The Dilemma of Mintage

A long queue for Malaysia Commemorative Coin in 2012
(Photo taken from Lunatig blog) 

About ten years ago, Malaysia Commemorative Coin collection was a very cold collection theme, in order to cut the losses of coin issuance, you may find that Central of Malaysia was keep reducing the mintage volume. The whole dynamic of market trend was gradually improved in 2009, especially after the series of promotion and sharing in social media which has triggered the fever of commemorative coin collection especially in 2012 that almost 80% of collectors, stockists or re-sellers failed get single piece on sale although they had queue up in central bank since the midnight. Can you imagine how horrible the fever was?

What is Carbon Spot?

The Effect of Carbon Spots on Copper-Nickel Coins

The term "carbon spots" refers to tiny black concentrations of corrosion. Oftentimes these are so small as to escape notice by the naked eye, though they may be seen with low-power magnification. Also called "flyspecks" by some in the hobby, these spots are actually slightly raised from the surface of the coin, as the corrosion forms around some particle of organic matter, such as paper dust (often present with coin albums and cardboard "2x2" stapled holders) or human saliva deposited unknowingly by a numismatist during casual handling. Oxygen, humidity, and other atmospheric elements react with the debris to form a minute mound of corrosion around it, and this is called a carbon spot.

Medals Collection (2): Medals worth to play?

If you've read on the previous article, Medals Collection (1): What is a medal? I believe you should have some understanding of medals. With the basic understanding of medals, and certainly we may have a question in mind, medals worth to play?