The Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.com) has issued the first $2,500 in pledged rewards totaling $175,250 to New Jersey coin dealer Ken Starrett whose tip to investigators led to the recovery of rare coins and bank notes stolen in 2009.
PNG is alerting more than 70 other dealers who pledged the remaining amount of the total that the reward money now should be sent because a suspect in the case has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of sale or possession of stolen goods [...]
The Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.com) will provide a scholarship to a deserving young numismatist (YN) to attend the 2012 American Numismatic Association (ANA) Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This is the eighth consecutive year of PNG YN scholarships for the popular, annual ANA educational programs.
"The scholarship will cover airfare, tuition for one of the two week-long Summer Seminar sessions in June or July, meals and six nights of dormitory accommodations on the campus of Colorado College, site of the [...]
Continuing an annual tradition dating back to 1973, the American
Numismatic Association (ANA) in 2012 will award scholarships to Young Numismatists (YN).
The ANA last week announced that Young Numismatists can earn partial and full scholarships for the 2012 Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs. [...]
The ANA World’s Fair of Money show in Chicago reached an impressive attendance of 9,113, which included 5,341 members and 3,772 public visitors.
The show, held from August 16-20, offered a record number of tables, according to the ANA. It also featured 45 exhibitors with 72 exhibits. 61 of them were given awards.
Press statements from the ANA follow about the attendance and exhibit awards [...]
As gold prices soared, national news media obtained expert commentary and advice for investors from Michael Fuljenz, President of Universal Coin & Bullion (www.universalcoin.com) of Beaumont, Texas, during the Chicago World’s Fair of Money(SM), August 16 – 20, 2011.
He was interviewed by Fox Business Network and ABCNews.com about the huge demand for gold bullion and gold coins, and how the public can avoid scams when buying or selling precious metals [...]
The Professional Numismatists Guild announced winners of the organization’s 2011 awards at the PNG Day summer banquet, August 15, 2011, on the eve of the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois.
"These prestigious, annual awards formally recognize achievements in various areas of the hobby and profession," said Robert Brueggeman, PNG Executive Director.
PNG Immediate Past President and current board member, Paul Montgomery, received the Abe Kosoff Founders Award [...]
PCGS Currency has announced the winners of the 2011 PCGS Currency Set Registry Awards, and announced the first entry into the PCGS Currency Hall of Fame. The award-winning collections were honored at the annual PCGS Currency Set Registry awards dinner at the International Paper Money Show in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 9, 2011.
"The interest and participation in the PCGS Currency Set Registry has exploded in the last year," stated Laura A. Kessler, Vice President of PCGS Currency and head of the Set Registry marketing efforts. "Participation has doubled in terms of both the number of participants and individual collections. There are some mind-blowing sets listed in the Registry, which makes selecting winners in each category extremely challenging." [...]
Michael Fuljenz President of Universal Coin & Bullion in Beaumont, Texas, has been honored with prestigious excellence-in-journalism awards from the Press Club of Southeast Texas in connection with his consumer protection work about traveling gold buyers.
He has been assisting with news media investigations of gold-buying companies that move from community to community across the United States. Subsequent news stories reported that some of the itinerant buyers offered only pennies on the dollar for rare gold coins [...]
Nominations now are being accepted for the 2011 Professional Numismatists Guild awards, according to PNG Executive Director Robert Brueggeman and President Paul Montgomery.
"The awards formally recognize achievements in various areas of the hobby and profession, and we welcome nominations from collectors and dealers," said Brueggeman [...]
Daniel Gibson, 18, of Perrysburg, Ohio, who was introduced to coin collecting less than a year ago, is the winner of the Professional Numismatists Guild 2011 Young Numismatist Scholarship to attend the American Numismatic Association Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Gibson became interested in the hobby through his friendship with last year’s PNG YN Scholarship winner.
"The PNG scholarship will provide Daniel with airfare, tuition for one of the two week-long Summer Seminar sessions in [...]
