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All-Time Finest U.S. Half Cent Set And Superb German Coins on Display at June 2013 Long Beach Expo

All-Time Finest U.S. Half Cent Set And Superb German Coins on Display at June 2013 Long Beach Expo

The number one finest set of all time of United States half cents from 1793 to 1857 will be displayed for the first time in public at the June 2013 Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Sports Collectibles Expo. There will also be exhibits of the all-time... read more »

 

The PCGS Set Registry for 19th Century Gold Collectors: Part One

The PCGS Set Registry for 19th Century Gold Collectors: Part One

By guest blogger Robert Kanterman for Doug Winter Numismatics …… I’d like to thank long-time DWN client and personal friend Robert “RYK” Kanterman for writing this excellent study on some of the potential avenues for the PCGS... read more »

 

PCGS Milestone: 25 Million Coins Certified Worldwide

PCGS Milestone: 25 Million Coins Certified Worldwide

A historic gold coin from Japan has the distinction of being the 25 millionth coin authenticated and graded by Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com), underscoring the growing appreciation worldwide for expert certification by PCGS. The... read more »

 

High Desert & Gerald Forsythe Set Registry Displays of Walking Liberty Halves at the Long Beach Expo

High Desert & Gerald Forsythe Set Registry Displays of Walking Liberty Halves at the Long Beach Expo

B.J. Searls, Manager Set Registry Program Interviewer: David Lisot The Set Registry Program on the PCGS website is comprised of some of the most beautiful and rare coin collections ever assembled. Two of these sets were on display at the Long... read more »

 

Simpson Adds Finest Known 1943-S Bronze Cent, PCGS MS62BN, To Finest Off-Metal Collection

Simpson Adds Finest Known 1943-S Bronze Cent, PCGS MS62BN, To Finest Off-Metal Collection

The PCGS Set RegistrySM number one all-time finest collection of Lincoln Cents Off-Metal Strikes, Circulation Strikes 1943 – 1944, just got even better with a million dollar upgrade. Well-known collector Bob R. Simpson, co-chairman of... read more »

 

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Showdown of Walking Liberty Half Dollar Sets

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Showdown of Walking Liberty Half Dollar Sets

A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #128 ….. The ‘High Desert’ set and the set assembled by Gerald Forsythe are the two highest ranked sets... read more »

 

Walker Showdown, 1910 Matte Proof Gold Headline September 2012 Long Beach Expo

Walker Showdown, 1910 Matte Proof Gold Headline September 2012 Long Beach Expo

(Long Beach, California) – The two finest collections of circulation strike Walking Liberty half dollars in the PCGS Set RegistrySM and the only known complete set of 1910 matte proof U.S. gold coins will be displayed at the Long Beach... read more »

 

NGC Announces Spectacular Exhibits at the 2012 ANA’s World’s Fair of Money

NGC Announces Spectacular Exhibits at the 2012 ANA’s World’s Fair of Money

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC®) Announces Upcoming Display of Brasher Doubloon and Others at ANA’s World’s Fair of Money Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC®) will be unveiling a remarkable display of rare and important coins and... read more »

 

Factors That Influence Coin Prices: The Not-So-Obvious

Factors That Influence Coin Prices: The Not-So-Obvious

By Doug Winter - RareGoldcoins.com CoinWeek Content Partner Coin prices are impacted by a number of factors. The most obvious of these are supply and demand. Simply put, if a coin has a greater degree of demand than available supply, the price... read more »

 

PCGS Hosts “Walker Showdown” at 2012 ANA World’s Fair of Money

PCGS Hosts “Walker Showdown” at 2012 ANA World’s Fair of Money

(Santa Ana, California) — The two finest collections of circulation strike Walking Liberty half dollars in the PCGS Set RegistrySM will be displayed in a “Walker Showdown” hosted by Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com). ... read more »

 

Paper Views – The Changing Face of the Numismatic Marketplace

Paper Views – The Changing Face of the Numismatic Marketplace

by Kevin Foley for CoinWeek …. When I first became active as a dealer in the late 1970’s, the overall structure of the numismatic marketplace in general and the customary ways collectable paper money typically was marketed were quite... read more »

 

PCGS Currency Set Registry Awards

PCGS Currency Set Registry Awards

Jason Bradford, Laura Kessler Video coverage by David Lisot – CoinWeek PCGS Currency Registry Set awards from the International Paper Money Show in Memphis. Opening comments and and introduction about the importance of the awards and... read more »

 

Pinnacle Purchases All Time Finest Commem Set

Pinnacle Purchases All Time Finest Commem Set

Article Written by Dan Duncan – Pinnacle Rarities From before the turn of the last century, the U.S. Mint produced coinage to commemorate specific events and individuals giving numismatics one of its most popular issues – the classic... read more »

 

Collecting the Ultimate 1981 Mint Set

Collecting the Ultimate 1981 Mint Set

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker …… 1981 marked the beginning of the Reagan administration and the seeming end of the coin Wilmington, Delaware shopkeeper Judson Ryan famously dubbed “Carter’s Quarter”[1]. Relegated to... read more »

 

Pinnacle Buys San Diego Collection of Twenty Cent Pieces

Pinnacle Buys San Diego Collection of Twenty Cent Pieces

Pinnacle Rarities has acquired another top PCGS registry set. Pinnacle has purchased the number two Twenty Cent, Circulation Strikes (1875-1876) Registry Set currently listed as the San Diego Collection. The full date set is comprised of a mere... read more »