Coin folders are used as a coin storage method to protect coins from the elements. Protection for coins was historically only available to affluent collectors...

A challenge coin is a small coin or medallion, bearing an organization's insignia or emblem and carried by the organization's members. Traditionally, they...

Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals, and related objects. Specialists, known as numismatists...

are rarely seen in circulation. The coins are sold by the Royal Mint at face value and also, with presentation folders, at a premium to that face value....

A commemorative coin is a coin issued to commemorate some particular event or issue with a distinct design with reference to the occasion on which they...

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circulation coin, sometimes called a business strike (US), is a coin minted and issued for commerce as opposed to those made as commemorative coins and proof...

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Coin collecting is the collecting of coins or other forms of minted legal tender. Coins of interest to collectors include beautiful, rare, and historically...

Coin grading is the process of determining the grade or condition of a coin, one of the key factors in determining its collectible value. A coin's grade...

coins are made incorrectly at the mint, including anything that happens to the coin up until the completion of the minting process. Mint error coins can...

There are in more than 3,000 different VAMs however the coin certification company Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) does not recognize all of them...

Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) is an American third-party coin grading, authentication, attribution, and encapsulation service founded in 1985...

Coin counterfeiting of valuable antique coins is common; modern high-value coins are also counterfeited and circulated. Counterfeit antique coins are...

expensive coins. Most of these are auction prices. Several private sale prices over $2m are not in this list yet. "US Double Eagle gold coin sold for record...

numismatics, token coins or trade tokens are coin-like objects used instead of coins. The field of token coins is part of exonumia and token coins are token money...

with coins that are "much more clearly embossed than the ordinary coins in circulation." Early coin sets were issued in paper or cardboard folders which...

Coin cleaning is the controversial process of removing undesirable substances from a coin's surface in order to make it more attractive to potential buyers...

Proof coinage refers to special early samples of a coin issue, historically made for checking the dies (as in demonstrating that something is true) and...

international third-party coin grading and certification service based in Sarasota, Florida. It has certified more than 60 million coins. NGC certification consists...

A coin slab is a type of holder for a coin. Slabbed coins are typically from one of the coin grading companies. The practice of sending coins to third-party...

scrip) other than coins and paper money. This includes "Good For" tokens, badges, counterstamped coins, elongated coins, encased coins, souvenir medallions...

The Sheldon Coin Grading Scale is a 70-point coin grading scale used in the numismatic assessment of a coin's quality. The American Numismatic Association...

Third-party grading (TPG) refers to coin grading & banknote grading authentication, attribution, and encapsulation by independent certification services...

A coin catalog (or coin catalogue) is a listing of coin types. Information may include pictures of the obverse and reverse (front and back), date and...

plastic flips, cardboard flips, coin folders (press-in type), coin tubes, coin albums, and for higher value individual coins, coin slabs. The collection can...

International Coin Certification Service (ICCS) is a Canadian third-party coin certification company located in Toronto, Ontario. ICCS certification consists...

allowing the coin to be viewed through transparent plastic. Similar to capsules, Coin slabs are a way to encapsulate coins commonly used by coin grading services;...

collectible coins. This is achieved through obtaining rolled coin, boxed coin, or bagged coin from banks and credit unions. A variant of this practice involves...

Toning on a coin is the change of colour brought about through oxidization, which forms a thin layer of tarnish on the metal's surface, typically as a...