Sniping - Stategy Tactics for Wiinning eBay Auctions Advice and analysis from a "Platinum Power Seller"Don't Snipe Many, many eBay buyers believe that sniping - lurking around watching, then bidding with 3...
Fake gold or real? How to test your gold. Here a few tools, techniques and tricks on recognizing real gold. Sadly, gold hallmarks are not 100% reliable, with unscrupulous people adding false ones especially...
Carat Karat Gold…What those stamps and numbers mean. Is it K or ct or just a 3 digit number? The ‘ct’ is interchangeable with ‘K’ for karat. I’m from Australia so we use ‘ct’ like most Commonwealth countries....
Gold? Solid, Filled, Rolled, Plated? What do they mean? As a pawnbroker and secondhand dealer I would like to share some of my experiences in handling gold with you. There seems to be a lot of confusion about...
Krugerrands - The World's First and Most Successful One Ounce Gold Bullion Coin Kruger Fact File Everything you need to know about krugerrands.One Ounce of Gold In 1967, the South African Chamber of Mines had...
Values Finding out the value of your old accumulation of coins can be quite painful.But dont panic!! There's plenty of help around if you know where to look.Greg McDonlad publishes an annual "Pocket Guide 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 will create another...
Second Chance Offers on eBay As a seller or buyer, should you use "Second Chance" on eBay? We cannot answer the question for you, but we can make a few points which may be helpful to members when deciding...
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...
Precious Metals...Platinum, Rhodium, Palladium, Gold....properties There are more precious metals used in Jewellery than Silver and Gold, precious meaning expensive. They are mainly Platinum, Palladium and...