Award-winning author, researcher and professional numismatist Ron Guth of Expert Numismatic Services, Inc. in San Diego, California (www.ExpertNumismatics.com) has created The Guth 100 Point Coin Grading Scale℠, a new numerical grading scale that he believes will benefit collectors.
The possibility of a 100 point rare coin grading scale has been discussed and debated for decades because the 70 point grading scale is difficult to explain and it does not provide enough grading points on the high end […]
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department will host an in-depth Numismatic Crime Investigations class on Oct. 12, 2018 in Beaumont, Texas.
The class will be presented by the Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) and will provide attendees with the basic skills, knowledge and resources to effectively investigate a crime related to coins, paper money and related numismatic items […]
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC) graders have discovered a "light finish" variety of 2018-S Silver Reverse Proof Set Half Dollars.
This variety results from an obverse die that was not properly prepared, imparting a significantly lower-contrast finish on the coin’s fields as compared to the white fields typically seen on Reverse Proof coins […]
The U.S. Mint is looking for artists to create United States coin and medal designs. The agency is accepting applications for its Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) beginning Sept. 3, 2018.
The AIP, established in 2003, was created to develop and train a pool of external artists ready to work with the Mint’s staff, including sculptor-engravers, to generate new designs for coins and medals […]
Bidders made numismatic history at Heritage Auctions’ American Numismatic Association events Aug. 14-19 as total sales surpassed $40 million — the auctioneers’ biggest ANA auction since 2015.
Total U.S. Coin sales reached $27,212,944 and delivered stunning sell-through rates of 97.3 percent by value and 98 percent by lot. Two historically important lots took top lot honors in their auction debuts […]
The Numismatic Literary Guild Board of Directors unanimously approved the appointment of Ron Guth of San Diego, California to be the NLG Executive Director starting September 1, 2018.
He succeeds Donn Pearlman of Las Vegas, Nevada who agreed to serve in that role for a year following the August 2017 passing of long-time NLG Executive Director Ed Reiter […]
To help fight fake numismatic merchandise in the marketplace, the Professional Numismatists Guild has donated $15,525 to the Industry Council for Tangible Assets Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force.
The donation was announced by PNG President Barry Stuppler at the PNG Awards banquet in Philadelphia, August 13 […]
John Brush of David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC) and John Albanese of Certified Acceptance Corporation (CAC) acquired Aug. 4 the fourth identified example of the world-famous 1854-S No Motto Half Eagle for $2.16 million.
The gold coin, which was graded and authenticated by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation as Extremely Fine 45, was recently discovered by a New England collector who had the coin submitted to NGC by a dealer acquaintance believing it to be counterfeit […]
Numismatic Guaranty Corporationr® (NGC) and Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG) have been named the Official Grading Services of the Macau Numismatic Society (MNS). In addition, Numismatic Conservation Services® (NCS), an affiliate of NGC and PMG, has been named the Official Conservation Service of the MNS.
The MNS was established in 1988 to serve the coin and paper money collecting communities in Macau, a Special Administrative Region of China, and the surrounding areas […]
The legendary "First Dollar of the New World," struck in Mexico City by the Spanish in 1538, sold for $528,000, Aug. 17, at am auction of ancient and world coins held by Heritage Auctions in Philadelphia.
The first dollar-sized coin struck in the Americas, it was minted under the joint Spanish reign of Charles I and his mother, Joanna […]
