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Chinese Lunar Coins

December 31, 2018 by Buy-Gold.Link in Coin Series, Exotic Coins, Gift Ideas, Rare Coins - 1 Comment

With Christmas now behind us and New Year’s Eve just a day away, another holiday that is getting more and more popular each year is already casting its shadow. Some readers might be wondering which holiday I am talking about but people of Asian descent will know that it can only be the Chinese New ... Continue reading

Piedfort Coins

December 14, 2018 by Buy-Gold.Link in Coin Knowledge - No Comments

Every coin collector dreams of adding some especially rare versions of gold and silver coins to his collection. For this purpose, some collectors turn to bimetallic coins that have a gold core and a silver outer ring. Others collect colored precious metal coins, hologram coins or even coins that are beset with jewels. One rare ... Continue reading

Gold Purity Guide

November 30, 2018 by Buy-Gold.Link in Gold, Precious Metal Investing - 1 Comment

One of the most important concepts that a beginning precious metal investor has to learn is how the gold purity of coins, bars and jewelry is classified. Absolute purity of 100% can only be achieved theoretically under laboratory conditions. What’s more, it is not at all the case that higher gold purity is always better. ... Continue reading

Philippine Gold Coins

November 14, 2018 by Buy-Gold.Link in Exotic Coins, Gold - No Comments

If you are a numismatic collector of gold coins, you are probably always looking for ways to diversify your collection. One possibility to do so is to buy coins from a country that is not so well-known for producing gold coins. Quite some time ago, Buy-Gold.Link already published articles about Swiss gold coins and Finnish ... Continue reading

Pattern Coins

October 30, 2018 by Buy-Gold.Link in Coin Knowledge - No Comments

One of the things that people have to learn about any new field they engage in is some specific vocabulary. In recent articles such as the ones about replica coins and junk silver coins, we have already attempted to clarify some specific coin-related words. In this article, we will attempt to clarify what pattern coins ... Continue reading

Junk Silver Coins

October 14, 2018 by Buy-Gold.Link in Silver - No Comments

When we think of junk, we think of something useless and worthless to get rid off. However, junk silver in fact is no junk at all. It might surprise new investors though to see some precious metal dealers list entire bags full of junk silver coins. Inside these bags you will find silver coins of ... Continue reading

Replica Coins

September 29, 2018 by Buy-Gold.Link in Coin Knowledge - No Comments

No matter whether you’re a bullion dealer or bullion investor, being sure of the authenticity of the bullion products you sell/buy is of primary importance. In recent years, the number of counterfeit bullion bars and coins that entered the market has steadily increased. That has forced bullion producers to augment their anti-counterfeiting measures and that ... Continue reading

Privy Marks & Mint Marks

September 14, 2018 by Buy-Gold.Link in Coin Knowledge - No Comments

One of the issues that might confuse a new precious metal investor is the difference between privy marks and mint marks. In fact, there are quite a few similarities between the two. The current trend sees more and more mints issue coins with special privy marks (to appeal to collectors) whereas mint marks seem to ... Continue reading

Holographic Coins

August 30, 2018 by Buy-Gold.Link in Coin Knowledge, Gift Ideas, Rare Coins - No Comments

If you primarily buy precious metal coins for the purpose of investment, it is best to choose brilliant uncirculated bullion coins. These coins will be available for low premiums above the precious metal spot price and this will allow you to buy the biggest precious metal amount for the lowest possible price. However, precious metal ... Continue reading

The Two Dragons Silver Coin

August 14, 2018 by Buy-Gold.Link in Gift Ideas, Silver - No Comments

Even though Buy-Gold.Link is dedicated to primarily provide information about bullion coins, every once in a while a numismatic coin comes along that is so beautiful that I can’t resist writing about it here. Even better if that numismatic coin matches the bullion standard for purity as is the case with the Two Dragons silver ... Continue reading

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