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 two of my guides. This is my first update of the new year - 18th January 2007 and in this part I will continue with my earlier theme and will be showing you...
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...
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...
As a regular buyer of hammered coins on ebay, and a member of all the hammered coin groups, I often experience or hear of problems related to lack of care and a bit of thought on the part of some sellers. So I...
Upside Down Heads on Coins Almost every day we get asked about coins described as having "the head upside down", or at least the two sides of the coin the wrong way round compared with "normal" coins. This is...
Simply this:- please do not clean coins using any abrasives, acids or alkaline cleaning products whatsoever ! If you feel you must muck about with a coin a little mild detergent in hot water and your fingers...