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5 Reasons to Buy and Collect Certified and Graded Coins

5 Reasons to Buy and Collect Certified and Graded Coins Why should a coin collector and investor buy and collect professionally graded and certified coins? Commonly called “slabs”, they are housed in a protective plastic holder. There are many companies – over a dozen are less than 2 years old – which will put your […]

Do You Have Precious Rare Coins In Your Purse Or Change Jar

Do You Have Precious Rare Coins In Your Purse Or Change Jar A Guide to Rare Coins in Circulation Today It’s usually a small thing that turns regular looking money into valuable rare coins. Last year’s materials used instead of this year’s, a tiny symbol left off a minting die. Collectors covet the unusual and […]

Collage of Chinese stamps: a red 8 fen monkey sheet, a $4.00 Sun Yat-sen portrait, a 3-cent Chinese Imperial Post dragon & a map-of-China issue

Chinese Stamps Are Hotter Than Ever!

Chinese stamps are hard to identify but very rewarding if you take the time to learn the basics & some of the intricacies. We have just completed ALL of China & Related areas. This includes Imperial China, Republic of China (Taiwan) including the tough Japanese Occupation Issues, People’s Republic of China (PRC) & Liberated Areas. […]

Philatelic Bundles of Joy

While attending the many stamp shows we go to each year, we like to donate what I call “Bundles of Joy” to the kids booth areas and just young collectors who attend the shows. We also donate many older catalogs […]

The Grade of a Coin Is Everything

The Grade of a Coin Is Everything So You Are a Coin Collector! Tell me: Are You Still Collecting Raw Coins? Take any Coin in Your Collection, and Tell Me: What it is Worth? To do so, you have to make a Decision about the Grade of the Coin. I will Assume that You are […]

Banner reading "WHICH ONE Would YOU Choose? EzStamp can Show YOU. Click Here." beside two near-identical 60f MAGYAR POSTA stamps

Which Stamp Would You Choose?

Which Stamp Would You Choose? Watch this video to see how to effectively use EzStamp to help you look for those valuable varieties. More coming soon. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for notifications.

How To Easily Remove Stamp Hinges

Here is a tip I learned many years ago on how to easily remove stamp hinges from your stamps without damaging them. Please watch this video to see how it is done. I have used this method on thousands upon thousands of stamps & have never damaged a single stamp. The key is to first […]

EzCoin: Coin Collecting Software Video on Price Locks & RCM Numbers

New video for EzCoin uploaded today to show you how to use Price Locks and the newly incorporated Royal Canadian Mint product #’s (RCM) into the EzCoin Canada database Price locks, as the name suggest, allow you to lock prices on any coin so that updates will not change them (unless you want the updates […]

Cyprus Sc# 123, the 1878-1928 One Pound anniversary stamp, King George V in a blue oval on a brown frame, selvedge at right

Stamp Comes Full Cricle

Way back in 1983, I was in London England & stopped into the Stanley Gibbons shop on the strand. I was looking for the Cyprus 1928 One pound issue of King George V. I already had a used copy, but wanted a Mint NH copy. Upon inquiring, I was shown 7 copies of this stamp, […]

Grandma’s Mercury Dimes

Grandma’s Mercury Dimes One vivid memory of my very early childhood back in the 1960’s was of driving to church on Sunday mornings with my family. Since my grandparents lived close to us, Dad would always swing by and pick them up, and we’d all carpool together. It was the job of “Little Danny” (as […]

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