Collecting gold sovereigns Gold sovereigns are a beautiful coin, and as a collectors item some are exceedingly hard to obtain, even harder than the famous 1930 Penny. The reason is that there are few in high...
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...
Developing an Ancient Coin and Antiquities business on eBay is easy, low cost and lots of fun if you enjoy ancient history, or at least have an interest.Research The very first thing you should do is watch the...
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...
RARE and SCARCE are words used in many listings for just about any item regardless of how RARE or COMMON the coin/note or PNC is. I recommend buyers research the item that has either of these words in the...
German Paper Money. There are few great things about collecting German paper money: 1. Easily accesible, whether you are shopping on E-bay or in your local coin shop. 2. Great price range. A regular German...
To some people safe banknote storage means a wallet or a purse or the old cookie jar, or in between a heavy book (pressing notes reduces the grade), but when it comes to storing rare or scarce or a valueable...
Grading from eBay scans isn't as hard as it looks, but it helps of course if images are good quality and size ! I always use scans, however these dull the image from so much direct light. The good side is they...
The societies of Ancient Greece and Rome present a microcsm of all human experience, and the coins of these cultures are a direct link to the people that creat them. The history of ancient Greece Rome...
ERIC is an encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins recently published by Rasiel Suarez of Dirty Old Coins. It is used to positively attribute and identify Roman coins minted between the reign of Augustus up until...