Described as "the Holy Grail of Sheldon Cents" and recently purchased by noted collector Pete Miller at public auction, a 1795 Reeded Edge Flowing Hair large cent (S-79) now has been certified PCGS G4 by Professional Coin Grading Service.
Only eight of these coins are known to exist, and the reason for the reeded edge [...]
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As one of his final acts before leaving office on January 9, 2011 as Director of the United States Mint, Edmund Moy awarded the "Director’s Coin for Excellence" medal to Miles Standish, Vice President and Senior Grader of the Professional Coin Grading Service, a division of Collectors Universe, Inc.
In recognizing Standish’s meritorious service to the coin collecting community, Moy wrote in an accompanying note [...]
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The first-ever public display of the one-of-a-kind set of 1943 bronze Lincoln cents from the Denver, Philadelphia and San Francisco Mints will be hosted by Professional Coin Grading Service and Legend Numismatics, Inc. during the first three days of the Florida United Numismatists (FUN) convention in Tampa, Florida, January 6, 7 and 8, 2011.
The unprecedented exhibit marks the first time the complete set has been included in the PCGS Set RegistrySM. It also marks [...]
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Goldline International, in cooperation with the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), announced today, October 9, 2010, a pink ribbon coin program as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual outreach effort of several different breast cancer organizations that focuses on disease awareness, education and research. A special label bearing a likeness of a [...]
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Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) will provide on-site authentication and grading services and offer show specials for on-site submissions at the Silver Dollar & Rare Coin Expo in Saint Charles, Missouri, October 14- 16, 2010, and at the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo, November 4 – 7, 2010. The following show specials will be [...]
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(Paris, France) — PCGS Authorized Dealers from across Europe eagerly attended another successful Grading Week conducted at the Paris, France offices of Professional Coin Grading Service, September 13 – 17, 2010. PCGS Co-Founder and Collectors Universe President David Hall personally met with the attendees to talk about the current rare coin marketplace in Europe, the [...]
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Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) will provide on-site authentication and grading services and showcase the first West Coast public display of the acclaimed, award-winning ESM Collection of early proof copper coins during the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, September 23 – 25, 2010. PCGS will accept Show Service submissions starting with dealer set-up [...]
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The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) has established the PCGS CoinFacts™ Coin Dealer Hall of Fame and named six acclaimed dealers as its inaugural inductees: Q. David Bowers, the brothers Henry and Samuel Hudson (S.H.) Chapman, B. Max Mehl, Wayte Raymond and W. Elliot Woodward. "The PCGS Set RegistrySM Hall of Fame recognizes outstanding collectors [...]
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The PCGS Coin Sniffer™, a process incorporating advanced technology for detecting foreign materials and other enhancements on a coin’s surface, will be used in two roll-out phases on all PCGS Secure Plus™ submissions with the first step beginning in September or October 2010. "When our testing and development are completed, the PCGS Coin Sniffer will [...]
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Effective August 1, 2010, Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) will begin offering "Plus" (+) designations for all qualified coins submitted in the Regular, Express and Walkthrough service levels. The enhancements for these services will be offered at no additional charge. "The introduction of PCGS Secure Plus™ three months ago has dramatically changed the grading landscape," [...]
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