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...

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 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...

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Coin-rolling related scams are a collection of scams involving coin wrappers (rolls of coins). The scammer will roll coins of lesser value or slugs of...

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...

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

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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

and formed the Whitman Publishing Company. Whitman now primarily produces coin and stamp collecting books and materials. The company was owned by Anderson...

Bi-metallic coins are coins consisting of two (bi-) metals or alloys, generally arranged with an outer ring around a contrasting center. Common circulating...

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

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...

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...

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

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;...

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

refer to: Seigniorage derived from specie (metal coins) is a tax added to the total cost of a coin (metal content and production costs) that a customer...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...