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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Numismatic Guaranty Corporation is now offering a special label designed specifically for the America the Beautiful Quarters™ debuting this year from the United States Mint. In a related move, the NGC is also specifying certain requirement for coins submitted to them in which the owner requests the special designations of "First Day of Issue" and [...]
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(Fort Worth, Texas) — The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) and Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC), the rare coin market’s two leading grading services, have announced the addition of "plus" grades to their grading services. 1908-D Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle graded MS65+ and a 1909-S V.D.B. Lincoln cent graded MS66+ Red under the new PCGS Secure Plus [...]
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(Newport Beach, California) — The Certified Coin Exchange (CCE), the world’s largest online dealer-to-dealer network, has added sight unseen bidding and trading in "plus" (+) grade designated coins certified by Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) and Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC). CLICK TO ENLARGE: A 1909-S V.D.B. Lincoln cent graded MS66+ Red under the new PCGS [...]
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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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(Fallbrook, California) – Chinese-made counterfeit coins pose a significant financial threat to unsuspecting consumers, according to leaders of five of the country’s most influential rare coin organizations. They warn the public is spending millions of dollars on fake U.S. coins offered in online auctions and elsewhere, such as flea markets and swap meets. This counterfeit [...]
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June 4: Four numismatic news or coin blog articles are referenced on CoinNews every Tuesday and Thursday. These articles are not authored by us, but we recommend coin collectors read them for their unusual or interesting content. Here are today’s coin articles: 2010 Lincoln Cent Substitute Gets Nod Numismatic News The American Flag gets the [...]
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(Long Beach, California) – Leaders of five of the hobby and profession’s most influential organizations are launching a multi-pronged consumer awareness and protection campaign against counterfeit numismatic items sold and imported from China and elsewhere. The organizations in alphabetical order are the American Numismatic Association (ANA), the Industry Council for Tangible Assets (ICTA), Numismatic Guaranty [...]
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Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has enhanced its grading services with new security by photographing each coin it certifies, the company announced Monday. These images are stored in an online digital database that can be used to identify counterfeit coins and holders. "This is an aggressive anti-counterfeiting measure. With a secure image repository, it is [...]
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Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) announced on Wednesday the creation of a new division and a series of services for attributing and grading ancient coins that will kick-off on January 1, 2009. David Vagi, author of Coinage and History of the Roman Empire, will lead the division entitled NGC Ancients, which NGC says will certify "most [...]
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