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...
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...
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...
The original value of the United Kingdom Crown was Five Shillings. Queen Elizabeth II Crowns come in two values, namely five shilling or twenty-five pence and five pounds. The reason for this is because as a...
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...
Commemorative Banknotes - What you need to know? Introduction Unless you have been buying or selling banknotes, in other words have experience in the banknote market on eBay, you may end up paying over the...
The London Mint Office If you think the name 'London Mint Office' is misleading, we would agree with you. It is a trade mark of 'The Crown Collections Limited', a coin marketing company. We first became aware...
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 descriptions....
Can you explain the difference between a commemorative coin and a circulating coin? There are circulating coins, commemorative coins and circulating commemoratives so we need to look closely at our...
Replica Reproduction Coins Incorrectly Listed Scams Every day we see numerous eBay listings for replica and reproduction coins which are listed with misleading and fraudulent titles.Often these listings fail...