(Santa Ana, California) – Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) is advising its authorized dealers of the existing terms and policies regarding submission of so-called “doctored” coins, and is reinforcing the application of those policies.

“We’re seeing more and more coin doctoring than we’ve ever seen, and the methods used to alter the coins are more and more sophisticated,” said Ron Guth, President of PCGS, a division of Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLCT).

“We are constantly trying to keep up with new and sophisticated techniques, such as micro surgery with lasers and various chemical treatments to alter the surfaces of coins. You name it, and the coin doctors are trying it. We’re giving public notice to those who alter coins that we’re clamping down on them.”

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The Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.com) and the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Conventions (www.WhitmanExpo.com) have reached an agreement to let PNG member-dealers enter Whitman’s Atlanta and Baltimore shows using their PNG credentials rather than requiring them to have other photo identification badges for each respective show.

Announcement of the expedited entry arrangement was made during the PNG general membership meeting in Orlando, Florida, January 9, 2008.

Whitman conducts the annual Whitman Coin and Collectibles Atlanta Expo each autumn, and the Whitman Baltimore Coin and Currency Conventions three times a year in the spring, summer and winter.

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