| Coin Price Guides are useful among collectors. In | | | | worsened condition in such occasion the pricing of |
| brief, coins are tiny disk shaped metal pieces of | | | | the coins is based on the demand the coin or how |
| currency. Coins come in various categories | | | | many coin collectors would be interested in your |
| currency coins which are valued as per their face | | | | piece. |
| value, currency coins come with an amount | | | | Sometimes a very unique coin would not be as |
| printed on them and the printed amount is the | | | | well priced as a coin which is relatively plenty in |
| price of the coin. | | | | nature and the simple reason would be as the coin |
| Rare and Historical coins are those which belong | | | | is in more demand by the coin collectors. For |
| to centuries before us ,these coins are rare and | | | | example there are only 30000 dimes of the 17th |
| very significant in finding out historical information | | | | century where as 20th century dimes are nearly |
| of our ancestors ,these coins fetch a very high | | | | 4,00,000 still the 20th century dimes are sold for |
| price in the market, the pricing of the coin is also | | | | higher value than the 17th century dimes the only |
| based on the significance quality condition | | | | reason being the 20th century dimes are more |
| uniqueness and beauty of the coin. | | | | popular among coin collectors. |
| Gold coins or Silver Coins, these coins are mostly | | | | Generally coin price keeps varying, the general |
| bought as an investment the price of these coins | | | | rule in the coin price guide is rarer the coin higher |
| usually depends on the market price. There can | | | | the coin value ,still there are some exception in |
| be no price guide as with the fluctuations of the | | | | this case too for example a 1913 marked Liberty |
| economy the price of Gold and silver coins will | | | | head Nickel was sold for as high as $1,000,000 as |
| also fluctuate. | | | | there are only 5 pieces of such coins ,where as |
| Coin Pricing guide is based on certain criteria's- | | | | 1000yrs old Chinese coins were sold for not more |
| *Coin must be made of valuable metal, the pricing | | | | than $100-$200 as there were number of these |
| of this coin will be close to the market price of | | | | coins available. |
| the metal. | | | | Coin grade also influences the coin price guide, coin |
| * Coin should be of standardized weight and | | | | grade depends on the condition, better the |
| purity. | | | | condition higher will be the grade and higher will be |
| *The marking of the marking on the coin has to | | | | the price the coin will fetch. |
| be genuine and marked only by an authorized | | | | However one should remember monetary |
| authority only. | | | | valuation of a coin is not everything, even if one |
| * Pricing of the coin also depends on the date | | | | coin does not have a high market value it does |
| printed on the coin, as well as its historical | | | | not loose its significance it can still be very much a |
| significance. | | | | part of your collection. |
| Coin collectors from time to time come across | | | | Coin Price Guides come in print (softcover and |
| such coins too which are very difficult in analyzing | | | | hardcover) and online in digital format. |
| their price ,so clarify sometimes a coin may own | | | | Muna wa Wanjiru Has Been Researching and |
| a very unique coin whose price cannot be | | | | Reporting on Coins for Years. |
| determined due to its unclear marking or | | | | |