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COINage Magazine
VINTAGE GOLD - Commemorative Coins
WORTH MORE THAN THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD
8 min |
June - July 2023
COINage Magazine
The Phabulous Four: Philadelphia's Four Mints
Many numismatists enjoy the Old West romance of the Carson City and Denver Mints, the Gold Rush fervor that inspired the San Francisco Mint and the mystique of the New Orleans Mint.
7 min |
June - July 2023
COINage Magazine
All That Glitters Isn't Gold
Platinum's Fundamentals Are Driving It Higher
4 min |
June - July 2023
COINage Magazine
Online Hobby Communities are Exploding
Growing up in the Baby Boomer generation, in-person coin club meetings were a tradition. Whether you collected coins, currency, world coins, ancient coins, copper, silver or gold coins there was a club for you to join and meetings for you to attend.
2 min |
June - July 2023
COINage Magazine
Fake Coins On Hundreds of Websites
A Long Island, New York, investor mistakenly thought he could make a quick profit on an online purchase of coins from a vendor he found advertising at www. Walmart.com.
1 min |
June - July 2023
COINage Magazine
Dell Loy Hansen - UTAH BUSINESSMAN & CAC FINANCIAL PARTNER
Real estate developer and philanthropist Dell Loy Hansen is the founder and chief executive offi cer of the Wasatch Group. He is an avid coin collector, the previous owner of Real Salt Lake, and is now a financial partner in the new full-fledged grading service being introduced by Certified Acceptance Corporation (CAC).
2 min |
June - July 2023
COINage Magazine
Keeping Up with the Creator Economy
Creating Content is at a Fever Pitch
3 min |
February - March 2023
COINage Magazine
The Two-Step Process of COIN CERTIFICATION: Authentication & Grading are the Keys
For a coin to be certified, it has to be both authenticated and graded. Certification by a grading service is a two-step process.
5 min |
February - March 2023
COINage Magazine
Lydia: THE BIRTHPLACE OF COINAGE
For thousands of years, people acquired and exchanged goods through a barter system. Early forms of money, to make large transactions quicker and more efficient, included objects such as shells and oxen, but these were found to be cumbersome and not durable. Eventually, gold, silver and bronze ingots were exchanged by weight.
5 min |
February - March 2023
COINage Magazine
Certified Acceptance Corporation OFFERS Direct Competition
Becomes a Full Grading Service
5 min |
February - March 2023
COINage Magazine
The QUEEN'S BEASTS: Brilliant Ferocity
Ten six-foot tall statues, by sculptor James Woodford RA, OBE, formed an honor guard at the entrance to Westminster Abbey for the June 1953 coronation of Elizabeth II.
6 min |
February - March 2023
COINage Magazine
A GUIDE TO STAR WARS COIN COLLECTING
\"A long time ago, in a Galaxy far, far away.....\"
6 min |
February - March 2023
COINage Magazine
The FUTURE of MONETARY EXCHANGE: Will Digital Become King?
Those who study money know the long and winding road of the American monetary system over the last century.
7 min |
February - March 2023
COINage Magazine
What Modern U.S. Commemorative Dollars Are the Best Buys?
1996-D OLYMPIC HIGH JUMP UNCIRCULATED DOLLAR TOPS THE LIST
2 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
What are ANCIENT COINS Worth?
Exploring the Value & Rarity of Ancient Coins
6 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
Bullion DOESN'T HAVE TO BE Boring!
What images come to mind when you think of bullion products — stacks or boxes full of gold American Eagles, silver American Eagles, Maple Leafs and bars? There are hundreds of bullion products available in all different sizes to fit everyone's budget.
5 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
CHANGING OF THE GUARD: Royal Tudor Beasts Replace Queen's Beasts
It has been a time in British history like none other: a farewell to seven decades of one monarch and the start of a long-anticipated new reign.
5 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
The Risks & Rewards of BULLION DEPOSITORIES
There was a time when the bullion industry spawned relatively few colorful news stories, but things have changed, and drama from the world of bullion has lately been spilling into the general media.
7 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
Who says Lincoln Cents are PENNY-ANTE $2.86 Face Value in Pennies Sells for $7.73 Million
What's likely the highest-quality collection of Lincoln Head Cents ever assembled, 286 coins, has been auctioned for a record $7,731,811 by Great Collections, one of the world's leading rare coin auctioneers based in Irvine, California.
5 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
Are Cryptocurrency Companies Based in the Bahamas Risky?
In April 2022, the FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange had just broken new ground in the Bahamas for a new headquarters facility.
4 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
Universal Coin & Bullion Named "Best of the Best"
Readers of the Beaumont Enterprise, an award-winning Hearst Communications newspaper in Texas, have again voted Universal Coin & Bullion of Beaumont as \"Best Gold Buyer/Seller\" in Southeast Texas in the paper's annual \"Best of the Best\" survey.
1 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
U.S. Rare Coin Market Continued to Soar in 2022
The market for rare United States coins enjoyed a banner year in 2022 with many price records set for individual coins, according to an analysis by CDN Publishing, publishers of the Greysheet family of numismatic market price guides. “Continuing the momentum from 2021, we estimate the overall U.S. rare coin market exceeded a record $6 billion in total volume for the year in 2022,” said Patrick Ian Perez, CDN vice president.
1 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
KEEPING YOUR COINS SAFE WITH Victor J. Gonzalez
Victor J. Gonzalez has been involved in the insurance industry since 1985.
3 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
Is the Correction in Cryptocurrency Permanent?
So why is Bitcoin down now and what are the prospects for a recovery in the future? Unlike other asset classes, cryptocurrencies do not exist in physical form.
3 min |
December - January 2023
COINage Magazine
$100,000 at Auction Sets New Record for Highest Priced American Eagle 1-ounce Gold Coin
Contains $1,700 melt value gold
1 min |
December - January 2023
COINage Magazine
COINS FOR FUN AND PROFIT WITH David Hall
David Hall is best known as the reinventor of coin grading and for the founding of coin certifier Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) in 1986. For more than three decades when Hall was associated with PCGS, the company graded and authenticated over 30 million coins with a declared value of over $30 billion.
4 min |
December - January 2023
COINage Magazine
HOLOGRAM COINS GAIN POPULARITY
Commemorative Coins & Security Purposes See Growth
5 min |
December - January 2023
COINage Magazine
VIRTUAL BIDDING
Auction Houses Blend Live and Online Platforms for Today's Buyer
6 min |
December - January 2023
COINage Magazine
COIN COLLECTING Holiday Gift Ideas
The ho-ho-holidays are here again and this T means you've got to get your shopping done! But what do you buy the special coin collector in your life?
4 min |
December - January 2023
COINage Magazine
COINAGE of the GREEK CITY-STATES
Emerging from the late Dark Ages in the eighth to seventh century B.C., the polis or city-state rose up within Greece as various separate settlements emerged within the landscape.
6 min |