Where can I sell coins on the Internet
If the “old” coin collectors still prefer to sell and buy coins for the collection…

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MONETA JOHN
The Russian Empress Elizabeth did not think that a number of her decrees, by which…

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Vintage German coins and medals
Coinage in the territory of the German state from the end of the Middle Ages…

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Coin collecting as a hobby
Modern collectors collect various items. Some collect stamps, others - coins, and there are those…

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Cleaning of old coins

The purpose of this message is to acquaint interested readers with the most simple and safe methods of cleaning coins, which the author can recommend based on his many years of experience in the restoration of an archaeological metal at the State Hermitage Museum. Clearing coins is one of the crucial types of restoration, it is important for their study, dating, identification and storage. Ancient coins made of silver and copper alloys, found in treasures or in other archaeological excavations, most often enter the restoration workshop highly corroded, and sometimes completely mineralized. Under the action of water and salts, copper is destroyed in the soil to form green carbonates and chlorides, red cuprous oxide and black oxide. Continue reading

NUMISMATICS AND COLLECTION
It is difficult to convey what the collector of old coins is going through, having…

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German coins since 1871 - from Reichsmark to Euro
With the adoption of the constitution of the German Empire on April 16, 1871, responsibility…

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