Gary Adkins

(Fallbrook, California) – For the fifth consecutive year, the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) will provide a scholarship to send a deserving young numismatist to the annual American Numismatic Association (ANA) Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  The scholarship will cover airfare, tuition for one of the two week-long Summer Seminar sessions in June or July, [...]

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(Las Vegas, NV) – The first Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) "Dealer’s Deal" show attracted nearly 100 PNG member-dealers and invited guests at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel, December 10 and 11, 2008. Plans now are being considered for expanding the show in 2009. "This was exactly the kind of small, primarily dealer-to-dealer show we anticipated.  [...]

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The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) on Monday released an articulate statement cautioning that President-elect Barack Obama "Coins" are not rare investments. In part, PNG President Gary Adkins said the following regarding the items,   "All of the items we’ve seen offered so far on television and online are merely political mementos that certainly may be [...]

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(Fallbrook, California) – Officials of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG), a non-profit organization composed of the nation’s top rare coin dealers, are advising consumers that recently offered "coins" honoring President-elect Barack Obama should be considered only as souvenirs and not be viewed as rare coins or an investment. "All of the items we’ve seen offered [...]

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(Fallbrook, California) – The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) will conduct its inaugural "PNG Dealer’s Deal" in December in Las Vegas, Nevada.  It is the first in a planned series of "new concept" shows. "There will be both PNG and non-PNG dealers attending, a limited number of collector-guests who will be personally invited by participating dealers, [...]

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(Fallbrook, California) – The last in a year-long, nationwide series of Professional Numismatists Guild "Share the Knowledge" educational seminars for collectors and dealers will be conducted at the upcoming November Whitman Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention. PNG member-dealer Anthony Swiatek of Manhasset, New York will discuss, "What Are the Perspicacious Ways to Collect and Invest [...]

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(Edina, Minnesota) – The introduction next year of new designs for the common Lincoln cent is being praised by a coin expert, but he doubts the practicality of pennies in pocket change. "The Mint has been producing cents for circulation for 215 years since 1793 and they’re fun to collect, but the usefulness of one-cent [...]

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(Long Beach, California) – The date has changed for the latest in the Professional Numismatists Guild’s "Share the Knowledge" educational seminars at the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo.  The new date is Thursday, September 18, 2008, instead of the previously announced Friday the 19th.  The seminar will benefit potential auction consignors and bidders. [...]

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(Fallbrook, California) — The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG), a nonprofit organization composed of many of the top rare coin and paper money dealers, has extended for another two years the contract of its veteran Executive Director, Robert Brueggeman.   "Bob has continued to manage a dynamic organization with zeal and dedication.  His efforts have kept [...]

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(Baltimore, Maryland) — The brief comments below are in conjunction with the unveiling of a new U.S. gold coin, the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle, by United States Mint Director, Ed Moy, at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money® in the Baltimore Convention Center on July 30, 2008. "This is one of [...]

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