David Emerson, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Jacques Rogge, International Olympic Committee president; and Juan Antonio Samaranch, honorary IOC president for life, unveiled the million dollar coin on the expo’s opening day. It then remained on display at the mint’s booth where visitors were able to view a DVD movie that detailed its fabrication.
“The Royal Canadian Mint is delighted to come to Beijing in the spirit of the Olympic Games to showcase the world’s best and most exclusive gold bullion coin and to show the people of the People’s Republic of …

Collecting old British coins is like looking back on the history and development of England’s economy and currency, giving collectors a better understanding of how present British coins came to be.
Collecting old British coins may not be a surefire way to strike gold, it is a very meaningful hobby for those who enjoy having a relic of the British past. The denomination of these coins is usually in pence, pennies, and pounds that used to have names such as farthing, guinea, halfpenny, and shillings that are usually familiar from English …

The Canadian Silver Maple Leaf is a series of silver coins issued by Canada. Silver Maple Leaf has a static design every year and mostly comes in 1 troy oz of silver. Variation for this silver coin includes proof, privy marks, coloured maple leaf and holographic enhancement. A single-issue 10 oz version was produced in 1998 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Canadian Silver Maple Leaf series. The face value of the 1 oz coin is 5 Canadian Dollars, the highest among other silver bullions. During the February, 2008, …

Ancient European silver coins are among the most widely circulated among coin traders and collectors of the world. If you do a search on Google alone, it will yield you 1000s of sites that sell and appraise these invaluable pieces of history.

Ancient Greece: drachma, which was the ancient currency that has evolved into modern use until the 20th century. Sources explain that these types of ancient European silver coins have been around since 1100 BC, and were widely used during the Alexandrian period. Some collectors sell silver drachmas for about …

This is exchanging dollars for pounds, or euros for yen and so on. It has one thing in common with a household cleaning product, though - if you are not careful you can get cleaned out in a hurry trading currencies.

The currency exchange markets are the largest, most volatile and among the most risky forms of trade in the world. Amounts exchanged are large, magnifying small price changes, and the total daily volume is in the range of two trillion dollars. Yes, that’s ‘trillion’… a two followed by twelve zeros!

Silver, like other precious metals (Gold, Palladium, Platinum), may be used as an investment. For more than 4000 years, silver has been regarded as a form of money and store of value. However, since the end of the silver standard, silver has lost its role as legal tender in the U.S.

Buying silver coins is a popular method of physically holding silver. For example: the 99.99% pure Canadian Silver Maple Leaf. Silver coins may be minted as either fine silver or junk silver, the latter being older coins with a smaller …