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US Mint Direct Ship Program
The US Mint Direct Ship Program for the $1 coin was established to promote the use of the coin dollar. This program was established so people could have the dollar coin shipped to their home at no charge. The quantities that will be shipped can be either in $1000, $500, or $250 lots.
The type of [...]
Dollar Silver Certificate
The US Dollar Silver Certificate was issued in response to anger from many Americans that were against the United States’ currency being placed on the gold standard. This was done with the Coinage Act of 1873.
In response from the many Americans with interest in silver and silver mining, the US Mint stated producing silver certificates [...]
Franklin Mint Coins
Do not confuse Franklin Mint Coins with those that were produced by the US Mint. It is true that these coins are crafted extremely well, when it comes to coin collecting, but their value is generally around the melt value of the metal used to mint them. The saving grace with these collectable coins is [...]
2010 Gold Panda Coins
The 2010 Gold Panda Coins are now on sale. The denominations are the same since the change in 2001. These are 20, 50, 100, 200, and 500 Yuan. These represent 1/20th ounce, 1/10th ounce, ¼ ounce, ½ ounce, and the one ounce, respectively. Just like the American gold Buffalo, this coin is 99.99% pure gold. [...]
Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection
The “Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection” by PCGS is in its second edition and is considered to be at the foremost expert on identifying and exposing counterfeit coins.
Not only are the fundamentals of detecting a counterfeit coin discussed but also how to spot altered and cast counterfeit coins. One of the easiest [...]
Standing Liberty Quarter Guide
This will help as a Standing Liberty Quarter guide for the various types of this coin. This coin was designed to make a statement to the world. The statement was to show the world America wanted peace but was ready for an all out commitment to war if provoked.
There was a contest and Herman [...]
Silver Morgan Dollar Prices
There were millions of made but which ones have the best value of a Silver Morgan dollar? Prices will vary from place to place but most are generally in the ball park.
If you are looking to just increase the number of Morgan Silver Dollars you have for your coin collecting hobby, there are place like [...]
Coin Values Magazine Review
Coin Values Magazine is one of my favorite coin collecting magazines to read. I thought that I would write a Coin Values magazine review to highlight some of my favorite monthly columns in Coin World’s Coin Values Magazine and to highlight some other great reasons to subscribe to this coin collecting magazine.
Coin Worlds Coin Values
Coin [...]
Grading Coins By Photographs by Q. David Bowers
This weekend I purchased Grading Coins by Photographs by Q. David Bowers. Over the past six months, I have been reading every coin collecting book I get my hands on. This book is one of my favorites. I hope that you enjoy my Grading Coins by Photographs review.
Grading Coins by Photographs
For anyone wanting to learn [...]
Coin Collecting News – Mike Ellis ANA, Gold Coin Pricing, Native American Dollars
There has been a lot of coin collecting news this week. The first story that I would like to highlight is a story from Stella Coin News, Mike Ellis is running for a position on the ANA Board of Governors. This is an article written by Mike Ellis explaining why he is running. I look [...]
