In numismatics and collecting, we encounter almost daily two seemingly opposite situations that actually have the same cause: In both cases, the underlying problem is usually neither the coin nor its objective market value, but the fact that one party's expectations are not met, after which an ordinary difference
A new numismatic catalog titled “Austro-Hungarian Crowns 1892–1918 and Ducats of Franz Joseph I” by author Zlatko Viščević is coming off the press soon. This is the first catalog of its type on our market, conceived as a practical and clear handbook for collectors, numismatists, dealers, and all enthusiasts of Austro-Hungarian numismatics.
Numismatic catalogs have for decades represented one of the fundamental tools of numismatic collectors, dealers, and auctioneers. In addition to providing a systematic overview of issues, types, varieties, and technical characteristics of coins or banknotes, almost every catalog also contains estimated market values, i.e., „catalog prices.“ It is precisely these prices that often cause the most
„Money is money, and paper is paper.” — Thomas Paine This simple sentence, written more than two centuries ago, sounds surprisingly relevant today. Paine meant that gold and silver (as gold and silver coin) are limited by nature, meaning we cannot produce more of them
Silver Between Paper and Reality: Is the Market Approaching a „Breaking Point”? Read more »
Over the past few years, a phenomenon has become extremely noticeable in the numismatic community which, although not essentially new, has taken on its most stripped-down and primitive form in the digital space. It is about the obsessive reduction of numismatic items solely to their market value, with every post, every
Numismatics has long ceased to be a world exclusively of regular circles, dignified profiles of rulers, elegant artistic design, and refined symbolism. Today's numismatist, whether they like it or not, must come to terms with the fact that the boundaries of a „coin“ have been stretched to the point where we can sometimes justifiably wonder if we are looking at
When a person thinks they've seen everything in numismatics – behold, a horse's head! Read more »
Certification (grading) of coins and banknotes in our region has not yet taken off as it has in the rest of the world, especially in the United States and Asia. Because of this, many numismatists rightly ask: What is certification actually? What is its purpose? And what
What is the point of certifying coins and banknotes? Read more »
Recording and cataloging the numismatic collection are of immense importance when collecting coins and banknotes. First and foremost, it allows us to see what we actually have in the collection and what is still missing. Likewise, we have an insight into the value of the collection, i.e., how much we have spent on it, and
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