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...
A few trivial fun facts about GOLD. This guide is not so much about knowledge, rather it’s about a few little known facts and trivia about gold… something to bring up at a dinner party. For instance did you...
Cleaning Ancient Coins INTRODUCTION The first step in cleaning ancient coins is to acquire some. Ancient coins are those older than medieval times and some of the most plentiful are from the Byzantine...
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...
Well, again it is time to dispell the rumours of what is real and what is fake in the collecting game. Time and time again, militaria and coin sellers purporting to offer real (made when they were supposed to...
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...
How to Photograph Coins - Advice, Hints, Tips More...Coins can be difficult to photograph, but we are happy to share our experience. We recommend the best value digital SLR camera for the job. Benefit from our...
Gold and silver coins have an intrinsic value of the precious metals they contain. This is regardless of condition -even if they are too poor to be a collecter's coin. Gold and silver prices are usually...