If you collect 2000 one dollar mule coins, look no further. I just picked up an example of this popular coin graded PCGS MS64—the equal-finest graded by PCGS to date. The coin has full lustre, great...

Fairly current examples of these first two categories spring to mind are the $2 fake coins that appeared a couple of years ago and date altered pre-decimal coins such as 1923 halfpennies and 1930 penn...

Last October 2013, while on a coin buying trip to the United Kingdom, I had the opportunity to visit two coin exhibits at the Tower of London. The first exhibit, called Coins and Kings: The Royal Mint...

Most collectors are familiar with the Dansco press-in album. For those who aren’t, the Dansco press-in album was a type of coin album collectors used to build coin sets. The album was made of cardbo...

Over the last fifteen years, the number of Australian sovereign errors I’ve seen can be counted on two hands, so when I was offered the opportunity to acquire an 1872 Melbourne shield sovereign that...

Like London itself, the Coinex Coin Show, held in the Kingdom’s capital each September, was a hive of activity. Although the sky the morning of the show was full of clouds, not one of the clouds was...

Of all the coin shows held throughout the year, the ANDA Sydney show has always been my favourite. This year, the show was held on the 14th and 15th of September right in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. ...

Last week, when I listed for sale a 1942-I halfpenny with the long denticles on the reverse, I got a number of emails requesting more information about this variety. Although I had uploaded a large im...

I had the unfortunate displeasure of advising a collector that four of his gold sovereigns were in fact fakes or counterfeits. I have uploaded images of these fake gold coins below so that other colle...

If you’ve collected gold sovereigns for long enough, chances are you’ve encountered a fake sovereign or two. Like their real counterparts, these fake coins resemble the real thing: They often bear...

I'm often asked about PCGS’ new Secure Plus service, which was introduced in 2010. Any collector who’s seen more than a handful of PCGS holders (also known as “slabs”) would have noticed on th...

In an ideal world, we’d trade coins face-to-face over coffee. I’d bring along my coins, which you—the collector—would diligently assess, one-by-one. With a loupe and a bright light, you could ...