The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) will offer on-site authentication and grading services at the upcoming Whitman Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention, March 26 – 28, 2009. The three-day show will be held in Hall A of the Baltimore Convention Center, One West Pratt St., in Baltimore, Maryland. Collectors and dealers can meet PCGS President [...]
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The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) will offer on-site authentication and grading services at the upcoming American Numismatic Association (ANA) National Money Show™, March 13 – 15, 2009. The three-day convention will be held in the Oregon Convention Center, Hall C, at 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland, Oregon. Collectors and dealers can [...]
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A new international partnership has been established between the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) and the New Zealand Mint, one of the first world mints to adopt the .9999 standard for gold coin purity. Under the agreement PCGS will grade selected examples of the mint’s new commemorative and bullion issues, such as the gold Kiwi [...]
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The first new 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin was certified by Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) on Friday, February 13. It was graded Mint State 70.
"We were thrilled to examine the first submitted example of this eagerly anticipated modern masterpiece.
It’s one of the finest designs ever created for United States coinage and a testament to the excellence of the United States Mint," said Don Willis, President of PCGS, a division of Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLCT).
The coin was submitted by collector Charles Camp of Savannah, Georgia who said he was thrilled with the certification: "I’ve always been a big admirer of PCGS, and I think it’s a great thing."
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A precedent-setting international partnership is being set up between the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) and Mennica Polska, the Polish Mint, to grade the mint’s new commemorative coins as well as to establish a submission center at the mint in Warsaw, Poland for the convenience of local collectors and dealers to submit coins for PCGS [...]
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The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) has certified and encapsulated the 1793 Strawberry Leaf NC-3, Rarity-8 variety that became the most valuable United States large cent when it recently sold in a public auction by Stack’s for a record $862,500 on January 5, 2009. It is graded PCGS VG-10. "This is the finest of [...]
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(Berlin, Germany) — As part of the company’s expansion of services to collectors and dealers of world coins, Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) officials will be actively involved in the huge World Money Fair 2009 (http://www.worldmoneyfair.ch/wmf/english/index.html) in Berlin, Germany, February 6 – 8, 2009. Don Willis, PCGS President, and Muriel Eymery, PCGS Director of International [...]
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(Orlando, Florida) – The unique 1793 Wreath U.S. large cent variety (Sheldon NC-5, Crosby 10-F) in the collection of the American Numismatic Society (ANS) has been authenticated and graded by Professional Coin Grading Service as PCGS AU-58. The coin has a distinguished pedigree dating back to 1881, but this was the first time it has [...]
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The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) will display Sunnywood’s "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" set of exquisitely toned Morgan silver dollars and PCGS Co-Founder David Hall will participate in an important educational forum at the Florida United Numismatists (FUN) annual convention in Orlando, January 8 – 11, 2009.
Hall will be a featured expert in the FUN seminar, "2009 or 1929? You Can Survive and Thrive During the Economic Crisis," at 1:15 p.m., Saturday, January 10.
"The Sunnywood’s collection is a 100 percent complete, basic set of circulation strike Morgan dollars (1878 – 1921) with spectacular natural toning. The set is ranked number six in the PCGS Set Registry with a weighted grade point average and set rating of 64.611," said BJ Searls, Set Registry Manager.
"The collection was assembled by attorney Douglas Kurz who will be on hand at FUN to discuss the composition of the set. One of the main attractions is an 1881-S graded PCGS MS68 with vivid rainbow toning that’s considered by many Morgan dollar enthusiasts to be the ultimate, finest-toned Morgan known."
Other highlights of the 97-coin set include:
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Free Encyclopedia of Coins Encourages Editing Like Wikipedia Newport Beach, Calif. – Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), a division of Collectors Universe (NASDAQ: CLCT), announced today the introduction of the CoinFacts Wiki, a public encyclopedia of U.S. and World coins located at www.CoinFactsWiki.com. The "wiki" concept allows users to create and edit virtually all [...]
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