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The US Mint in Denver started off as a small assay office during a gold rush – today it supplies the entire western part of the US with circulation coins. Continue reading →

The adventurous market for collector coins regularly comes up with new exciting innovations. Today, we present a technique that even the US Mint, which is considered conservative in such matters, has taken up after only a few years: domed coins. Continue reading →

The history of the San Francisco Mint began with the great California Gold Rush. After an eventful history, this US mint is now responsible for particularly sophisticated issues. Continue reading →

Many consider gold to be a crisis-proof investment, which is why it has been extremely popular not just since Covid. Nevertheless, you can still make numerous errors when buying gold if you don’t know any better. Therefore we present you the ten commandments of reasonable gold investment. Continue reading →

Are you annoyed because Cosmos of Collectibles does not indicate prices? There’s a good reason for it: Prices change all the time, and especially in the field of ancient coins there are too many small aspects regarding style and minting quality that make a great difference in price. That’s why we prefer to show you how to determine the price yourself. So, you want to know what your coin from the Roman Republic is worth? In this article, we’ll explain you how to do that. From the coin to the price in four steps – it couldn’t be any easier. Continue reading →

Only very few countries still have more than one mint. The United States Mint has four active production sites, making it by far the world’s largest mint. The oldest of these sites  is the Philadelphia Mint - which does not even need to be considered together with the other production sites to win the title of the world’s largest mint! Continue reading →

In 1970, Germany minted its Olympic coins. With that, Olympic coins as a field of collection became a mass phenomenon. Since then, attitudes towards sport have radically changed. It not only became socially acceptable, it also gained national significance. We can track this development by looking at coins with sports motifs from German-speaking countries. Continue reading →

Are you annoyed because Cosmos of Collectibles does not indicate prices? There’s a good reason for it: prices change all the time. And you are much more up-to-date if you determine the price yourself. You want to find out how much a coin of the German Empire is worth? In this article, we’ll explain you how to do that. From the coin to the price in four steps – it couldn’t be any easier. Continue reading →