Monthly Archives: January 2020
PMG Certified Over 800 Notes From Omar Waddington Collection
Paper Money Guaranty® (PMGnotes.com) has certified more than 800 selections from the Omar Waddington Collection of Banknotes. The impressive group is focused primarily on 20th century issues from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland.
The notes were submitted by Spink, a global auction house founded in London in 1666. They are being offered in an auction to be held January 30, 2020 [...]
Gold Scores Fifth Straight Weekly Gain
Gold closed at a fresh, more than two-week high Friday, boosting its weekly win streak to five in a row.
Gold for February delivery rose $6.50, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,571.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The settlement was the strongest since Jan. 7 [...]
PCGS Launches Coin Quest 2020
PCGS is now offering an exciting opportunity for collectors who seek 2020 coins for their collections.
The 2019-W PCGS Quarter Quest was a great success with its prizes and limited-edition labels for early submissions of the five different "W" America The Beautiful Quarters struck at the West Point Mint. Now PCGS has rolled out Coin Quest 2020, offering a variety of incentives, special labels, and cash prizes as high as $2,500 [...]
NGC Partners With American Eagle Foundation
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGCcoin.com) is proud to partner with the American Eagle Foundation (AEF) for a certification label that honors the organization's mission to keep America's eagles flying strong and free.
The NGC American Eagle Foundation Special Label conveys the importance of protecting our national emblem, while complementing a wide variety of US coins [...]
Gold Settles At More Than Two-Week High
Precious metals futures divided Thursday with gains in gold and silver and losses in platinum and palladium. Gold finished at a more than two-week high.
Gold for February delivery tacked on $8.70, or 0.6%, to settle at $1,565.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The settlement was the highest since Jan. 7 [...]
US Mint Sales Figures Through Jan. 12, 2020
The United States Mint once again is publishing weekly sales figures for its numismatic products. The U.S. Mint's sales updates paused in early November when both the Mint employee primary responsibility for creating the report and their backup left the agency, Mint spokesman Michael White stated at the time.
As of this writing, weekly sales reports are now available for the missing weeks through Jan. 12, 2020. They show early stats for [...]
PMG To Offer Grading Service At Maastricht PaperMoneyFair
Paper Money Guaranty® (PMGnotes.com) is pleased to announce that it will conduct on-site authentication, grading and encapsulation of paper money at the world-famous PaperMoneyFair – Maastricht in April. The PMG on-site grading event will be held March 30-April 5, 2020 at the show in Valkenburg, just east of Maastricht, the Netherlands.
This is the first time that PMG, a leading third-party paper money grading service, has offered on-site grading at PaperMoneyFair [...]
GreatCollections’ January 2020 Auction of U.S. Coins Tops $3 Million
On Sunday, January 19th, thousands of collectors, dealers and professionals placed bids at GreatCollections (www.greatcollections.com), ignoring previous auction records and price guide values, to compete for perhaps the freshest collection of U.S. coins brought to market in over a decade.
The group of coins, almost 100 in total, were part of the "Ultimate Collection," put away by a single collector 25-30 years ago and not unearthed until late 2019 [...]
Palladium Soars 4.6% To Another Record; Gold Edges Lower
Most precious metals futures advanced Wednesday, led by palladium which rallied 4.6% for yet another record settlement. Gold moved lower.
Gold for February delivery fell $1.20, or 0.08%, to settle at $1,556.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
PMG Celebrating 15th Anniversary
Paper Money Guaranty® (PMGnotes.com) is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2020, a year that will also see the world's leading third-party paper money grading service surpass 5 million notes certified.
Both of these milestones of longevity and volume are unparalleled achievements in third-party paper money grading [...]