Tools for Coin Collecting – What Do You Need?
In our last blog we talked about finding valuable coins by going through your spare change. This is one way coin collectors – often young ones – get hooked on …
Coin Grading
Learn how coin grading works and the basics behind strike, preservation, luster, color, attractiveness, and other ways of determining a coin’s condition.
How Does Coin Grading Work?
Anyone new to the coin collecting hobby will wonder how coin values are determined and why a particular coin may be worth more than the same coin that is, at …
How Does a Coin Evaluation Work?
When someone requests an evaluation of his or her rare coins, it is usually for a specific reason – an insurance appraisal, a division of assets, or to learn the …
Cleaning Coins Decreases Their Value
You may have seen this piece of advice on Mullen Coins’ Evaluations page: The single biggest mistake you can make as a collector: Cleaning your coins. Your collection will likely …
What Is the Difference between a Coin and a Medal?
Coin collecting has come crossover with other hobbies like stamp collecting or antiquing in the sense that these hobbies involve people seeking out everyday items that have managed to increase …
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What Determines the Price for Rare Coins?
People often wonder why certain coins are so expensive and others are worth very little at all. Is there any rhyme or reason for this and can coin collectors in …
How Do Coin Errors Occur during Minting?
Those unfamiliar with the ins and outs of coin collecting may be surprised to learn that coin errors – mistakes made when coins are minted – often enhance rather than …
How to Detect Counterfeits
As a Grand Rapids coin dealer, we at Mullen Coins have an especially strong interest in the detection of counterfeit and altered coins. In point of fact, anyone who deals …
To Be a Better Coin Buyer, Be a Good Coin Seller
I urge you to occasionally sell some of your coins—you will become a wiser, more educated collector. [You may also avoid unpleasant surprises when you do decide to sell some …
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What a Difference a Star Makes (1922 Grant Commemorative)
When it comes to rare coins Grand Rapids (as well as other places across the country) Mullen Coins has many collectors who specialize in early American commemoratives. Indeed, commemoratives have …
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