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China: Panda gold coins. These charming, high-demand coins are renowned for being among the world's most beautiful.
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When it comes to hand lenses, four or five powers of magnification seem to be the norm for many collectors. At these powers, an entire coin may be viewed all at once, which is especially useful when grading. Nevertheless, unless you are an experienced numismatist, you will not be able to see characteristics such as metal flow, die doubling, and counterfeit diagnostics on many coins when using minimal magnification. The micrograph shows the head detail of a genuine 1861-O CSA Obverse Seated half dollar. This view is close to what you would expect to see when using a 10� hand lens.
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The famous American Buffalo gold coin now has the first 24-Karat solid gold bullion coin from the United States Mint. With gold prices consistently increasing over the last 5 years, gold is certainly a brilliant investment. Now it shines even brighter. With the introduction of the new American Buffalo 24-karat gold coin, investors now have access to gold bullion coins that each contain one troy ounce of the purest gold available in any bullion coin on the market. These incredible coins manufactured at West Point by the U.S. Mint can be purchased here at GoldCoinsGain.com
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Be especially careful not to push dirt around a coin's surface. Coins are generally made of soft metals, so anything harder than them (like small rocks) will leave scratches that can destroy the coin's value.
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Counterfeiter Reveals Fake PCGS Slab Diagnostics

Early in 2008, the coin collecting marketplace was hit with a series of fake grading service holders, or slabs. The first to be hit was NGC, when counterfeit NGC...

Odyssey Marine Exploration Asserts Position in $500 Million Shipwreck Treasure from Black Swan Site

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:24:00 +0000
TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMEX - News), the world leader in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, yesterday filed its Response to Spain’s Motion...



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Dinar Coins Of The Ancient World

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:20:24 +0000
By David Slone
Great figures from coinage systems of the world in ancient times.
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646AD - 705AD) was the fifth caliph of the Umayyads, which was the ruling dynasty that built a huge medieval Islamic empire stretching west across North Africa into Spain and as far east as Pakistan. Whilst the Anglo-Saxon ...]

Is Collecting by Date a Thing of the Past?

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:19:43 +0000
By Doug Winter - www.RareGoldCoins.com
Is the age of collecting by date or variety over? Have coins become so expensive and collecting so complex that it is inevitable that new collectors will focus solely on type coins? As a dealer who sells rare gold coins to both highly specialized date collectors and to sophisticated type collectors ...]

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Another type of luster seen on United States gold coins is satiny in texture. Satiny luster tends to be less attractive than frosty luster but it can be very appealing. I would describe it to the new collector as having asoft look and it is often seen on branch mint coins from the 19th century and on San Francisco issues from the 20th century.
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Any highly experienced coin authenticator will tell you that they often can't tell you why a given specimen is fake, (short of doing a full objective analysis, as explained below.) 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 that something looks wrong, even if you can't put your finger on exactly what is wrong, trust your senses and don't buy the coin!
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Key-date San Francisco Mint Morgan Dollars

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:29:36 +0000
By Rob Lehmann - www.reedededge.com
There are many dates of Morgan Dollars which are collected as the semi-keys and keys. Carson City rarities, such as the 1879-CC, 1889-CC and 1893-CC have always been at the top of most collectors want lists. New Orleans, which produced both rare and deficient quality coins has their notable run of ...]

In the Spotlight: The Arlington Collection 1854-S $20 Liberty Head Gold Double Eagle

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:47:00 +0000
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Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:14:51 +0000
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Simply ‘The Best of the Best’ in the Heritage Holiday Catalog

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:43:31 +0000
A gathering of very rare and extremely valuable collectibles from Dallas-based auctioneer

Dallas, TX – Where can you find the most famous stamp in the world, the single most valuable set of baseball cards known, original Winnie-The-Pooh artwork, an amazingly rare Patek Philippe pocket watch, an Atlas rocket, JFK’s rocking chair, a John LaFarge stained glass ...]

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