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...
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....
Please vote yes for this guide so we can help others! Hello and Welcome to our Guide on eliminating the risk of buying Chinese Panda Coins online. Reason I'm writing this guide is to educate our clients and...
This is the coin that comes in the Genuine Official PNC issued for 2006 Queens 80th Birthday. Buyers Beware NON OFFICIAL Packs have been put together and contain the 12 sided 50c coin. The genuine PNC is a...
I love collecting ancient coins, but some people have some strange ideas about them. Here are a few I've encountered over the years:Myth #1: Ancient coins are all extremely rare, and all the real ones are in...
New Washington Dollar Scam One of the hottest items on Ebay is the new Washington dollar with the plain edge. Yes, the Mint did make some errors where they did not put the edge lettering on some of the P Mint...
A CAST COUNTERFEIT is a replication of a genuine coin usually created by making molds of the obverse and reverse, then casting base metal in the molds. A seam is usually visible on the edge unless it has been...
Hi there,During my earlier stages of ebay I would simply just purchase an item just like that as a Buy It Now listing.The reason people list an item as Buy It Now is to make money of course but they have...
Magnification Your most valuable tool when collecting.A set of magnifying glasses are an invaluable tool for numismatists(coin collectors). However, magnification of 10× and up is only recommended for spotting...