Monthly Archives: March 2018
NGC Certifies 40 Million Coins
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has become the first third-party coin grading service to grade more than 40,000,000 coins.
NGC has been the industry leader for a number of years. It became the first third-party grading service to reach 20,000,000 coins graded (in 2010), the first to reach 25,000,000 coins graded (in 2012), the first to reach 30,000,000 coins graded (in 2014) and the first to reach 35,000,000 coins graded (in 2016) [...]
Law Enforcement Seminar at March 2018 ANA National Money Show
Offenses related to USPS and FedEx shipments continue to plague the numismatic industry. The immediate challenge in these type of offenses is determining which law enforcement agency federal or local takes the lead role.
Representatives from the Postal Inspection Service, District Attorney offices, FedEx, the Banking industry and investigators from all over Texas have registered [...]
Ship of Gold Exhibit Draws Record Crowd
The "Ship of Gold" exhibit, with $40 million of never-before-displayed California Gold Rush sunken treasure recovered in 2014, attracted record-setting attendance during the February 22-24, 2018 Long Beach Coin, Currency, Stamp & Sports Collectible Expo.
The exhibit of gold and silver coins, nuggets and California gold dust was housed in a 40-foot long re-creation of the hull of the legendary SS Central America that sank in 1857 [...]
Gold Settles at Lowest Price of Year
Gold futures ended lower in their start to the new trading month on Thursday. The precious metal logged its third straight session loss, and ended at its lowest price this year.
Gold for April delivery declined $12.70, or 1%, to settle at $1,305.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2018-W Proof American Gold Eagles Released
Today, March 1, the United States Mint released its collection of 2018-W Proof American Gold Eagles.
Struck in proof finish with frosted designs and mirror-like backgrounds, the 22-karat gold coins are available in 1 oz., 1/2 oz., 1/4 oz. and 1/10 oz. sizes that correspond to denominations of $50, $25, $10 and $5 [...]
US Mint Products for March Include Breast Cancer Coins and Gold...
The United States Mint in March will release some highly anticipated products like the pink gold Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coins.
Then there are several traditional issues to include this year's proof American Gold Eagles, the annual proof set of clad coins, newly dated Kennedy halves and an uncirculated set of 2018 quarters [...]