Test and commemorative coins and banknotes are in the sight of collectors. Do you know what are they? Test banknotes and coins are a precious trophy for many collectors. Their designs are fresh, different, unique and very limited. But what is the purpose of issuing test money? As it is said in the name, …
Whether you are new or not in this world, you may think banknotes are made out of paper. Or when you hear something about plastic money you think of bank cards. Well, none of that is accurate. We are so used to banknotes and coins that, unless we are numismatic passionate, we don’t pay attention …
It is time to give some space to banknotes history and evolution. Let’s have a look at it from II Century till nowadays. We already posted an article about the coins origins and its two most important periods in History, during ancient Greek and times. In this occasion we will travel a little further East …
There are some common mistakes that could ruin your collection. It is better to be aware of them before doing something that will devalue your collection forever. Let’s have a look. Generally speaking, antiquity and imperfection is not always a bad condition in the collecting world, but the opposite. In numismatics in particular, those …
As we saw in previous post, it has been necessary centuries till we get into the monetary system we have nowadays. It was essential the Classic Greek period, VII to I Century b.C. Although the first coins were discovered in Minor Asia (in the Lyria Kingdom, Turkey now) the Greeks were the ones who developed the …
We have talked to some of the most active influencers of the coins and banknotes collecting world. JOSÉ ANTONIO CASTELLANOS We need to think if a certification job justifies an increase of the banknote price twice or trice. Besides his job as an Engineer Projects Manager, he is passionate about arts and collecting. …
We had a very interesting conversation with Yeray Páramo, José Molina Escribano y Rafa Zahiños about their collections, their view of numismatic market and they also gave us some advices for beginners YERAY PÁRAMO Talking for an hour with someone with experience may give you more knowledge than three numismatic books He is from Las …
We chatted with 5 experienced banknote collectors about their beginnings, the present and future of collecting or what mistakes they wouldn’t repeat. Interesting, right? FRANCISCO RIBERA Manipulated banknotes are being rejected more and more From Carlet (Valencia, Spain) and popularly known as ‘Paquito’. He started collectingstickers when he was only a kid. In 2002 he …
Although we are going to focus here on the origin of the currency and the very first steps of its evolution, it doesn’t mean that metals weren’t used commercially far before. Silver was used as an interchange coin in Mesopotamia more than a thousand years before the birth of currency as we know it …
Today we want to use this space to tell you more about us. What are NCV Grading’s origins? Who is behind this project? What technology do we use? What is our goal? NCV Grading started to get in shape during the first term of 2022. It was a few months ago when we officially started …
