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 [...]
ACEF: How To Report Suspected Fake Coins
The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (ACEF) now provides collectors, dealers, the general public and victims of suspected fraud with a convenient and secure way to report information about counterfeit coins, bars, holders, rounds, mint products, paper money or other suspicious counterfeit related activities.
"See it? Report it! If you have information about a counterfeit, you can easily go to the ACEF website and click on the the Counterfeit Alert tab," explained Doug Davis, ACEF Director of Anti-Counterfeiting [...]
Gold Slips 0.2%; Palladium Scores Fresh Record
Gold, silver and platinum futures declined in their start to the new trading week Tuesday with U.S. markets closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Palladium, meanwhile, registered a fresh record.
Gold for February delivery shed $2.40, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,557.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Rare New Zealand Coins In NY International Auction Jan. 18
A collection of rare and popular New Zealand coins certified by Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS.com) is turning heads at the New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC) this week, where it will be offered for sale by Stack's-Bowers Galleries (StacksBowers.com) on January 18, 2020.
The Fenton Collection, named for renowned Australian PCGS Set Registry Member George Fenton, contains a wide variety of rare New Zealand coinage dating back to 1933, when the first official coins struck for the British Commonwealth nation [...]
