Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has announced that they have certified select coins from the Ted Williams Collection.
The 91 coins were a part of the personal items of Baseball Hall of Fame member Ted Williams. Each coin is encapsulated with the pedigree Ted Williams Collection [...]
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NGC has discovered what may be the first error in the America the Beautiful five ounce series. The coin, a 2010-P Yellowstone, has a matte Specimen finish on the Washington side and a brilliant, lustrous finish on the other. This error appears to be unique at present, but it is possible that others await discovery.
There are two types of America the Beautiful five ounce coins issued by the Mint: a lustrous bullion version and a matte collector version. The collector version, designated Specimen by NGC, is produced by the same method as the bullion edition except that it is vapor-blasted in the final stage. These Specimens are also distinguished by a "P" mintmark [...]
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The first variety in the America the Beautiful five ounce silver coin series has been discovered and will now be recognized by NGC.
The variety, designated "Light Finish" by NGC, is so far seen only on the 2010-P Grand Canyon Specimen issues.
The U.S. Mint strikes two types of five ounce silver America the Beautiful coins: the bullion version and the collector version. The collector version is vapor-blasted to create a matte finish, a stark contrast to the brilliant surfaces of the bullion issues.
Two distinct surface finishes of the 2010-P Grand Canyon Specimens have been observed: coins with the regular coarse matte finish and coins that [...]
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Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has announced that they have created a special presentation label for coins featured in the book 100 Greatest U.S. Modern Coins.
This newly released book ranks the most important U.S. coins issued from 1964 to date. The attractive black and tan NGC label boldly shows a coin’s rank adjacent to [...]
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Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has announced that they have certified a significant Carson City Variety.
A coin submitted to NCS for conservation followed by NGC grading has turned out to be an unpublished variety.
This gold eagle coined at the Carson City Mint in 1892 bears a distinctly tripled reverse [...]
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Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has announced that a NGC-certified 1907 Rolled Gold Edge Eagle sold for $2.185 million during Heritage Auction’s Platinum Night offerings at the FUN 2011 Convention in Tampa, Fla.
The 1907 $10 Satin PR 67 with Periods Rolled Edge was one of five gold coins in the sale that belonged to Mint Director Frank A. Leach [...]
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Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has announced that their online security image archive now includes 3,000,000 coins — the largest database of NGC-certified coins in existence anywhere.
Since October 2008 NGC has been capturing digital photographs of every coin that it certifies and then storing them in an internet-accessible database.
By maintaining a secure and proprietary database of coin images and making it available to the public [...]
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Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has announced that they have certified a newly-discovered platinum eagle variety.
The latest oddity to surface in the U. S. Mint’s American Eagle Bullion Coin series is a 2007-W platinum $100 piece in proof with an obvious die-polishing error.
This popular coin type, which features a facing eagle with wings outstretched, also includes a shield on the eagle’s breast [...]
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Every year I write a letter to all NGC submitters to describe what’s happening at NGC. Communication is a very important part of what we do — we see NGC as being directly responsive to the wants and needs of the numismatic community. In no small part, it’s because of this responsiveness that NGC has [...]
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