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Entries for October, 2008

What Are Commemorative Coins ?

Commemorative coins- What are they ?
These are usually coins issued to commemorate a particular event or happening.
This is when they are issued by the official Mint of a country.
There have been many commemorative coins isssued in the past to celebrate Coronations,Jubilees and the ends of wars.
These coins have different designs to regular coinage [...]

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Axum Gold Coins

Axum, once according to local legend the seat of the Queen of Sheba is in the North of Ethiopia and was once a major trading empire.

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This Weeks American Gold Coins

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Strange Days Indeed

Gold has for centuries been THE hedge against inflation and recession.
So What is happening today – banks crashing only to be rescued by Governments fearful of losing public confidence – and yet the price of gold is slowly sliding downwards.
In history gold has always soared during a crisis-
Banks worldwide are doing a pretty fair impersonation [...]

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Feedback on Coins

Feedback on coins is very easy to confuse.
Feedback is the main thing that you as a buyer have to check the bona fides of the vendor.

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Swiss Gold Coins and Switzerland

Swiss Gold Coins
Switzerland has for many years had the reputation of being the safest place to keep your money.
In the past this was a well deserved reputation as Switzerland has its own natural borders of mountains keeping it safe from the rest of Europe.

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