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PCGS President Charville Stepping Down

CoinNews.net — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:29:51 +0000

Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) President Brett Charville has announced he will be leaving the company but will remain part of the PCGS team while a successor is selected. "I’ve enjoyed and valued my time as President, and I’m ready for the next challenge," Charville states. "This role has been the experience of a lifetime. […]

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Paper Money Guaranty Certifies 5 Million Notes

CoinNews.net — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 01:04:07 +0000

Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) is proud to announce that it has now graded 5 million notes, becoming the first third-party grading service to achieve this important industry milestone.

PMG's achievement is even more impressive in that it comes at a time when the world faces unprecedented challenges [...]

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1945 British Silver Threepence Coin Certified Genuine By NGC

CoinNews.net — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:19:47 +0000

The "rarest British circulating coin in 200 years" has been certified as genuine by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC), the world's largest third-party certification, grading and encapsulation service for rare and collectible coins.

The tiny silver coin – only the second known example – was not discovered in a buried hoard. The 1945 Silver Threepence was found in an ordinary Whitman folder, the type of cardboard booklet that young coin enthusiasts have filled with coin collections since the 1930s [...]

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PCGS Announces CAC Set Registry Program

CoinNews.net — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:29:59 +0000

Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) has announced new PCGS CAC Set Registry composites (sets), which will permit collectors to build collections of PCGS-graded coins that have been awarded a seal of approval from Certified Acceptance Corporation (www.CACcoin.com).

This innovative move gives collectors of these premier PCGS-certified coins the exclusive opportunity to build competitive registry sets consisting of CAC-stickered coins for awards and incentives tailored to those who specialize in these coins [...]

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Stack’s Bowers to Auction The Joel R. Anderson Collection of U.S. Paper Money

CoinNews.net — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:04:43 +0000

Stack's Bowers Galleries will offer The Joel R. Anderson Collection of United States paper money, the largest, finest, and most complete collection of Large Size United States paper money types in existence today.

It is rivaled only by great collections of generations ago that have long since been dispersed, including those of Albert Grinnell and Amon Carter, Jr. [...]

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PNG Online Classes Available

CoinNews.net — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:51:49 +0000

Extensive multi-media classes are now available online to collectors and dealers, the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) has announced.

Developed by Karl Newman in conjunction with the University of Rare Coins and PNG's Edward C. Milas School of Numismatics, there are two course levels [...]

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Raymond Hawkins of South Carolina Wins 2013 PNG YN Scholarship

Professional Numismatists Guild — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:44:10 +0000

A 16-year old South Carolina high school sophomore, Raymond Hawkins, who began collecting coins six years ago and recently founded a local coin club and a coin dealership, is the winner of the Professional Numismatists Guild's 2013 Young Numismatist scholarship competition [...]

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PCGS Announces Shanghai Office, Expands Partnerships in China

CoinNews.net — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:15:55 +0000

Expanding into mainland China, the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) said it is opening a new Shanghai office and has begun building partnerships with prominent Chinese companies.

PCGS, a division of Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLCT), announced its expansion Thursday, noting the new grading and authentication center in mainland China is named Collectors Universe (Shanghai), Ltd [...]

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Legend-Morphy Rare Coin Regency Auction Realizes 1.73M

Legend-Morphy — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:10:42 +0000

Legend-Morphy brought its A-game, offering a carefully handpicked selection of coins in a boutique-style, 334-lot sale held in association with the PCGS Members Only Coin Show.

Collectors liked what they saw and bid aggressively, both before and during the event [...]

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Walton 1913 Liberty Nickel On Display In Baltimore

Heritage Auctions — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:58:29 +0000

The famous Walton specimen 1913 Liberty Head nickel will be displayed by Heritage Auctions during the first three days of the four-day Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo, March 14 - 17, 2013.

This fabled nickel was recovered from a fatal car crash and then unsuspectingly kept in a Virginia closet [...]

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