WEAR ZONES ON THE AUSTRALIAN SOVEREIGN The highest zones of a coin’s design wear away first. In order to assess a coin's grade, examining these zones with a good eye and a magnifying glass is essential....
A NEW COIN PRESENTATION AND CERTIFICATION SYSTEM Overgrading remains one of the most serious and overwhelming problems for Ebay buyers of coins and banknotes. Of similar concern is coin cleaning and banknote...
As a general rule about Cleanning coins!, Coins should not be cleaned at all as doing so may end up ruining the coin's numismatic value, As a collector I will pay a considerable premium over the catalogue...
What is the difference between a coin, token, and medal? This is important to know, because even many collectors confuse them, calling them all coins. A coin is a piece of (usually) metal with an assigned...
I have been collecting Australian pre-decimal coins for over 30 years off on. I was told by an Old Mate to always try to get 2 of each And most Important " Good Qualtiy". This paid off after the...
While most collectors believe that 1964 was the last year that the United States Mints struck 90% silver coins for circulation -- 1966 was actually the last year of the 90% silver coinage output for...
If there's one thing that devotees and critics of the pre-decimal proof series agree on, it's the variability and individuallity of these proofs. Collectors of modern proof coins see absolutely no variation...