Six Questions for detecting fake silver coins
Does the silver coin look right?
Any coin authenticator (highly experienced) will tell you that they often can’t tell you why a given specimen is fake. All they can say is that it doesn’t “look right.” Learn what the genuine silver coin looks like, and when you get that little red flag waving in your head […]
Ladies in Silver
The term “dollar” cropped up from German “taler”, an old coin that has been circumstanced there. At colonial times it was transformed into “daler” until the Coinage Act of 1792 approved the “dollar” as generally adopted coinage unit.
The most important role in dollar formation took Maria Theresia Taler 1780. The bust of the Austrian Empress […]
Ancient silver coin
Do You happen to know how much in American dollars was paid for a small silver coin collection of the Roman Empire at Sotheby’s?
More than four thousand years ago people did not have the slightest idea about money. Their exchange of handicraft things for cattle, grain, fells was known as a barter. Later precious metals, […]
Constantine silver ruble: The rarest Russian ruble
The rarest Russian coin is Constantine silver ruble. Russia has never had Emperor Constantine but it has his coin. The fact that this coin exists prove the dynastic crisis in Russia after death of Alexander 1st. He had no son and the throne was inherited by his brother. As he had three of them the […]
The 1804 U.S. Silver Dollar
There are a lot of famous silver coins in the world, but, possible, one of the most world-famous silver coins is the 1804 U.S. Silver Dollar. It’s not just the most well-known coin, but one of the most expensive. As you can see the price is really high, over four million dollars for each coin […]
The silver coin dealers
It’s an interesting thing, that many not professional silver coin collectors ask quite similar questions. And one of them is how do you know how to cope with silver coin dealer when you want to buy silver coins?
First of all you should check that the dealer is a member of a numismatic association. In many […]
Silver Coin Grading
Silver coin grading is the process used to determine the condition and value of a particular coin. The higher the grade, the higher the value.
Most of the time, coins (not silver only - any coins) are graded on a scale that ranges from 0-70. This scale was developed many years past by Dr. William Shelby. […]
Silver coin proof sets
Many silver coin enthusiasts prefer to collect silver coin proof sets. Some people who like the aesthetics of the coins in their presentation like also to collect silver coin proof sets. They believe that these sets are very valuable rare specimen in their collections. Not all the collectors have the same thoughts. It depends on […]
Alloys and Bullion
Alloy
An alloy is a combination of two or more pure metals mixed together. All coins are made out of some measure of alloy, except bullion coins.
Bullion
Bullion is the pure form of a precious metal such as silver, gold, copper, or platinum, from which coin metal alloys are made. The U.S. Gold Eagle is not really […]
Silver Coin Collection
Many people have hobbies. One are crazy about rock music, the other are keen on collections. The collections may be really varied. Someone prefer to collect beautiful rare butterflies, someone postage stamps, someone cold steel and someone prefer coins. It depends on the every person and his interests. But coin-collectors say that if you own […]
