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South Africa minted its first gold coin called the Krugerrand in 1967. This coin has no face value but merely stands as a symbol. It is made of 1 ounce of gold and can be purchased for investment purposes. Since then other countries also minted bullion coins. Canada made the Gold Maple Leaf in 1979 and Australia made the Nugget in 1981. These two are much more popular than the South African coin because of its 24 carat purity.
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One of the reasons there is such a disparity between what the average consumer expects, and what the coin dealer actually delivers when it comes to buying coins from the public is that coin dealers see vast amounts of common "junk." By "junk" I mean common date wheat pennies, circulated Buffalo Nickels and Mercury Dimes, worn Washington Quarters and circulated Franklin and Kennedy Halves. Coin dealers are offered so much of this type of material that many of them get tired of seeing it. They give such material the cursory once-over and offer low-ball prices for it based on long experience. Usually people have already pulled out the more valuable coins, leaving the "junk," (or at least the the dealer must assume so.)
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A banknote collection is an expression of its owner�s personal tastes and interests. There are no set rules regarding collecting themes; you can be as individualistic as you like. Some collectors specialize in notes from one country only - often their own. Some collect from groups of countries; British Commonwealth, Europe, or Africa, for example. Others collect notes from one period in history - WW2 for example. Others collect notes with some rare peculiarity, like those with printer�s errors. Some collect forgeries. The scope is limited only by your imagination. Many collectors start out just buying anything that happens to appeal. Some prefer to be more specialised. A specialised collection does have a unique appeal and can often be sold for more than the combined values of its individual components. However, the pitfall of becoming too specialised is that suitable material will be increasingly hard to find. But why not compile a specialised collection while simultaneously building a more general, free-style one?
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Let's look at the doomsday scenario of investing. Many investors, myself included, hold gold because it is a great store of value. If our economy ever goes under (I sure hope it doesn't), gold and silver coins will be used to pay for goods and services. I sure want to hold different denominations and types of coins because not all goods and services cost the same amount. The smaller 1/10 ounce gold coins are the best for this scenario because they can be used to pay for smaller purchases. Silver coins are also really important under this scenario.
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Cherrypicking is the art of searching through coins, looking for the specimens that have been overlooked for some reason. When searching through rolls of coins that you from your local bank, you might be cherrypicking for die varieties or older dates (such as looking for Wheat Pennies among the circulating Lincoln Memorial Cents out there today.)
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2008 U.S. Proof Sets Go On Sale

The 14-coin 2008 Proof Set has gone on sale at the U.S. Mint. The cost of the set this year is $26.95, which is the same price as the...

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Business Intelligence Middle East (press release), United Arab Emirates -Dubai's gold trade has also benefited considerably from the tight supply and strong demand fundamentals of the metal." Dubai is a long-established market ...

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Steel cents and nickels in our future?

The numbers just don't add up, as coinflation so adeptly illustrates. The mint pays more to make cents and nickels than their face value. Efforts have begun to remedy the situation. The first pass at a bill is to create steel cents with a copper coating and to use steel in the nickel as well.

Gold Coins of Roman British Usurper Found

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:31:00 +0000
The number of known gold coins of would-be Roman Emperor Carausius recently increased from 23 to 25 specimens.

The two newly uncovered examples...



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At 7:55 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

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