Apr 9, 2018 | Coin Collecting, Coins, Counterfits, Mint
WAYS THAT MINTS TRY TO PREVENT COUNTERFEITING Many people know about the anti-counterfeiting techniques that have been applied to currency banknotes but not those applied on coins. People usually assume that coins are not prone to counterfeit but it will shock you to...
Feb 1, 2018 | Coin Collecting, Coins, Gold Coins, Royal Canadian Mint, Silver Coins, World Coins
CANADIAN MINT NEWS The Royal Canadian Mint produces all the coins circulating in Canada. It is a crown corporation which is operating under the Royal Canadian Mint Act. The mint also produces circulation coins on behalf of other nations. A key reason why coin...
Mar 31, 2017 | Coin Collecting, Coins, Gold Coins
It’s Worth What? I am sure most of you have seen the story by now about the “Bit Maple Leaf” and how it was stolen from the Bode Museum in Berlin. If not summary = gold coin weighing 220+ lbs. stolen. Market value ~$4 Million. Shocking! However what I find the most...
Mar 24, 2017 | ANA, Coins, US Coins
Knowledge ipsa scientia potestas est Know it all….In school when you were called that, it was not a good thing. I find it funny that later in life we sometimes feel we have to know the answers to all of the questions. No one knows all of the info all of the time for...
Nov 8, 2016 | Coin Collecting, Coins
Coin Values A lot of people ask me all the time what are coins worth, and if there is money in coins. I try not to giggle at the last one. But it is a reasonable question for those not in the field. Coins, you see, are money, we all know that, so they have a “worth”...
Aug 9, 2016 | Coin Collecting, Coins, Gold Coins, Type Coins
Branch Mints Gold coins have been produced at many mints in the US (Carson City, Charlotte, Dahlonega, Denver, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and San Francisco), however, in the world of coin collection, the sites that have minted coins from local ore are just a few. Most...
