What are those circles on your coins?
Definition: Tiny raised circles, semicircles, and occasionally spirals that are most often found in or near the center of the design. The imperfections can be found on either face. First…
Definition: Tiny raised circles, semicircles, and occasionally spirals that are most often found in or near the center of the design. The imperfections can be found on either face. First…
It has become normal to see small-size high-denomination notes dominate the top price tier in contemporary auctions. These notes are nearly always from the Series 1934 issue. Seeing one from…
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Time Lapse of Ants Eating Wasp We were out in the supply shed getting geared up to go gold mining and saw a wasp enter a box. Inside was a…
The overall price of producing U.S. circulating coins fell for a fifth straight year even as the cost of making cents and nickels remained above their face values for an…
Gold and silver futures retreated from 14-week highs but they still extended their string of weekly wins — three for gold and seven for silver. On Friday, gold for April…
Certification Organizations Several independent organizations exist for the sole purpose of grading coins, including the highly reputable Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) or Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC). For a nominal…
Circulated or Uncirculated? Proof or No Proof? Numismatic coins fall into one of two basic categories for quality: circulated and uncirculated. Circulated coins exhibit wear, whereas uncirculated coins do not.…
Grading Scales Since rare coin quality varies widely, numismatists have adopted several coin-grading methods to assign more specific levels of quality to rare coins. The overwhelmingly popular method to use…
The global financial system continues to groan under the strain of the accumulated weight of trillions of dollars worth of debt and derivatives, which have built up to even more…