Dominion Grading Service | CoinNews https://www.coinnews.net CoinNews delivers the latest World and US coin news Sun, 08 May 2011 14:41:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 1917118 DGS Senior Grader & Variety Specialist, Mike Ellis, Named to CONECA Hall of Fame https://www.coinnews.net/2009/06/04/dgs-senior-grader-variety-specialist-mike-ellis-named-to-coneca-hall-of-fame/ https://www.coinnews.net/2009/06/04/dgs-senior-grader-variety-specialist-mike-ellis-named-to-coneca-hall-of-fame/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:05:22 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=1785 Mike Ellis Adds Another Prestigious Award to His Distinguished Numismatic Career Virginia Beach, VA. Dominion Grading Service is happy to announce Mike Ellis’ latest honor of being selected as the 2009 recipient of CONECA’s Hall of Fame award. Mike came to DGS in October 2008 bringing 20 years experience as a professional numismatist and numismatic […]

The post DGS Senior Grader & Variety Specialist, Mike Ellis, Named to CONECA Hall of Fame first appeared on CoinNews.]]> https://www.coinnews.net/2009/06/04/dgs-senior-grader-variety-specialist-mike-ellis-named-to-coneca-hall-of-fame/feed/ 2 1785 Dominion Grading Service Certifies & Grades Rare Gold https://www.coinnews.net/2009/05/19/dominion-grading-service-certifies-grades-rare-gold/ https://www.coinnews.net/2009/05/19/dominion-grading-service-certifies-grades-rare-gold/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 23:47:11 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=1736 Virginia Beach, VA. The graders at Dominion Grading Service were very excited to receive some high powered submissions lately, including five numismatic gold rarities. These rarities, and their final grades are: 1879 Flowing Hair $4 DGS Proof 62 (Altered Surfaces) 1795 $5 Small Eagle DGS AU50 (Altered Surfaces, Tooled) 1795 $10 DGS AU50 (Lightly Cleaned, […]

The post Dominion Grading Service Certifies & Grades Rare Gold first appeared on CoinNews.]]> https://www.coinnews.net/2009/05/19/dominion-grading-service-certifies-grades-rare-gold/feed/ 1 1736 DGS Unveils New, Super Easy On-Line Submission Form https://www.coinnews.net/2009/04/08/dgs-unveils-new-super-easy-on-line-submission-form/ Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:07:17 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=1600 Virginia Beach, VA. – On March 20, 2009 Dominion Grading Service (DGS) made its new and improved Submission Form live on www.dominiongrading.com. DGS worked hard on simplifying the form to make it very user-friendly. Along with being loaded with special, optional services, you can now submit different service tiers on one form. It is an […]

The post DGS Unveils New, Super Easy On-Line Submission Form first appeared on CoinNews.]]> 1600 DGS Slabs Barbieri Cache of "Smoking Liberty" Seated Quarters https://www.coinnews.net/2009/03/20/dgs-slabs-barbieri-cache-of-smoking-liberty-seated-quarters/ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:27:07 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=1541 Virginia Beach, VA. ‐ In July of 2008 Ken Potter wrote an extensive and lavishly illustrated article reporting on the discovery of a most interesting and eye catching die variety found on an 1857 Liberty Seated Quarter dollar. It has since been embraced by the numismatic community and dubbed the"Smoking Liberty" variety. Potter reported the […]

The post DGS Slabs Barbieri Cache of "Smoking Liberty" Seated Quarters first appeared on CoinNews.]]> 1541 DGS Hires Top Grader to Keep up with Increased Submissions https://www.coinnews.net/2008/11/04/dgs-hires-top-grader-to-keep-up-with-increased-submissions-4483/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:42:43 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=1123 Mike Ellis brings over 20 Years Experience in Research, Grading & Teaching (Virginia Beach, VA.) Management at Dominion Grading Service (DGS) formally announced this week the hiring of Michael Ellis as a senior grader and variety specialist. Mr. Ellis has over 20 years experience in professional numismatics with a rich resume spanning everything from President […]

The post DGS Hires Top Grader to Keep up with Increased Submissions first appeared on CoinNews.]]> 1123 DGS Authenticates & Grades Rare Lafayette Dollar Variety https://www.coinnews.net/2008/09/18/dgs-authenticates-grades-rare-lafayette-dollar-variety-4355/ Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:51:10 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=981 Duvall 4-E Variety is Just the Second Reported Specimen

Virginia Beach, VA. The graders at Dominion Grading Service are excited to announce that they have certified the second known example of this very rare variety. The Duvall 4-E variety was thought to be unique until the discovery of this coin, which has been graded AU58 Cleaned by DGS.

1900 $1 Lafayette Duvall 4-E Variety

According to John Feigenbaum, President of DGS, the coin has "the initial appearance of a mint state coin but the luster is almost too nice and lacks the frosty surfaces of a true mint state. The coin has virtually no wear and has been very lightly cleaned to show evidence of wipe lines upon close examination in proper lighting. The only significant mark on either side of the coin is a 3 mm scratch on Washington's cheek. Without the mishandling, this coin might have otherwise graded MS63."

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