This archival film from 1956 provides valuable insight into the coin minting process at the Royal Mint, the official mint of the United Kingdom. At the beginning, a furnace is shown where metal is heated to high temperatures. Molten metal is poured from vessels and, using a mechanical arm
How money was coined at the Royal Mint in the mid-20th century Read more »
Although common sense dictates that coins, like other collectibles, should be handled carefully so as not to damage them, many people are still quite careless when it comes to handling them. This might be due to negligence or, even worse, ignorance.
Every numismatist has faced the question at least once: should a coin be cleaned and years of accumulated dirt and oxides removed or not? This article does not offer a simple answer, because in the numismatic world there is a deep division of opinion. On the one hand, there is the fear of losing the coin's value, while
In the numismatic world there are all sorts of things; normal and wonderful people, social averages, but also complete lunatics and psychopaths. Likewise, one part of people is completely normal in everyday life, but has crazy expectations when it comes to numismatics. From those expectations and beliefs they do not
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