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....
1780 Maria Theresa (Theresia) Thaler First Things First The first thing to note about these coins is that they were not struck in 1780, but have been issued ever since, as an official restrike by the Austrian...
WW1 British Campaign Medal Guide A wide veriaty of campaign medals were issued to British servicemen including interesting foreign awards. This guide deals with the standard issue medals awarded to servicemen...
I hope you have arrived here after reading the first part of this article. In this part, I will be showing you some more examples of the dubious and the downright ugly that at some time have been passed off as...
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...
Churchill Commemorative Crown In 1965, the Royal Mint issued a British crown (five shilling coin) to commemorate Sir Winston Spencer Churchill. We provide a brief description and photographs.Obverse Reverse of...
The Utah quarter shows two locomotives moving toward the Golden Spike that joined the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads, creating the nation’s transcontinental railroad in 1869. The inscription says,...
The reverse of Montana’s quarter depicts a bison skull above the diverse Montana landscape with the inscription “Big Sky Country.” The coin also bears the inscriptions, “Montana” and “1889.” It was designed...
Inscriptions (Legends) on British Coins + Translations One quick way to identify coins is to read the writing on them. Often this will instantly tell you much about the coin, perhaps all you need to know. If...
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...