End of RSS Feed and New Adaptive Images

After 12 years since its creation, we have decided to end our RSS Feed service. All links to it will be removed from our website, and the RSS files will be deleted by the end of this month. If you are using this service and you still wish to follow any news or updates from our website and services, you can still do so through our Blog, our Facebook and Twitter pages, or simply by accessing the News Page from our website.

We have also increased the size of the pictures in our desktop version and changed them to adaptive in the mobile version –which will allow users with bigger screens and higher dpi to see clearer images of our coins. You can also benefit from this new feature from any mobile device by turning it to the horizontal position; as well as from a full list of prices for all grades in the Price Guide.

We hope you like these changes, and we apologize to anyone still subscribed to our RSS Feed. If you have any questions or find any bugs, we would appreciate if you contact us through the email addresses listed in our Help Page.

New Changes to our Website

This week we have uploaded a new adaptive version of our website, which consolidates both mobile and computer versions of our site in the same URL address. The main advantages to this change is saving the extra loading time needed during the redirection between different versions, and avoid confusing our users with two different addresses for the same pages. The website will detect if it’s been accessed from a computer or a mobile device, and will show the appropriate version. Even though we have updated the algorithm to account for new mobile devices and browsers, it’s possible that the wrong version will be shown –or that you may even prefer the one that’s not designed for your device (especially if you are using a tablet)- reason why we left the buttons in the configuration menus and the links at the bottom left of each page for you to change to the desired version.

In regards to your preferences and settings, these will be stored in a cookie for 6 months, as well as the content of your shopping cart; so you won’t have to enter this information again every time you start a new session. We remind you that these cookies don’t contain any information about you or your device –only the settings and the cart content- and that we never access, analyze or store this data. In any case we have adopted the new security protection features for cookies (HttpOnly and Secure) so that they are only sent encripted through secure HTTPS and are not accessible by other client side applications.

We have also created a new section with all the additional content we produce. In it you can find our Video Guides and other Videos; which were previously embedded directly on our help page. You can access this new section though our Help Page or directly through their index in the new Media Page.

Other minor changes include bigger pictures for the detail pages of both versions –mobile and computer-, buttons to share any page on Facebook and Twitter, and changing the whole website from XHTML to HTML5.

As always, we hope you like all these new changes, and would appreciate if you let us know of any bugs -or simply let us know if you don't like any feature-, by sending us an email through one of the addresses listed in Contact Us.

New Price Guide for Mobile Devices

Due to the fact that most of the visits to our website are now made from mobile devices, and since the only version available until now for our Price Guide was exclusively designed for desktops or devices with large screens, we have just created a new page that will facilitate the access to this free service from any device.

Apart from our Catalogue of Coins, from which you can still see our coins in stock as usual –both from the desktop versions as well as the mobile version- y will also find this new page designed to quickly and easily find the guiding prices of any coin in our database; which includes more than 3000 types of the most popular coins from 150 countries from all around the world.

To access this new service, you can simply access the desktop version or the mobile version directly through these links; making a search for the coin you wish to consult –whether it is through our website or through any other search engine- and once you are in the coin’s page, click on the “Price Guide” button at the bottom of the section for that issue or under the “Price Range” section; or using the new Price Guide link in the main menu of our website, and then navigate to the desired coin; for which you will need to select the country of origin, and then the denomination and the type of coin.

We should also need to mention that due to the limited horizontal resolution of some mobile devices, we had to exclude the prices of some grades; which will be only visible on screens with a horizontal resolution of at least 550 pixels. If you wish to see the content of these prices and your device has a resolution lower than 550 pixels, simply rotate your device until a horizontal position is reached, the page will refresh automatically allow you to see all the columns and the pictures for both sides of the coins.

And that’s all for now. As always, please let us know if you have any questions or doubts, or if you find any bugs in the new pages. Thanks again to all our customers and visitors for using our services.

Server Update, SSL Certificate, and New Section

We’ve been working for a while in updating our server and adapting the website to the new software –therefore, sorry if we’ve been adding new coins to our shop at a slower rate-. We are also sorry for any inconvenience or disruption in our service that you may have experienced during the update; and If you still have problems accessing our website, or find any bugs, we would appreciate if you let us know by contacting us at webmaster@silveragecoins.com.

We have also acquired a SSL Certificate for our site, which will force all accesses through HTTPS instead of HTTP, and which will make your visits more secure –even though we never ask for any sensitive information directly-. This certificate will also provide you the means to authenticate us as the real Silveragecoins.com; and hopefully will increase the trust that our customers and visitors have been showing all these years; for which we are truly grateful.

In short we will also be creating a new section for Euro coins from all the countries that use this currency. The purpose of this new section will only be to serve as numismatic and price guide –for all of those who ask us or need information about these coins- but we will not be selling or buying Euro coins at the moment; unless they are special issues or sets.

We really hope you like all these changes, and we apologise for any inconvenience you may have experienced during the update. Thank you so much for your visits and the support you show us.

New eBay auctions

From this next Saturday, 14th of May, we will proceed to auction a great number of coins and lots on eBay. This is a great opportunity to get many of our items at reduced prices, as the auctions are without reserve and all start at 99 cents.

You can find these auctions through our shop in eBay at silveragecoinscom; and as always, you will able to combine as many items as you wish without any extra shipping changes. You can also combine auctions and purchases through our website; for which you will need to let us know before making the payment, either through our account in eBay or our email admin@silveragecoins.com, or proceed to make the payments and then request the corresponding refund.

We would like to remind you that all our auctions in eBay are also subject to the same guaranties as the sales in the shop; and you will also have the additional guaranties and support of eBay and PayPal; of which you can find additional information in their respective websites.

We hope you like our selection of coins and lots, and we would like to wish you good luck in all your bids.

2016 Shipping Costs

As it is usual, at the beginning of every year our postal service provider has updated their list of charges, forcing us to adjust our shipping costs for all national and international shipments; and also compensate for the current exchange rates between the three different currencies that we accept.

The changes are minimal: some did not need to be updated, and the rest were not increased more than 50 cents/pennies. If you wish, and as always, you can find these new prices in the table displayed in our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Thank you for your understanding and for using our services another year.

Changes to our P&P and new eBay affiliate marketing links

Today we have adjusted the Post and Packaging charges to the current exchange rates for US Dollars and British Pounds; which has resulted in cheaper shipments on both currencies due to the current low price of the Euro.

We have also removed the maximum limit for orders to countries that do not accept insured mail (e.g. United States, Great Britain, Australia), which from now on do not need to pay for insured parcels or multiple shipments. From today we will be responsible for the insurance of these shipments while keeping all our guarantees intact.

And last, you may have notice that we have added on the detail pages of every coin links to eBay. These links belong to eBay’s affiliate marketing program, or ePN (eBay Partner Network), which will be paying us a small percentage of every sale generated through these links. If by any chance the coins you are looking for are not available in our stock, please use these links and you’ll be helping us continue to provide our services; as well as finding a seller with the coin you wish to purchase.

If you have any problems or questions regarding the new features or changes, please let us know and we will try to solve them as soon as possible.

New Mobile Version

Since the 21 of April Google began expanding its use of mobile-friendliness, which will influences the ranking of all websites in the internet. For this reason we have decided that this would be the perfect time to implement our new Mobile Version of Silveragecoins.com, which we have been developing over the last months.

We tried to keep all the features and functions of the Full Desktop Version in the new one; however, even though you can still see the price ranges at the bottom of every details page, for now we had to leave out the Price Guide; at least until we can find a way to fit the full price tables in the small confinement of mobile device screens without failing any mobile-friendly tests, which would defeat the purpose of having this new version. Since the price guide is not accessible, you may also find some difficulty finding coins and particular issues that are currently unavailable for sale; though we expect to find a solution to this problem in short. In the mean time, to tackle these inconveniences, you can continue to use these features as before in our Full Desktop Version from any mobile device or tablet.

We really hope you like our new Mobile Version, but in case you don’t, your preferences would be saved in your browser and you will be automatically redirected to our full Desktop Version as before every time you access our website. You can also change between versions with ease, for which we have placed links at the end of every page of the Mobile Version and on the Main Menu, and a link on the submenu of the Desktop Version that is visible from any page in the “version” section –next to the English / Spanish buttons-. Of course, none of these will be available to users with laptop or desktop computers, only mobile devices will have access to this new version.

Finally, we would like to apologise beforehand for any possible bugs you might encounter and would appreciate if you let us know about them so we can deal with them as soon as possible. And we would also really like to hear from you any comments or suggestions you may have.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2015

Thank you for continuing with us for another year; we hope our services will also be useful to you during the next.

Since we are entering the Christmas season, and as every other year, we remind you that during this period you might experience some delays in your shipments due to the high volume of postage that all postal services experience during this season. We appreciate your patience, and like to reassure you that - as always- all our sales are guaranteed against any postal losses or damage.

Also remind you that you still have until the 25th of December to participate in our “Coins in the Movies” promotion; date when we will be choosing at random one of the participants and send him or her a Silver Ounce coin completely free. You can find more information about this promotion in our Coins in the Movies page.

And last, also notify you that from the 1st of January, and due to the current low prices of our silver coins, which by policy are linked to the prices of precious metals in the international markets, we will be ending our “Free Shipments” promotion for sales over $100, €70, or £60. If you have any large purchase planned, and wish to take advantage of this offer, please place your order before the 1st of January 2015.

And that’s all... Have a very nice Christmas, and thank you for choosing Silveragecoins.com for another year.

Ebay Scams and Summer Delays

It has come to our attention that some Ebay sellers are using our name and pictures to scam buyers. If you find any auction with our name or pictures of our coins and doubt their authenticity, please do not hesitate to contact us. In any case, let you know that we do not sell our items through other sellers or names, nor we grant anyone else permission to use our name. At the moment, the only account we occasionally use to auction items on Ebay is silveragecoinscom.

We also take this opportunity to apologize to any affected customer for the delays in some shipments along the last month. Apart from taking a week off –the first one in 4 years-, we have also been working only on a part time basis; which is also the case of our local post office. From the 16th of September we will return to full time –as well as our post office- and keep our compromise of sending every shipment on the next working day after the reception of the payment.

Thank you for your patience and your understanding.

New Mobile Website and Server Changes

In preparation for the launch of our new mobile website, which we expect to be ready in short, we had to make some changes recently to our server.

You may have noticed that the addresses to all the pages in our website are now preceded by the "www" subdomain. This might have the adverse effect on some users who have stored their preferences and shopping cart content previous to the 1st of July; as these would not be accessible any longer, and would have to be entered again. We sincerely apologise for this inconvenience; but we were unable to make the necessary changes while keeping the old cookies.

We have also changed the access to the static content throughout our website to a cookie-less subdomain. This shouldn’t have any effect on your browsing and shopping experience –with the exception of faster loading pages, especially those with many pictures.

Besides these issues, there is always the possibility of unintended error and mistakes; in which case we would appreciate if you let our webmaster know at webmaster@silveragecoins.com.

Thank you for your understanding, and again, sorry for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

New Search Engine, Low Prices and Advertising

Following some of our customers’ suggestions to upgrade our search engine in the Catalogue and List pages, we have now installed a new one powered by Google. You will find the new Google Search Engine at the bottom on the lateral of every page throughout our website, and also at the top of the Catalogue page; also followed by our old engine, which you will still need to use to select specific sections, countries, metals, and availability.

You may also have noticed that during the past month we have lowered our prices to the lowest in the past 5 years. This is due to the recent drop in the price of Silver in the international markets, to which our prices are linked. To compensate for this drop, and to keep with our policy of charging the right price for all our items, we have decided to optimize the advertising throughout our website.

We sincerely hope that these changes will satisfy all our visitors and enhance our customers’ shopping experience.

Bargains of the Week and Ebay Auctions

We have two fantastic news for all our customers: this week we inaugurate the “Bargains of the Week”section in our homepage; in which, as its title implies, we will be offering every week four of our best coins at reduced prices. This promotion is open to any customer, registered or not, and can be combined with any other offer currently available; like Fixed P&P for any number of items, or the Free Shipping promotion for registered customers.

Also this weekend, starting Friday 21st of March, and as it has become usual every year, we will be auctioning on Ebay.co.uk and Ebay.es some of our excess stock, replacement items, repeated years and grades, and many other coins that were never previously available in our shop. There will be a lot of different types of coins for everyone to choose from; and the best of all, these will be no reserve auctions starting at just 25 pence for common coins, and 99 pence for silver coins.

As always, all our sales, whether on Ebay or through our shop, can be combined at no extra cost; and all are protected by our full guarantees.

Last chance to benefit from our 5th Anniversary Discounts

It has been almost a year since we began offering our registered customers the 5th anniversary discounts, which include: 500 coins on special offer and reduced prices; free postage for orders over $100, €75, or £65; and 5% discount on all the items in the next purchase for filling our short survey. Unfortunately, and as programmed, these offers will end on the 1st of January 2014; reason why we take this opportunity to remind all our customers that you can still benefit from these discounts during whole month of December.

So, for the rest of this month, and until the 31st of December, if you are a registered customer you can still benefit from Free Postage, and if you haven’t done so, you can get a 5% discount on every item in your next order for just completing and sending our short survey.

Also remind you that since each item is unique (you get the exact coins you see) we do not have replacement stock for most of the coins offered; which means that the first customer to place an order reserves the right to purchase any specific item at the stated offer.

Take now this last chance to save when buying your collectable coins. before it’s too late.

US embargoes and PayPal payments

Due to the United States embargoes on various countries, which prevent US citizens and companies from purchasing or facilitating the purchase of goods originating in these countries, PayPal will no longer be processing payments for any coins from Cuba, Iran and North Korea.

Our databases and price guides for these countries will be kept unchanged, and any available coin will also continue to be offered for sale. However, you will not be able to pay for these items through PayPal any longer. A notice will be displayed to remind you of this restriction every time you add one of these coins to your shopping cart, and the PayPal checkout button will be unavailable until you remove all restricted items from your shopping cart.

If you wish to purchase any coin from Cuba, Iran or North Korea, please contact us requesting more information about alternative methods of payment; like bank transfers, which we have been accepting successfully for a few months now.

New Ebay Auctions

Through our recent survey we got quite a few requests asking for more variety in some of our sections; mainly the American and European silver coins sections. At the same time, our purchase campaign is attracting more offers from sellers than we can afford. Therefore, to satisfy both demands, we have decided to get rid of some of our replacement stock, and take advantage of the current silver prices to keep on broadening our offer more effectively. For this reason, and starting this weekend, we will be auctioning through Ebay many of the replacement coins, repeated years and grades, overstock, and any other coins that are currently not shown for sale in our website.

Of course, all our guarantees apply to our Ebay auctions; as well as our current P&P offer, by which you can buy as many items as you wish without paying any extra charges. We will also combine shop sales and Ebay auctions; if requested.

This will surely be a fantastic opportunity for our customers to buy many of our coins at the lowest prices. So take advantage of this offer, visit us now at Ebay -or Ebay UK- and good luck with the bidding.

Free Shipping and 5% discount for registered customers

In addition to the existing offers for our 5th Anniversary, and to reward everyone who collaborated in the progress of Silveragecoins along the past 5 years with their trust, until the end of December all orders over £65 / €75 / $100 will be Sent for Free to registered customer; which means that every customer who has already placed an order will pay no shipping on orders over the amounts above.

In addition, and also until the end of this year, we will be giving a 5% Discount on the next order to every registered customer who completes and sends our short Survey. That is: 5% discount on every item in your next order for helping us improve Silveragecoins by spending just a minute filling our questionnaire.

Of course, we will also keep the 500 Offers and Reductions until the end of the year -as promised- to which we have added another 100 offers more in March. And we have also lowered all the prices of all the coins in accordance to the current drop in the prices of Gold and Silver in the international markets; making it the best time in the past 5 years to buy your Collectable Silver Coins.

In short we will begin to send our customers all the personal promotional codes; which will grant access to the Free Shipping promotion and to the Survey for the 5% discount. And if you are not a registered customer yet: just place your first order now, and as soon as it is delivered you will receive your promotion code to start benefiting from the Free Shipping and the 5% Discount.

Our Fixed P&P Offer Limit has been Raised

We have excellent news for all our customers from the United States and Great Britain, among others: we have just raised our Fixed P&P Limit for countries that do not accept insured mail (e.g. the United States and Great Britain) from €60 to €150; which is $200 or £125. This means that from today you will be able to place orders up to €150, $200 or £125 and benefit from our Fixed P&P Offer, by which you only pay the minimum fixed P&P fee.

For order over these limits, and only applicable to countries that do not accept insured mail, we will still be offering our usual alternative choices: multiple shipments, insured parcel, and our new payments by bank transfer.

Order to countries that do accept insured mail will continue to benefit from our full Fixed P&P Offer, by which you will be able to add as many items as you wish without limits, and pay only the minimum fixed P&P fee.

And of course, our full guarantee will continue to apply to all orders; 100% safety without exception.

500 Offers for our 5th Anniversary

To commemorate our 5th anniversary at the end of this year, and to thank our customers for making this venture possible, we will be setting on special offer and at reduced prices 500 of our best items.

From today and until December this year –when our Christmas promotions will begin- we will start offering 500 of our best coins at unbeatable prices; some down to half the current price!

This offer will be only available until these coins are sold, and no replacements will be offered. So take now this great opportunity to buy our most sought after items before someone else grabs them... some were already sold just today!!!

One more thing: so that you can clearly see how much you are saving, the previous price of all reduced items will be shown in grey on the top-right corner of the new price.

Bank Transfers and Cheaper Shipments

To avoid the extra costs of Multiple Shipments or Insured Parcels for high value sales to countries that do not accept Insured Mail -which we require due to PayPal’s Buyer Protection scheme- we have set a new method of payment by Bank Transfer, which doesn’t require insured shipments. If your country does not accept our Insured Mail (like the United States or Great Britain) and you wish to avoid paying the Multiple Shipments and the Insured Parcels, you can now request paying your order by Bank Transfer and have it sent by signed for uninsured mail.

We have set two bank accounts for this purpose -one in Great Britain and another in Spain- to which you can send your payments by Bank Transfer and benefit from our P&P offer; by which you can order any number of items at no extra cost. Obviously, since these shipments will be uninsured, we will not be held responsible for any lost orders beyond €30 / £25 / $40; which is the default compensation for all signed for uninsured mail. It is assumed that by requesting an uninsured shipment you are aware and accept the risks involved.
If you wish to pay your order by Bank Transfer, and have it sent by uninsured mail, you can do it by sending us a request to admin@silveragecoins.com.