The term "Ancient coins cover a very broadtime period study that spans over 2100 years on three continents: 650 BC to 1450 AD. This include the time from the first coins to the fall of Constantinople.

Coin collecting software is for helping the collector organize and catalog the coins in their coin collection. Here are links to the commercial coin collection software and the free coin collecting software.

MS in coin grading stands for Mint State. This is equivalent to a value of 60 to 70 in the Shelby’s grade scale. This means that the coin has no blemishes whatsoever. Most of the coins in this category are uncirculated, shiny, new coins, with absolutely no signs of wear.

Do you know what a quarter and a cookie have in common? Before they reached your piggy bank or cookie jar, they first had to be manufactured. The U.S. Mint cooked up more than 14 billion coins last year at its Philadelphia and Denver minting facilities. (That’s a lot of dough!) To find out how, read on.

There are a number of fairly valuable U.S. error coins and die varieties in circulation today. These coins are overlooked by people because they have small distinguishing characteristics, such as a modest doubling of the coin image, or minute differences in the size or spacing of the letters in the legends. Learn which of your pocket change coins is worth a large premium over face value, and why.

Links to various coin collecting sites.

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