Nov 12, 2015 | Coins, Gold Coins, Precious Metals, Silver Coins, US Coins
Gold and Silver coins Although collectors and dealers refer to coins by their “metal names” most countries no longer use precious metals in everyday coins. Gold, silver, and other precious metals are only used in bullion or commemorative coins today. For example, the...
Jul 24, 2015 | Coin Collecting, Mint, US Coins
The US has a long, well for us, history of minting coins. In 1792 we established the US mint. The official place to make coinage! Now to be clear, people were making items that were traded for commodities (Wampum anyone) since we got here and stared needing stuff....