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PCGS Update for World Coin Grading caticonslite_bm_alt

PCGS Update for World Coin Grading

Michael Sherman, Vice President, World Operations, PCGS Interviewer: David Lisot PCGS has graded United States since 1986. World coins were added later but until now have never had the prominence of US coins. Find out why PCGS is moving into... read more »

 

Counterfeits and coin doctoring: Two threats to long-term rare coin market

Counterfeits and coin doctoring: Two threats to long-term rare coin market

By Steve Roach First published in the Feb. 13, 2012, issue of Coin World The problems of counterfeit coins and “coin doctoring” are two issues that have the potential to harm the coin market in the long term if not properly addressed. For... read more »

 

News About the Memphis International Paper Money Show caticonslite_bm_alt

News About the Memphis International Paper Money Show

Lyn Knight, President, LFK Trade Shows, Interviewer: David Lisot The Memphis Paper Show is coming up in June. Lyn Knight is the owner of the show since 2010 and continues to makes changes and innovations to Memphis. Hear what is upcoming at... read more »

 

NGC Grades Ted Williams Collection

NGC Grades Ted Williams Collection

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has announced that they have certified select coins from the Ted Williams Collection. The 91 coins were a part of the personal items of Baseball Hall of Fame member Ted Williams. Each coin is encapsulated... read more »

 

Great Collections Auctions at the Long Beach Expo caticonslite_bm_alt

Great Collections Auctions at the Long Beach Expo

Ian Russell, President, Interviewer: David Lisot Great Collections is an Internet only coin auction site launched almost one year ago. Ian Russell, president, long time coin auction person and entrepreneur talks about how this new business venture... read more »

 

State of the Long Beach Expo and PCGS Worldwide caticonslite_bm_alt

State of the Long Beach Expo and PCGS Worldwide

David Hall, PCGS Founder, Interviewer: David Lisot. PCGS is the largest coin grading company in the world with offices in California, Paris and now Hong Kong. PCGS is also a division of Collectors Universe that owns the Long Beach Coin Expo.... read more »

 

The Coin Analyst: Classic vs. Modern: Both Kinds of Coins Are Rewarding to Collect

The Coin Analyst: Classic vs. Modern: Both Kinds of Coins Are Rewarding to Collect

by Louis Golino for CoinWeek The community of people who actively collect coins includes those who are mainly interested in classic coins, those who focus primarily on modern issues, and those who collect both. For the purposes of this column,... read more »

 

Smuggling and Cyprus

Smuggling and Cyprus

I’m shocked! For years, we’ve been told by “experts” that the market for looted coins is in America, and now we find what seems to be evidence of serious smuggling of coins into Cyprus of all places. Although the news... read more »

 

THE COIN MARKET VS THE ART MARKET

THE COIN MARKET VS THE ART MARKET

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics Market Report We know people think we are wrong for comparing the two. We are are NOT making a direct comparison. We’re just trying to show how cheap we perceive coins to be (especially vs art... read more »

 

Great Results in $13 million Long Beach Auctions

Great Results in $13 million Long Beach Auctions

Our recent Long Beach auctions, held February 2-5 in conjunction with the Long Beach Coin & Collectibles Expo, proved to be a great success when they realized over $13 million in total. All prices realized include a 15% Buyer’s... read more »