While everyone seem to be mad for gold Silver has been steadily growing in value .
Although Silver is still growing in value it will probably never reach the dizzy heights of gold.
One investor tried to corner the market in silver but was eventually foiled .

Easy identification for Roman Coins

Sorry but that is a little misleading !
I am constantly offered Roman Coins - many of which are uncleaned and there is a little problem sometimes identifying some of them.
Here is a very hand resource ;
Its the Berlin Münzkabinett in Germany.
They have a rather fun scheme where you can adopt one of their coins
(no you do NOT get to take it home !)
While looking through today I was struck by the huge number of well catalogued and illustrated Roman Coins they have in their collection.
This would make identification childs play !

They are particularly strong on Roman coins of Alexandria and I had fun identifying some of my own examples.
(If you go to almost any North African City you will constantly be offered Roman coins - usually at ridiculously high prices and Alexandria is no exception.)
Of course the Berlin Münzkabinett has a HUGE collection of all kinds of coins but this is an area where it is sometimes harder to get good examples easily.

Of course while you visit you can always adopt one of their coins yourself. Visit the Berlin Münzkabinett

If you are prepared to spend a little time researching and comparing coins
Then you will find that it really can be Easy Identification for Roman Coins