Claus Josef Riedel his superb glass making and the Riedel family history. Josef Riedel was born in 1925 in Polaun, Bohemia. He died on 17 March, 2004, in Genoa, Italy, aged 79. Josef Reidel was a ninth-generation glass maker He was president of the world-renowned Austrian family company from 1957 to 1994, when he was succeeded by his son Georg. Josef Riedel, as the former president of Riedel Crystal and was one of the first in this age-old craft to realise that the design of a wine glass ... Continue Reading

A Glossary of Coin Collecting Terms and their Meanings ... Collecting Coins, like any passion hobby or interest has built up a set of coin collecting terms. A language all of its own. Words and phrases used by coin collectors, numismatic practitioners and students of numismatics. These basic numismatic terms, which are likely to cause the most difficulty for both the novice and the advanced coin collector, are included in this coin collecting glossary. Our Index of Coin Collecting Terms and ... Continue Reading

Coin Collectors should be able to recognize Coin Frauds, Fakes and Errors ... The overwhelming majority of coin collectors and dealers are honest. The fact that eBay and other Internet sites are successful is evidence to that effect. Trust keeps the whole system going, since there's a delay between the purchase and the delivery. But coin collecting attracts coin frauds and fakes and errors do happen. And serious coin collectors will have to do some research whenever they consider ... Continue Reading