Cleaning Ancient Coins INTRODUCTION The first step in cleaning ancient coins is to acquire some. Ancient coins are those older than medieval times and some of the most plentiful are from the Byzantine Empire....
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...
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...
Notgeld is the German word for "emergency money" and pronounced "NOTE GELT" To explain in depth about the various types of German Notgeld would require more space than is provided here, but I will try to...
Selling Coins Advice on Title Description To get the best results from selling your coins or other items on eBay, follow a few simple guidelines, we give a few pointers from our experience. What and Why Try to...
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...
Gold Coins Four millennia of gold coin production and use - a brief history.The First Gold Coins Lydia 643 BC In about 643 to 630 B.C., the Lydians had started to produce the first coins. They were quite...
2005 Liberia Gold $10 - World's Smallest Gold Coins Beware many auctions offering these as "Miniature Krugerrands", 999 Fine Gold, and other dodgy descriptions.Obverse Reverse of 2005 Liberia 14 Carat Gold $10...
Common Names of British Coin Denominations Numismatic Etymology for the Bewildered We keep seeing questions, mainly from our American friends, about the common names of British coins, or about the £, s., or d....
Netherlands Gold 10 Guilders, Gulden, or Florins Brief historical notes, descriptions, and photographs of Dutch gold 10 Guilder coins of King Willem III and Queen Wilhelmina. Obverse Reverse of 1875...