If buying and selling coins have sparked your interest, consider why you’re venturing down the road of collecting. Do you want to collect coins for the thrill of it, or are you interested in making a financial investment for your future? If you’re new to collecting, it’s important to understand the difference between collecting and investing. This week, ONR offers a quick guide to an age-old pastime.
The first step in getting coins appraised is to find a dealer you trust. Many choose to find someone local or within a reasonable driving distance and take their collection to them personally.
The more prepared you are for any investment, but gold buying, in particular, the better off you’ll be. It is important to be knowledgeable about the gold products you plan to purchase and to be financially responsible when doing so. Many gold buyers lose money or value in their product purchases because they make common mistakes. Avoiding these mistakes is key to making more money and to protecting your financial security.
Whether a loved one moves or passes away, dealing with his or her estate can be an overwhelming process. Many do not know where to begin. While it may in other cases prove worthwhile to sell things online, it is wiser to hire a professional when it comes to liquidating an estate. Online sales, or even worse, yard sales cannot guarantee the maximum value of your loved one’s belongings. At Olevian Numismatic Rarities, we specialize in no-obligation appraisals of coins, jewelry, and other numismatic pieces.
Three new silver coins are being issued this year and each have a beautiful representation of their respective countries. While these coins are unique in their own special ways, the commonality is that they are each bullion coins, or precious metal, making them a great collector’s item and investment. These three coins are unsurpassed in their features and design.
You may be surprised to learn that platinum sterling and platinum-plated sterling have recently become leading selections of buyers looking to purchase engagement rings and other high-end jewelry pieces. Why, you ask? The reason jewelers are selling more of these pieces and are recycling and refining more platinum and silver is because the marriage of these two metals creates a hardness, beauty, and tarnish-resistance that customers seek. Platinum sterling and platinum-plated sterling not only prove to be attractive, but also long-lasting
Heritage Auctions’ Dallas Signature Auction, which takes place on November 1-3, will feature a first ever available at auction – a PCGS example graded MS67. This 1885 nickel is the first in this grade that will be up for public auction in more than ten years. The last top-grade representative of this grade to be auctioned took place in March 2006, in the Dale Friend Collection featured in the American Numismatic Rarities (ANR) auction. In this particular auction, the Friend MS67 PCGS coin commanded $74,750.