The Pleasure (And Profit) To Be Made Collecting Coins

Today I was digging for some info on ’stamps auction’ and came across the following section:

‘the higher levels of inflation now becoming apparent in western economies are making collectables such as stamps and coins almost a no-brainer. … A rare coin is easy to store and transport plus it can be sold quickly and inexpensively anywhere in the world thanks to a plethora of collectors, dealers, auction h…The first coins ever invented were probably stamped ingots of electrum, a mixture of gold and silver, created by the Lydians, a people of Asia Minor, in about 650BC. … A random portfolio of gold and silver coins selected from Spinks auction catalogue in 2000 would have shown a compound annual return of 12%….

Because I didn’t want to write a too short blog entry, I checked some search engines on irish stamps and found this:

Pass The Port Seamus

I was asked to assist with a couple of applications for children’s passports at the weekend - so far, so normal, but these were Irish passports, the father being a … The whole job took ages, and at the last we read that official stamps were required from the countersignatory, so I shall have to take the forms to court with me o…

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