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Begin Your Coin Collection With 4 Simple Tips - Author: Hazel Blackthorne Coin collecting can be a very interesting and rewarding hobby. It is interesting because you will learn the history about coins and [...]

Centuries Run 1-100. A penny dated 1900 is 19th Century but a penny dated 1901 is 20th Century. - Centuries are years 1-100. A penny dated 1900 is 19th Century but a penny dated 1901 is 20th Century. The 20th Century started on 1 January 1901, not 1900. It ended on 31 December 2000. Similarly, the 21st Century started on 1 January 2001, not 2000. So 1st January 2000 was still in the 20th Century.

The Saddle Ridge Hoard and the California Gold Rush - In 2013, a couple who lived in California was walking their dog on a trail within their property limits until the husband spotted a rusted metal can sticking out of the ground. He dug the can out of the ground. When he lifted it, he found out it was extremely heavy.

Newton and the Counterfeiter Book Review - Book review: Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) is one of the best known scientists in the planet, but for the last 30 years of his life he was Master of the Mint. As part of his duties was to deal with counterfeiters, and it is then that he came up against maybe the greatest counterfeiter and con-man of his time, William Chaloner.

Coin Care - If your coins are a few years (or hundreds of years) old, then there is a good chance that they may look a little dull, maybe discoloured, dirty, moldy, show fingerprints and all sorts of thing that you may think spoil it from its former mint-state glory. So here's what to do...

2021 Spink Coin Books available for Pre-Order - Two of the most important books on British coins are available for pre-order: Coins of England and the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal and the Coins of England and the United Kingdom Decimal issues. These two form the Standard Catalog of British Coins.

A List of Pre-Euro Currencies - The euro is the sole currency of 19 EU member states. Here is a list of the previous currency used and the exchanged rate as fixed.

Kings and Queens of England from 1066 - Kings and Queens of England from 1066

American Silver Eagle Coins – How They Are Made - The finished American Silver Eagle coin is a masterpiece of art and science - the product of a fascinating series of human and modern technological processes. Here is the story in brief.

Glossary of Numismatic Terms - Numismatics is the study of coin collecting and it also has its own language with many words and terms. Our Glossary of Numismatic Terms give the explanation to some of these coin collecting words.