The Gold Sovereign A brief history, with technical specifications. Gold sovereigns are probably the world's most famous and recognisable coins.We are limited to 10 images per review, so we have created...
Purity: The purest form of Gold considered 24 karats is equal to roughly 99.9 percent purity. Sometimes when looking at the stamp inside of gold rings, bracelets or other gold jewellery the numerical...
Most collectors of Anglo-Saxon coinage aim high. They buy the finest quality coins they can find with no regard to expense. This is ideal if you have unlimited resources and are thinking of future resale...
Counterfeit Coins, Forgeries, Fakes, Copies, Restrikes, Reproductions Shortly after the first coin was made, almost 3,000 years ago, someone produced the first copy or counterfeit. Counterfeiting has...
GOLD FRANCO PESETA 1963 A STUNNING COIN False misleading description by 3,500+ feedback Canadian seller. This seller persistently and repeatedly lists items with dishonest inaccurate titles and...
Politics and rare coins might not seem to go together, but they are linked throughout the history of the United States. From the first coins of the 1650s to the change you carry in your pocket today, political...
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...
Magnetic Money Magnetic Pennies and Twopences We have recently started getting enquiries about magnetic pennies found in change.We predicted some time ago that this would happen.Usually when people call us...
A Brief History of the Gold £5 Coin The Largest British Gold Coin The five pound gold coin is Britain's largest and most impressive gold coin, although there was previously a five guinea piece...
1960 New York Exhibition Commemorative Crown The 1960 Crown was struck to celebrate the British Exhibition in New York in 1960. Amongst other British manufacturers, the Royal Mint had a stand, on which they...