Just Money Sense

The British silver Britannia one ounce coin is undoubtedly famous because of its attractiveness, detailed design, excellent quality and artistic worth. The coin possesses a delicately detailed and alluring design that is of interest to many coin enthusiasts internationally.

The silver coins were first brought into circulation as a practical means for the public to obtain limited volumes of bullion silver, and has since become one of the Royal Mint’s most sought after silver range. The Britannia was initially created in the late nineties following on from the gold Britannia coin’s excellent success and has been reproduced annually since then.

American Platinum Eagle coins are 99.5% pure platinum. First released in’97 by the United States Mint, it’s important to keep in mind that this is America’s official bullion coin. The biggest Platinum Eagle coin has a face value of 100$.

Platinum Eagle coins come in a variety of different sizes, and each of them contains pure platinum mined exclusively in the United States. The value of the raw platinum is the reason why they are so expensive.

From’98 and on, each year a new Eagle coin was released with a design from the reverse side of the coin was different previous year. This is why coins collectors are interested in have a complete collection of them.

The very first lot of silver coins to be produced in America took place in 1794. since that time the US government has minted several noteworthy batches at different points in it’s history.

Silver dollar actually became the term which was used to refer to any large white metal coin that was issued by the US government. It had to have a face value of one whole dollar.

On the other hand, there are some who strictly maintain that in order for a coin to be termed as a silver dollar it must have had a face value of one dollar when it was first minted regardless of it’s value today.

The Hungarian 20 Korona Gold Coin was first minted in 1892 and has quite an illustrious history. With a .900 fineness in actual gold content of .1960 Troy ounces, the coin was produced in 1848 to commemorate the crowning of Emperor Francis Joseph the First of Austria.

Emperor Franz Joseph the First reunited Hungry in Austria as an empire in 1867, but his history is riddled with unfortunate incidents and tragedies. Brother Maximilian was executed in 1867 by Mexican firing squad, his son Rudolf died in 1889 after committing suicide, and Karl Ludwig, his brother died in 1896. Italian anarchists assassinated his wife in 1898. His nephew, Franz Ferdinand is most well known for his assassination in Sarajevo in 1914, which for all intents and purposes, propelled the world into the Great War.

Coin collectors who enjoy very big coins will be dazzled by the Eisenhower Silver Dollar. Its edge is receded which, in itself, is not extraordinary, and is much like any general coin of its type. But its diameter of 38.1 mm make this silver dollar a knock out for collectors of large-sized coins.

Greatness is of course the imbued trait of this coin as it was minted from 1971 to 1978 to honor the 34th President of the United States, also a five-star general whose fabled World War II exploits have been immortalized in many books, both civilian and military tomes at that.