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