Coins are neat, just in and of themselves, rare or not, coins are pretty dang cool. They can be pretty to look at. They can tell you a bit about the country they are from. The sheer variety of coins is impressive. You have round coins (the standard), square coins Read more
I’m going to be honest, I did not know what the word for a coin collector was. I would have just gone with, ‘coin collector.’ But turns out, like stamp collectors (philatelist), matchbook collectors (phillumenists), comic book collectors (wait for it…pannapictagraphists), and flag collectors (vexillophiles) there is a very specific Read more
Should I get my coins certified? The answer to both of these questions is possibly. I have discussed the overall factors that determine whether a coin is valuable or not(Date, mint mark, condition and precious metals content) in previous posts. A coin is not valuable based on it being certified Read more