Coin Dealer Australia - Sterling & Currency

November 11th marks the 90th anniversary of the end of WWI, and tonight on ABC TV there's a program featuring something of a biography of the man that is arg

The Professional Numismatist's Guild (PNG) is arguably the peak body for numismatic dealers in the world, and they've just announced that they will conduct

A mate of mine just pegged me a link to an article written by the designer of a Dutch 5 Euro coin that was

Many collectors, particularly novices, presume that the figures in price guides are 100% accurate.

I always have to remind myself that honesty is the best policy, at least when someone asks me: "So what do you collect?"

I think some clients / potential clients ask a dealer what they collect as some kind of litmus test - if the answer is as they expect, the dealer gets a tick - if not, better steer clear of him. (A bit like checking out the pipes of a plumber, if you know what I mean.)

One thing that having something of a profile in my profession has
brought home to me is that some of my behaviour has the potential to
impact on my financial future. Now I've never done a Mark Latham and
(allegedly?) broken a cab driver's arm while drunk in a taxi, but I am
human and sometimes it mightn't work out well if my clients found out
just how "human" I am! What does this have to do with a blog about the
market for rare coins in Australia?