Whether you’re looking to buy something for that special someone or pay off a few bills, extra cash can always come in handy. But like the old saying goes, money doesn’t grow on trees. While that is certainly true, you may have a source of income that you haven’t even...

Gold jewellery. You have it—lots of dealers want it. If you’ve got some unwanted gold items collecting dust in the bottom of your jewellery box, you might be thinking about trading them in for some extra cash. But selling your unwanted gold can be risky if it falls...

Your diamonds and jewellery are precious to you, both intrinsically and sentimentally. Caring and maintaining them should be as important as the care and maintenance you put into anything else you value and cherish, like a car or home, yet it’s a lot simpler and...

When we go to buy something, we tend to look for the information. Whether we’re buying a new cellphone or computer or an appliance or a car, we want to see the specifications written somewhere so we know who made it, where it was made, and, most importantly, what’s in...

Ever wondered about the history of gold? Where does it come from? What makes gold so great? Check out this excellent infographic by Visual Capitalist. This infographic is owned by Visual Capitalist and is from goldchartsus.com...

The term "karat" has been used for centuries to as a unit of gold purity. Gold karat is not the same as "carat" which is a measurement of diamond weight. Normally we see 10k, 14k, or 18k jewellery, and naturally the higher you go the more pure the gold is. But what...

One of the questions you are probably asking yourself when you’re thinking of selling old gold jewellery is “how do you test it?” All precious-metal buyers will go through similar methods to determine the purity of your jewellery, coins, bullion, etc. When it comes to...

In What Makes a Coin Valuable  we found out that there are several different things to consider when evaluating coins. There are the niddy-gritty details that numismatists look for such as condition, toning, and rare varieties, but most of the time, a coin is...

At one point in time it was very common to see circulated silver coins. On January 2nd, 1908 when Canada opened its first Royal Mint in Ottawa, the “first coin” (half-dollar) was a silver coin (92.5% silver/7.5% copper). From then until the late 1960s, Canada, much...

What’s the difference between a 1918 Canadian 50-cent coin and a 1921 Canadian 50-cent coin? Easy answer: 3 years. Informative answer: the 1921 is far rarer (suspected that only 75 exist), and is worth 25,000 times more (estimated to be worth $249,000 USD). Of course,...