3931. Abandoning Your Film Cameras for the Power of Digital Photography
June 07, 2007
My introduction to digital photography was probably a bit more dramatic than most people’s. To get the full picture – so to speak – let’s travel back in time to the salad days of my life as a fledgling photographer: six years ago! Although digital photography was available even then, they had...
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3932. Dealing With the Scarcity and Rarity of US gold coins
June 07, 2007
I’m fairly fascinated with US gold coins and their history, unfortunately for me it’s a fairly expensive hobby as well as being a fascinating one. I do persevere though as much as I can and try to get my hands on as many gold coins as my budget allows me to! Gold has been used in some form or other...
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3933. A Look at the Coin Grading Services Available in America
June 07, 2007
Although there are many coin grading services which have sprung up as of late, one of the best and most respected is still that of Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) and also that of Numismatist Guaranty Corporation (NGC). These are two of the best grading services available in America to date...
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3934. How to Learn to Grade Coins
June 07, 2007
Learning to grade coins is a lifelong commitment if you want to learn to do it properly. You can get all the books you want and assemble a vast library on the subject. You can learn as much as you want in as short a time as you want, but until you’ve got some good solid experience on you, you just ...
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3935. Coin Grading Services Are Few and Far Between
June 07, 2007
The one really good thing that I can tell you about coin grading and coin grading services is that you should never put your whole trust in grading services. This can only invariably lead to disappointment. Not all coin grading companies were created equal, and quite a few of them are more than not...
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3936. The List and Dates of the Various US Mints and Mintmarks
June 07, 2007
There are many mints around the world, both old and new, and if I was to list all of them I would soon run out of breathing space. So, I’ve taken the easy way out and just given you the list and dates of the various mints that are and were operating in the US at some point in time. For ...
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3937. Where you'll find a mintmark on a coin?
June 07, 2007
Since a mintmark is an identifier for each coin and will tell you where your coin was minted, it stands to reason that you will find the mintmark somewhere on the coin itself. And this is where it might become slightly messy. Yes, the one thing that you can rely on is that a mintmark will be on a c...
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3938. A Brief History of the Origins of Mintmarks
June 07, 2007
In the beginning there was only one Mint and no Mintmarks. Not one Mint for all the countries, but one Mint for each country. Then, as that county’s wealth grew and their capabilities grew alongside with it, there sprang up more and more Mints. These were called branch mints and did much the same t...
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3939. How to use coin 2" x 2" Holders
June 07, 2007
These are the somewhat akin to the plastic flip pockets except there is no plastic and it’s not a pocket of any sort. Okay, so in reality it’s only the size which makes it resemble a pocket flip, in every other way a a coin 2" x 2" (pronounced two by two) holder is in a class of its own. <...
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3940. Coin Tubes as an Alternative Form of Storage or Display for Your Coins
June 07, 2007
As an alternative form of storage or display you can always keep your coins in plastic coin tubes. No long-term use of PVC based products should be your goal here, although short-term use is acceptable. As the name implies what you’ll be getting are coin tubes of a certain size in whic...
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