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...
Idiot Alert Dennis Windsor Defamatory Negative Feedback Avoid This Unknowledgeable Buyer Fortunately most of our customers, both eBay and non eBay customers, are reasonable people. However in common with all...
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...
I normally write about fakes but there is currently a spate of so-called patterns being sold on eBay and these pieces of nonsense are being described as rare. I should have hoped that people would do their...
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...
2007 Gold Sovereigns - Re-Engraved Dies The Royal Mint released its new 2007 uncirculated (bullion) gold sovereigns on Tuesday 2nd January 2007, along with the corresponding half sovereigns.Altered Dies The...
There are many fake so called 'undated' 20 pence peices on eBay.The one that everyone is looking for and that is being reported in the news is UNDATED ON BOTH SIDES.It must also be the 2008 version, which...
Brief History Of The One Pound Coin The history of the British one pound coin really starts with the gold sovereign, first issued in 1489 for Henry VII, which were the first one pound coins, and were last...
Investors in Time Rip Off Don't get ripped off by this company.Gold Silver Bureau of Ilford Essex Back about November 2002, Gold Silver Bureau of Ilford Essex, run by John Coppin, went into liquidation owing...