Buying World Coins With Confidence - (Do You Desire More Information on the Coins You Love?)
I love world coins because they depict the cultural differences among the countries of the world.
You can see the influences of people or social changes in other countries through their coinage, just as you can with American coins.
I have one ounce silver dollar type coins from around the world and I enjoy discovering more.
I collect American coins and love them, but finding one ounce coins from other countries is fascinating to me.
They usually cost less than American coins because there isn't as big a following.
I can often get very nice uncirculated 100 to 200 year old silver coins for not much more than the bullion price of silver.
Virtually everyone in the world coin market refers to a KM number identify their coins.
KM stands for Krause and Mishler, the original authors of the "Standard Catalog of World Coins".
This manual is considered to be the leading authority on world coins and is the standard reference for information on them.
When you see KM numbers associated with many world coins, the Krause Mishler catalog is what the numbers are referring to.
The catalog is enormous in size (1200 to 1500 pages per volume) and each catalog covers a century.
That's handy for me because I only need two catalogs for the majority of my collecting.
K&M catalogs have a lot of information in them and are somewhat cumbersome to use.
Each type and denomination of coin from a country is assigned a KM number.
By having the catalog and knowing the country name and KM number, collectors can find information on any coin in the world, including American.
In fact, there's practically a whole book on American coins.
The exact information included for a particular coin varies, but it usually includes a picture, metal content, mintage figures, and retail prices for the coin in several grades.
The prices usually aren't current, but they are a starting point for determining a value for a world coin.
For American coins however, I much prefer the Grey Sheet for accurate coin pricing.
The Grey Sheet is current and I can trust the values in it for coin prices.
These catalogs can be purchased at many book retailers.
I bought mine used on eBay for a significant discount from new.
There are now CD ROMs of the catalog, which I don't have yet.
I do enjoy flipping through a book to find information.
You can also use them from the library reference section, although I prefer to have the manual on hand, so I own several of them.
I use the manual for discovering new one ounce silver coins.
Someday I'll have examples of all the one ounce silver coins ever minted around the world.
At least that's my goal.
You can see the influences of people or social changes in other countries through their coinage, just as you can with American coins.
I have one ounce silver dollar type coins from around the world and I enjoy discovering more.
I collect American coins and love them, but finding one ounce coins from other countries is fascinating to me.
They usually cost less than American coins because there isn't as big a following.
I can often get very nice uncirculated 100 to 200 year old silver coins for not much more than the bullion price of silver.
Virtually everyone in the world coin market refers to a KM number identify their coins.
KM stands for Krause and Mishler, the original authors of the "Standard Catalog of World Coins".
This manual is considered to be the leading authority on world coins and is the standard reference for information on them.
When you see KM numbers associated with many world coins, the Krause Mishler catalog is what the numbers are referring to.
The catalog is enormous in size (1200 to 1500 pages per volume) and each catalog covers a century.
That's handy for me because I only need two catalogs for the majority of my collecting.
K&M catalogs have a lot of information in them and are somewhat cumbersome to use.
Each type and denomination of coin from a country is assigned a KM number.
By having the catalog and knowing the country name and KM number, collectors can find information on any coin in the world, including American.
In fact, there's practically a whole book on American coins.
The exact information included for a particular coin varies, but it usually includes a picture, metal content, mintage figures, and retail prices for the coin in several grades.
The prices usually aren't current, but they are a starting point for determining a value for a world coin.
For American coins however, I much prefer the Grey Sheet for accurate coin pricing.
The Grey Sheet is current and I can trust the values in it for coin prices.
These catalogs can be purchased at many book retailers.
I bought mine used on eBay for a significant discount from new.
There are now CD ROMs of the catalog, which I don't have yet.
I do enjoy flipping through a book to find information.
You can also use them from the library reference section, although I prefer to have the manual on hand, so I own several of them.
I use the manual for discovering new one ounce silver coins.
Someday I'll have examples of all the one ounce silver coins ever minted around the world.
At least that's my goal.
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