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Gold mining shares are another method of investing in gold, though not directly. Increase in gold bullion prices will lead to an increase in gold mining share prices - On this premise, many investors take up gold mining shares.
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The most common luster seen on United States gold coins, especially those from the 19th century, is frosty in texture. Frosty luster can be extremely attractive. I would describe it to the new collector as having a hard look and it is most associated, in my experience, with coins produced at the Philadelphia and San Francisco mints.
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Does it pass the silver coin ring test? Silver coins have a distinctive ring when held on the tip of a finger and tapped with another coin. Be careful doing this test, though; you don't want to ding or damage the coin, or drop it onto a hard surface, so use some judgement. The ring test can be helpful when all other easy methods of checking are inconclusive. Remember, if something ever feels "wrong" about a silver coin, don't buy it! Trust your instincts! And if you've already bought it, send it back!
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The usual benchmark for the price of gold is known as the London Gold Fixing, a twice-daily (telephone) meeting of representatives from five bullion-trading firms. Furthermore, there is active gold trading based on the intra-day spot price, derived from gold-trading markets around the world as they open and close throughout the day
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Given that gold is denser than almost all other metals, whether something is made of gold is extremely hard to fake. Simple determination of weight and volume should be sufficent. A coin that is the right size but is not gold, or has too much base metal, will be "light"; alternately, a coin that weighs right will be somewhat larger. (Platinum is unknown in ancient times; platinum is denser than gold, but since it is about twice as expensive, making a fake coin out of platinum would make no sense. In theory, fake coins could be made of uranium, but this does not appear to be a practical problem.)
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2. The letter B and numeral 2 correspond to which Federal Reserve bank?
Ad Usam: A philosophical straight jacket
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:24:01 +0000
By Wayne Sayles - Ancient Coin Collecting
A friend and fellow collector of ancient coins sent me an interesting article this year along with the annual family news and holiday greetings. The title is “Everything viewed as ‘Ad usam,’ For use, as gift.” The piece was written by Ron Rolheiser, OMI and may be read in ...]
Obama inaugural coins a good investment? - MSNBC
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT
A presidential inauguration is like the Super Bowl or Olympics — an event people want to remember with a souvenir, even if they don’t attend. That’s especially true for the ...
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