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Summary: When buying gold coins, decide which style and country of origin is preferred, and make sure to purchase the coins from a reputable dealer. Buy rare and valuable gold coins from France, Belgium, Germany or Italy with tips from the owner of an antique store in this free video on coin collecting.
Rui Farias has over 20 years of experience in collecting antiques and coins, and 15 years of experience in buying and selling antiques. Farius has been producing and promoting antique...read more
Coin collecting is the collecting or trading of coins or other forms of legally minted currency. Frequently collected coins include those that were in circulation for only a brief time, coins minted with errors, or especially beautiful or historically interesting pieces. While hoarding coins due to their value goes back to the beginning of coinage, collecting coins as pieces of art is a more recent development. In this free video series, the owner of an antique store provides information on coin collecting, including buying and caring for a variety of coins. Learn about buying gold coins, silver coins and elements used in coins. Discover how to care for a coin collection, how to determine the value of a coin and how to start a coin collection. With these tips, coin enthusiasts will have their collections up and running in no time!
"For centuries man has had a quest for gold. Hi, I'm Rui and today we're going to talk about buying gold coins. Many countries around the world now use gold coins for trading as well as collecting purposes. And probably the most famous of all came about in the nineteen seventies when South Africa had the Krugerrand. It was probably the prime gold coin used for trade throughout the planet, until the nineteen eighties when economic sanctions pretty much put a clamp on South Africa and the Krugerrand. Once that happened other nations like Australia and Austria also started producing gold coins for trade and collecting purposes. For antique coin collectors or people who like really really rare old gold coins, mostly the European coins from the eighteen hundreds are the most popular to collect. From France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, those look to be probably the rarest and the most valuable when it comes to collecting gold coins. The most important thing is when you're looking to buy gold coins, is to decide which country, which style that you want, but also to make sure that you purchase your coins from a reputable dealer. It's easy to counterfeit gold coins, for the most part, especially the older more valuable coins. So make sure you go to a reputable antique store, coin shop and make sure they have a return policy. It protects you so that you make sure that you buy the coin that you actually intended to buy. Again, my name is Rui and good luck collecting."
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