Coin Cleaning Warning
Every experienced coin collector has heard the cardinal rule: never clean your coins. Yet each year, countless newcomers make this irreversible mistake, destroying significant value...
Coin Grading
Is Your Metal Detecting Find Worth Grading
You pulled something promising from the ground, brushed away the dirt, and now you’re staring at what might be a valuable coin. Before rushing to...
Is Coin Roll Hunting Still Worth Your Time in 2025
Coin roll hunting has become one of numismatics’ most accessible entry points. You walk into a bank, buy rolls of coins at face value, search...
Repunched Dates and Doubled Dies: Die Varieties Worth Thousands
Die Varieties Coin collecting offers history, art, and investment potential. Knowledge builds valuable collections over time. Collecting Tips Buy the book before the coin. Focus...
Cherry Picking 101: Finding Valuable Varieties in Common Coin Lots
Variety Collecting Coin collecting offers history, art, and investment potential. Knowledge builds valuable collections over time. Collecting Tips Buy the book before the coin. Focus...
Struck Through Errors, Off-Centers and Wrong Planchets: Error Coins That Sell
Error Coins Guide Coin collecting offers history, art, and investment potential. Knowledge builds valuable collections over time. Collecting Tips Buy the book before the coin....
Modern Commemoratives: Which US Mint Programs Actually Hold Value?
Commemorative Coins Coin collecting offers history, art, and investment potential. Knowledge builds valuable collections over time. Collecting Tips Buy the book before the coin. Focus...
Proof Sets vs Mint Sets: The Real Difference (And Which Appreciate Better)
Mint Sets Guide Coin collecting offers history, art, and investment potential. Knowledge builds valuable collections over time. Collecting Tips Buy the book before the coin....
Proof Coins Explained
Proof Coins Explained Coin collecting offers history, art, and investment potential. Knowledge builds valuable collections over time. Collecting Tips Buy the book before the coin....
Copper Coin Collecting
Copper Coin Collecting Coin collecting offers history, art, and investment potential. Knowledge builds valuable collections over time. Collecting Tips Buy the book before the coin....