Coin shops
Dealers with their own stores can be good resources for information as well as coins.
Coin shows
Here you can shop from several dealers at once.
Coin of the Year
We select and illustrate a particular coin for each year.
Coins tell us much about history, and indeed provide a historical record.
Coin Collector's Assistant by Carlisle Develpment Corp
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The Coin Collector's Assistant is a comprehensive program for managing a coin collection. Suitable for both novice and experienced collectors with an easy-to-use interface.
Coin grading standards
Coins cannot always be graded according to specific rules. There are many factors that influence the price and value of a coin, resulting in the approximately 60 different grading methods that exist.
Coin Collecting Software
Coin collecting software can be a great help to organize, catalog, and manage all coin related data.
Coin Grading Scales Evolve
By the mid 18th century, dealers occasionally made a distinction between a coin that had an "excellent" appearance versus one that was unremarkable (and therefore not remarked upon, condition-wise.) At the turn of the ...
Coin Collecting Throughout the Ages
By: John Morris
Grading
Coin collecting, or numismatics is a hobby as old as time. As a hobby, it has been around for more than 2,500 years.
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Coin Collecting - Terms & Acronyms
Many of the frequently asked questions about coin collecting have to do with the terms that we use on our site. Here is a list of some of the more common terms and acronyms used in the coin collecting hobby.
Coin Collecting Terms beginning with the letter A
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Adjustment Marks
These are some file marks that show up on some early coins.
Coin News from The Coin Alley
A New Jersey coin dealer (Legend Numismatics) paid $4.15 million for one of the 5 known rare 1913 Liberty Head "V" Nickel.
Coin Term Glossary
Alloy: A mixture of two or more metals.
American Eagle Bullion Coin: Platinum, silver and gold coins released by the United States Mint beginning in October 1986.
Coin Terms Explained
The front or head of a coin is called the Obverse and the back or tail of a coin is called the Reverse.
Coin Collecting Terms and
Coin Collecting Definitions
Used by Coin Collectors ...
Coin Collecting Compulsion
Imitative Constantine I bronze, minted by tribal people outside the Roman world in the fourth century AD, with crude devices and illiterate inscriptions, ...
Coin note: See Treasury note.
collar: A retaining ring die within which the coin dies operate, designed to retard outward metal flow and in most cases, form the edge device.
Coin Collecting
Coin collecting is a hobby that can last you a life time. Collecting coins does not really require any special skills to begin or require a great investment. It can be enjoyed by children and seniors alike.
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Coin glossary & dictionary
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Coin language & dictionary Letter W to Z ...
Coin Terminology, A-E
Coin Terminology, F-N
Coin Terminology, O-Z ...
Coin Terms
The following is a comprehensive list of common coin terms. This glossary can help anyone talk or understand the lingo of experienced collectors and dealers or numismatists.
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Coin Market Slang Introduction
numismatics n pl but sing in constr : The study or collection of coins, tokens, medals, paper money, and similar objects ...
Coin Collecting A to Z
Coin Collecting Terms - Letter A
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] ...
Coin Collecting Supplies For Removing Dirt
When in doubt, leave coin cleaning to the experts. When you improperly clean a coin, you run the risk of damaging and lessening its value.
Coin Errors and Misstrikes
It's been more than a year since we wrote our first article on coin errors and we thought it was worthwhile creating an article covering each and every error we've written about.
Coin Market Slang
Musings of an Idle Numismatist
by John Murbach
Barleyville, California, USA ...
Coin Images Courtesy
DavidLawrence.com
Selling Coins
Getting the Best Price ...
coin Metal formed into a disk of standardized weight and stamped with a standard design to enable it to circulate as money authorized by a government body.
coin collection A systematic grouping of coins assembled for fun or profit.
coin
A piece of metal (usually round) with a distinctive stamp and of a fixed value and weight issued by an authority and intended to be used as a medium of exchange.
COIN COLLECTOR WORDS
that start with the letter
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oddity- when something unusual happens to a coin it is sometimes called an oddity.
Coin Grading
To protect investors and collectors, Blanchard and Company, Inc. sells rare U.S.
Coin Book Reviews - General Books
Welcome to the MISC page for coin book reviews. These are review of books that are generic in nature related to coin collecting.
Coin Auction bidding, including web auctions
How you should bid depends upon the type of auction. There are four major types of non-web auctions. I will outline their rules first and then discuss estimates and how to bid.
COIN COLLECTING
WORDS and their MEANINGS
A Glossary of Coin Collecting Acronyms Words and Definitions
Every hobby has its own terminology. Coin collecting is no different.
Russian Coin & Banknote.
Brilliant website by Sadanori Sekine, showing the distinguished coins and banknotes from his collection.
bullion coin A legal tender coin that trades at a slight premium to itÂ's melt value.
burn mark See also counting machine mark.
Coin Collectors love to talk about there coins, especially to other Coin
Collectors. It is a like sports fishermen talking about fishing. You
hear about the Big One or about the one that got away, but when ...
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Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition
This article is about monetary coins.
Coin Collecting Subscriptions
If you're interested in getting a subscription to a magazine or newspaper about coins, you have several options.
Coin flipping is used to decide which team gets the kickoff, which way the teams will play, or similar questions in soccer matches, American football games, and almost any other sport requiring such decisions. The most famous case of this in the U.S.
COIN GLOSSARY
The area that concerns itself with the study, appreciation, and collection of coins, currency, medals, and similar property, is called numismatics. Collecting coins is one of our country's oldest hobbies and it is still quite popular.
Coin Reference Library - Dollars
Sacagawea
The coin's obverse was designed by Glenna Goodacre and features the imagined likeness of Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their trek to the Pacific from St. Louis (1804-06).
Coin cabinets are used by many collectors in England and on the Continent, and by many dealers everywhere. They utilize flat trays with round or rectangular divisions to hold the coins.
Coin Photography Made Simple
by JT Stanton
Principles of Successful Coin Collecting
by Mitch Hight ...
COIN COLLECTING
TERMS and MEANINGS
A Glossary of Coin Collecting Words and Definitions
Choose the beginning letter of the word or abbreviation: ...
Coin Stacks from Around the World
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David Santino, a freshman civil engineering major in Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA, creates the longest penny span ever achieved! ...
Coin Collecting - Coin Collector - Coins
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Coin Doctorer
An individual who deliberately attempts to enhance a coin's appearance by cleaning, repairing, or any other form of alteration.
Coin Show ...
The coin's reverse is a very simple design bearing two wheatheads in memorial style.
The coin information center is the place to come to learn more about coins. Eventually, we will have a wide range of information and data sources that will be useful to anyone wishing to learn about coins.
Various Coin Varieties
California Gold Fractionals & Others
Compare Type I & II Standing Liberty Quarters ...
The first coin authorized by the new United States Congress was a one-cent coin. Because there was not yet a government mint, more than one version of the coin was struck.
"Fleur De Coin"
A perfect, or virtually perfect coin. Fully struck up, no detracting marks, full lustre or mint bloom, 100% brilliance on copper. Eye appeal KNOCKS YOU OUT!! Rarely are these coins made available.
GEM ...
Also not a coin, but Demeter in my rock border, raised bed garden.
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There are several coin types specifically mentioned in the Bible, plus a few general coin references. In this section you will find:
lepton = prutah = "widow's mite"
drachm
denarius
"Give to Caesar..."
half shekel
shekel-Tyre
shekel-Syria ...
The United States Mint has promoted coin collecting through various programs and efforts over the years, such as special commemorative coin issues, collectable sets such as Mint Sets and Proof Sets.
A coin is struck using two dies. One for the obverse (front) of the coin and another for the reverse (back). The anvil die is the one on the bottom, which is usually the reverse.
Proof (PR) - A specially made coin distinguished by sharpness of detail and usually with a brilliant mirrorlike surfaces. Proof refers to the method of manufacture and is not a condition.
Money n. pl. mon-eys or mon-ies - A medium that can be exchanged for goods and services and is used as a measure of their values on the market, including among its forms a commodity such as gold, an officially issued coin or note ...
Coin Denominations of the World, Franc
Numbers refer to Standard Catalog of World Coins entries
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Coin Collectors Guide
We are breaking down the information in this coin collecting guide into the following main sections: ...
 See also: Silver, Mint, Collector, Revers, Reverse
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