simple Commemorative Coins, like Crowns etc. These are usually thrown in the back of a drawer and in...
For many years now the practice of slabbing coins and giving the enclosed coin a grading certificate has become widespread in the USA. The practice is now so common that selling better US coins in the USA is...
some sellers are not describing the gold sovereigns fully, specially these , ask if not sure , some sell re-strikes and do not mention it in the descriptions and some are made of a mixture of 9ct and 22 ct...
Here is 10 interesting facts about Silver proof coins. 1) Always keep proof silver coins in a dry environment. 2) On occasions that the coin is to be removed from it's transparent case, it is recommended that...