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20-Euro silver commemorative coin: “Railway of the Future”
To conclude its 6-coin “Austrian Railways” series, the Austrian Mint is now issuing a 20-Euro silver commemorative coin dedicated to the “Railway of the Future”. In the 15 decades of its existence the railway has revolutionis...
2010 Australian Koala Silver Coins
The Australian Koala Silver Coin Series, first introduced in silver in 2007, has quickly become a favorite around the world. The furry marsupial is native to Australia and has quickly become iconic of the country. The reverse portrays a Koala Bear (...
10 big silver coins list
By Mark Benvenuto, Coins Magazine Morgan Silver Dollar Peace Silver Dollar Seated Liberty Silver Dollar Spanish Colonial Eight Reales Mexican “Cap and Rays” Silver Peso Canadian Silver Dollar U.S. Trade Dollar British Trade Dollar Britis...
Transformers Collectible Silver Coins
The Transformers Silver Proof Collector Coins are available now from the Perth Mint, one featuring the Optimus Prime, heroic Autobots leader, and the other depicting Megatron, the evil Deceptacon leader, were minted with the approval of Dreamworks an...
King Henry VIII Anniversary Silver Coin
Celebrating the 500th anniversary of the ascension of a king considered to be controversial at the least, the Royal Mint has issued the 2009 UK Henry VIII £5 coins. These coins are available in silver, platinum, gold and cupro-nickel. Dave Kni...
10 great coins that retail for $100 or less
By Mike Thorne, Coins Magazine 1908-S Indian Head cent in Very Good-8. 1911-S Lincoln cent in EF-40. 1924-S or 1926-S Buffalo nickel in F-12. 1913-S Barber dime in VG-8. 1926-S Mercury dime in VF-20. 1913 Barber quarter in F-12. 1913 Barber half dol...
Austrian Electric Train Silver Coin
The 1st Austrian electric train was a small locomotive circling in the exhibition pavilion in the Prater on the occasion of the Emperor Franz Joseph's 50th birthday. The same monarch issued a licence in 1882 (2 years later) for the 1st public electri...
Silver coin to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Birth of Charles Darwin
Best known for his theory on evolution, Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire in February 1809 into a wealthy and well-connected family. Darwin had initially planned to study medicine at Edinburgh University but later switched to studying...
1st Man on the Moon Anniversary Silver Coin
Pobjoy Mint is pleased to announce a striking new issue on behalf of the Isle of Man to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the 1st Man on the Moon. 1st Man on the Moon Coin Specifications: Metal Diameter Weight Issue Limit Proof Sterling Si...
Queensland Australia State Government Anniversary Silver Proof Coin
On 6 June 1859 Queen Victoria signed Letters Patent separating Queensland from the colony of New South Wales. This date is now celebrated as Queensland Day. Graham Smith, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Australian Mint said: “As Qu...
Mintmarks used by the coin producing facilities
eight that are, or have been, a part of the US Mint: “CC” Carson City, Nevada “C” Charlotte, North Carolina “D” Dahlonega, Georgia “D” Denver, Colorado (this facility was started long after Dahlonega c...
Braille Sales Figures
The Louis Braille Silver Dollars join the sales tallies this week. The proof and uncirculated coins were launched Thursday, March 26. The first figures show 40,844 Braille coins have sold in less than one week. While they are not exactly instep with ...
Silver Coin Commemorates Fall of Berlin Wall
The Perth Mint of Australia has created the Fall of the Berlin Wall Silver Proof Coin, commemorating one of the world’s most memorable events of the late twentieth century This 99.90 percent pure silver coin celebrates the twentieth anniversar...
Louis Braille commemorative silver $1 coin
Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar Prototype and Coin Design Images Louis Braille commemorative Silver Dollar coins design images and a prototype of its readable Braille reverse were unveiled by United States Mint Director Ed Moy at the Nationa...
Silver coin to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Australia Post
The Perth Mint, wholly-owned by the State Government of Western Australia, is the official issuer of the Australian Federal Government’s Gold and Silver Bullion Coin Program, has released a stunning commemorative silver coin to celebrate the 200th ...
Silver-Niobium Galileo Coin: Year Of Astronomy (2009): Austria: 25 Euro
2009 has been designated “The International Year of Astronomy“. To honour this title the Austrian Mint in Vienna has chosen to dedicate its silver-niobium coin this year to this fascinating theme. The new bimetal coin displays a three-qu...
Centennial of the Montreal Canadiens Proof Silver Dollar Coin
The Royal Canadian Mint launched a special-edition proof silver dollar which is limited to a world-wide mintage of 15,000. It is available for $69.95 CDN in a clamshell case or $74.95 CDN, if customers choose an innovative acrylic stand simulating a ...
Cleaning Up Your Coin Collection
Most collectors own too many coins. Some collectors own way too many coins and they have a considerable amount of money tied-up in “stuff” that has little relevance to their current collection. How to weed out some of the stuff that has ...
American Eagle Silver Coins Suspended
Before they even went on sale, uncirculated and proof 2009 American Eagle Silver Coins are temporarily suspended, according to a new United States Mint statement at its online store. The popular silver coins are minted specifically for collectors, be...
AUSTRIA silver 2 gulden 1879
From comments to Collecting Rare Coins: Hi there; I owe an old silver coin that I would like to sell. Here is its description: Around the rim: ZWEI. GULDEN . XLV. KET. FORINT* Front: Portrait of a couple; FRANC.IOS.I.D.G.AUSTR.IMP.ET.HUNG.REX.AP.ELIS...
Commemorative silver coins
Modern coinage is following the ancient tradition in coinage. Coins of the Bank of Russia are still manufacturing at Moscow Mint and St. Petersburg Mint. Their features are the high quality of coinage and perfect decorative design. The silver coins p...
SilverCoinAnd.com and Google
The top 20 queries in which SilverCoinAnd.com appeared silver dimes fake silver silver clad silver dimes 1964 1804 silver coin fake silver coins 1804 silver dollar ancient silver drachma 1946 silver dime buy silver coins charles 1 silver coins coin ...
Silver Hallmark
Quality index of silver is hallmark. The higher the hallmark the higher and better the silver quality and the more costly the coin made of this silver. The higher hallmarks are 945, 925, 903, 900, 810, 720, and 640. The coins with hallmarks under 500...
Six Questions for detecting fake silver coins
Does the silver coin look right? Any coin authenticator (highly experienced) will tell you that they often can’t tell you why a given specimen is fake. All they can say is that it doesn’t “look right.” Learn what the genuine s...
Ladies in Silver
The term “dollar” cropped up from German “taler”, an old coin that has been circumstanced there. At colonial times it was transformed into “daler” until the Coinage Act of 1792 approved the “dollar” as ...
Ancient silver coin
Do You happen to know how much in American dollars was paid for a small silver coin collection of the Roman Empire at Sotheby’s? More than four thousand years ago people did not have the slightest idea about money. Their exchange of handicraft ...
Constantine silver ruble: The rarest Russian ruble
The rarest Russian coin is Constantine silver ruble. Russia has never had Emperor Constantine but it has his coin. The fact that this coin exists prove the dynastic crisis in Russia after death of Alexander 1st. He had no son and the throne was inher...
The 1804 U.S. Silver Dollar
There are a lot of famous silver coins in the world, but, possible, one of the most world-famous silver coins is the 1804 U.S. Silver Dollar. It’s not just the most well-known coin, but one of the most expensive. As you can see the price is rea...
The silver coin dealers
It’s an interesting thing, that many not professional silver coin collectors ask quite similar questions. And one of them is how do you know how to cope with silver coin dealer when you want to buy silver coins? First of all you should check t...
Silver Coin Grading
Silver coin grading is the process used to determine the condition and value of a particular coin. The higher the grade, the higher the value. Most of the time, coins (not silver only - any coins) are graded on a scale that ranges from 0-70. This sca...
