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 Don Willis during an informal “Meet the Expert” session at the booth (#1307) on Friday, March 27. He will be available to give personal opinions about your coins from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. that day.

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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 in Coins and Currency?"  The program begins at Noon on Friday, November 21, 2008, in room 303 of the Baltimore Convention Center.  A complimentary light lunch will be available for audience members.

"I’ll help collectors learn how not to lose, but rather make money, while enjoying our hobby.  It will be an insightful look at reading between the lines of questionable advertised offerings, becoming more enlightened about numismatics, and learning how to detect counterfeit coinage – an apparently increasing problem with some merchandise being offered in online auctions," explained Swiatek.

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The Professional Numismatists Guild continues its PNG Share the Knowledge seminars this summer in three major numismatic conventions. Seminar presenters include Jeff Garrett, Donald Kagin, Gary Adkins, Q. David Bowers and Mary Counts.

(Fallbrook, California) – The Professional Numismatists Guild will continue its year-long series of PNG Share the Knowledge educational seminars at major numismatic conventions in June and August.  Programs will be conducted by PNG member-dealers at the Whitman Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention, June 6; the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money® in Baltimore, August 1 and 2; and at the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Atlanta Expo, August 22, 2008.

A complimentary light lunch will be available for audience members at each seminar.  The seminars are free and open to collectors and dealers as a way for some of the hobby’s top experts to share their knowledge.

PNG Immediate Past President Jeff Garrett of Lexington, Kentucky will present a program about “United States Gold Coins and The Smithsonian Collection” at Noon on Friday, June 6, in room 303 of the Baltimore Convention Center.

“While doing research for the book, Encyclopedia of United States Gold Coins, I had the opportunity to study one of the greatest collections of gold coins ever assembled.  During my seminar I’ll discuss the history of the collection, the museum and many of the incredible highlights that make the National Numismatic Collection one of the finest in the world,” said Garrett.

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The second and third in a year-long series of free Professional Numismatists Guild “Share the Knowledge” educational seminars will be conducted in conjunction with the Whitman Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention on February 29, 2008 and at the American Numismatic Association’s National Money Show™ in Phoenix on March 8, 2008.  A complimentary light lunch will be available at both programs.

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