An eclectic collection of articles, information and other unclassifiable stuff on coins and the history around them.

Information

Grading Tips US Grading System ACR CAB References
Engravers
Under Construction (still)
The Bug Coin Collecting
Australian Early Gold Dedicated to All Coin Collectors' Wives Gold Sovereign History
Sovereign Sources Preserving Your Collection
By Michael S Swoveland
Sovereign Notes
Changes to Perth Mint Gold Coin Mintages Perth Mint Modern Gold Coin Technical Specifications Fast Buck, Star notes and Bubbles


External Links

ANDA Grading Guide SVC Collectibles Grading Guide VP Coins Grading Guide
Coins in Change
Mainly about UK coins but applicable to all coins
Cleaning Coins
Chard's guide to cleaning coins
Cleaning and Preservation
Jon Saxton's guide
Collecting Australian Gold Sovereigns
ANDA Guide


Brief Mint Histories

Sydney Mint Bombay Mint
Start made
Melbourne Mint
Perth Mint

Coin Books

This is a list of the books used in making these pages.
Some are essential for any collector of Australian coins, others deal in more specialised areas, but all have contributed in some way or another.
In some cases books have been cross-referenced into multiple categories but in some cases they only appear once, trying to balance loading times with information.
Click links to see lists
Renniks Coin Guides Greg McDonald's Guides Australian Variety Coin Guides
Tom Hanley Australian Guides Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia Miscellaneous Books
and
Guides on Australian Coins
Australian Tokens, Guides and Books Gold Sovereign Guides The NSW Holey Dollars
British Coin Books
British Standard Catalogues Books on
Medals, Orders and Decorations

Gold Coin Guides
Including World Gold
Krause Publications (Mostly) Australian Currency, Coinage, Money and Finance Books
South Australian Numismatic Journal
General World Coin Books

Periodicals

Coin magazines, mainly from an Australian point of view.
Can be found at newsagents, online or by subscription, see lists for details
Australian Coin Review Dealers Newsletters Australasian Coin and Banknote Magazine

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