best Collector supplies
With the price of gold remaining strong, you may have reached a decision to sell those old gold coins you have stashed away. Or you may be thinking of purchasing gold coins, and want to know the true value of gold coins best Collector supplies before you go along to a dealer.
Whatever your reason for wishing to know the values of gold coins, this information should help.
First, you should understand there are basically two kinds of gold coins on the market.
There are historical gold coins best Collector supplies which were issued for circulation in many countries, including the USA, up until the 1920s and 1930s. (Yes, gold dollar coins were once issued too.) These circulation coins include famous ones like the American half eagles, eagles and double eagles, Indian heads and Saint Gaudens, and British sovereigns. These coins are not pure gold, but have some copper or silver added, to make them more durable. However, because of their collector value, these coins are usually worth much more than the value of the gold they contain.
The other main type of gold coin is the modern bullion coin issued by many countries since the 1960s. These coins are not meant to be used as 'money' but for investment or for collectors. Popular bullion coins include the American Gold Eagle, the Canadian Maple Leaf, the Krugerrand, the Austrian Philharmonic and the Chinese Panda. The value of these coins is the value of the gold they contain (usually one ounce, or the fraction of one ounce as stated on the coin) plus a premium which can be as much as 10% or more.
To find the value of a gold coin whether it is an old gold coin or a modern bullion coin, you need to know the spot price of gold. This is published in most newspapers and online news sites. If you know the weight of the coin a simple calculation will give you a baseline value of the coin (though you may not get as much as the actual gold value of the coin from some dealers). Next, you need to consult online or printed guides for the price of the particular coin you are interested in.
There are many good online services which will show you the actual prices currently being paid for gold coins on auction sites like eBay. You can also browse auction sites like eBay yourself, to see what people want you to pay for particular gold coins. Remember that the rarity, and the condition or grade of gold coins, particularly historical ones, make a huge difference to their value. If you own a gold coin and have trouble identifying what it is, there are excellent books and catalogs you can consult which are still better and more comprehensive than anything online.
For historical coins you will need to know the actual gold weight of the coin (the percentage of the weight which is real gold) to assess its value against the spot price of gold, and many online services also make this easy. For bullion coins, the actual weight is stated on the coin itself.
tag : best Collector supplies
Sunday, October 9, 2016
Coins Honoring the Chinese Lunar Symbols Are Popular
best Collector supplies
Many major mints have issued coin series honoring the Chinese Lunar calendar. These naturally produce a twelve coin series that makes collecting the entire set relatively easy. One can anticipate when a series might, end and make arrangements to obtain one of each coin from it.
Starting in 2008, the best Collector supplies issued in order should be mouse or rat, ox, tiger, rabbit or hare, dragon, snake, horse, goat or ram, monkey, rooster or cock, dog, and pig or hog. Not every mint uses the same word for the symbols, and some mints even refer to the series as the Chinese zodiac series.
Perhaps the most widely known and most popular are the Perth Mint's multiple series. The Perth Mint started issuing Chinese lunar best Collector supplies in 1997 with the gold mouse coin in multiple denominations. In 1999 the silver and gilded coins were added with the year of the rabbit. Now, the Perth Mint is issuing series II coins.
The silver and gold coins of the Perth Mint are issued as bullion coins, and come in multiple denominations. The images on the silver and gold coins differ, making them distinct series from each other, a real plus for the serious collector. This is a normal practice of the Perth Mint, which shows the dedication of the mint to retaining its stellar reputation. The sizes of the silver coins are one-half Troy ounce, one Troy ounce, two Troy ounces, five Troy ounces, ten Troy ounces, and one kilogram.
Perth lunar collector coins are the proof, the proof-like colorized, and the gilded silver coins, all of which are available in the one Troy ounce size. The most desirable version is the one kilogram limited edition that features a diamond in the eye of the image. Occasionally other versions were released, such as the five Troy ounce gilded rooster. Colorized coins are limited to recent years, and are also available as bullion coins. Collector coins are accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, and often housed in a case, although the case is optional for the gilded coins.
The Perth Mint issued three years at once to finish the silver series, which started two years later than the gold series. So, the 2010 silver tiger coins of series I have been available for quite some time.
The series II coins have different dimensions than the series I coins. The one Troy ounce coins are thinner, but have a larger obverse and reverse. This allows more detail with the images, and makes distinguishing series easier. The series II coins started with the year of the mouse in 2008. It is still early enough to start collecting series II and obtain most of the coins from the mint as they are issued.
The Royal Australian Mint produces coins of the Chinese Lunar calendar in both gold and silver. The gold coins appear in sets with the silver coin. These coins and sets were designed for the mint's corporate customers, but are now being made available, on a very limited bases, to the collecting community. In the past the Royal Australian Mint has issued to collectors smaller silver lunar coins.
The Royal Canadian Mint issues lunar coins based on the Chinese Lunar calendar that consists of silver coins with a gold center. These are not the gilded coins, since the entire center is gold. They make a very nice appearance, and are very desirable.
tag : best Collector supplies
Many major mints have issued coin series honoring the Chinese Lunar calendar. These naturally produce a twelve coin series that makes collecting the entire set relatively easy. One can anticipate when a series might, end and make arrangements to obtain one of each coin from it.
Starting in 2008, the best Collector supplies issued in order should be mouse or rat, ox, tiger, rabbit or hare, dragon, snake, horse, goat or ram, monkey, rooster or cock, dog, and pig or hog. Not every mint uses the same word for the symbols, and some mints even refer to the series as the Chinese zodiac series.
Perhaps the most widely known and most popular are the Perth Mint's multiple series. The Perth Mint started issuing Chinese lunar best Collector supplies in 1997 with the gold mouse coin in multiple denominations. In 1999 the silver and gilded coins were added with the year of the rabbit. Now, the Perth Mint is issuing series II coins.
The silver and gold coins of the Perth Mint are issued as bullion coins, and come in multiple denominations. The images on the silver and gold coins differ, making them distinct series from each other, a real plus for the serious collector. This is a normal practice of the Perth Mint, which shows the dedication of the mint to retaining its stellar reputation. The sizes of the silver coins are one-half Troy ounce, one Troy ounce, two Troy ounces, five Troy ounces, ten Troy ounces, and one kilogram.
Perth lunar collector coins are the proof, the proof-like colorized, and the gilded silver coins, all of which are available in the one Troy ounce size. The most desirable version is the one kilogram limited edition that features a diamond in the eye of the image. Occasionally other versions were released, such as the five Troy ounce gilded rooster. Colorized coins are limited to recent years, and are also available as bullion coins. Collector coins are accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, and often housed in a case, although the case is optional for the gilded coins.
The Perth Mint issued three years at once to finish the silver series, which started two years later than the gold series. So, the 2010 silver tiger coins of series I have been available for quite some time.
The series II coins have different dimensions than the series I coins. The one Troy ounce coins are thinner, but have a larger obverse and reverse. This allows more detail with the images, and makes distinguishing series easier. The series II coins started with the year of the mouse in 2008. It is still early enough to start collecting series II and obtain most of the coins from the mint as they are issued.
The Royal Australian Mint produces coins of the Chinese Lunar calendar in both gold and silver. The gold coins appear in sets with the silver coin. These coins and sets were designed for the mint's corporate customers, but are now being made available, on a very limited bases, to the collecting community. In the past the Royal Australian Mint has issued to collectors smaller silver lunar coins.
The Royal Canadian Mint issues lunar coins based on the Chinese Lunar calendar that consists of silver coins with a gold center. These are not the gilded coins, since the entire center is gold. They make a very nice appearance, and are very desirable.
tag : best Collector supplies
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)