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PCGS Exhibit, PNG Seminar Highlight September Long Beach Expo

An exhibit by Professional Coin Grading Service of counterfeit coins and the latest in the Professional Numismatists Guild’s “Share the Knowledge” educational seminars are among the highlights of the next Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, September 18 - 20, 2008.  The show will be held in the Long Beach, California Convention Center, 100 S. Pine Ave.

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Date Change for PNG Seminar at September 2008 Long Beach Expo

The date has changed for the latest in the Professional Numismatists Guild’s “Share the Knowledge” educational seminars at the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo.  The new date is Thursday, September 18, 2008, instead of the previously announced Friday the 19th.

The seminar will benefit potential auction consignors and bidders.

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PNG Extends Brueggeman’s Contract, Cites Accomplishments

The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG), a nonprofit organization composed of many of the top rare coin and paper money dealers, has extended for another two years the contract of its veteran Executive Director, Robert Brueggeman.

“Bob has continued to manage a dynamic organization with zeal and dedication.  His efforts have kept the Professional Numismatists Guild on a steady pace,” said PNG President Gary Adkins.

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PNG Honors Award Winners - Coin News

(Baltimore, Maryland) – The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to well-known researcher, author and rare coin dealer John “J.D.” Dannreuther of Memphis, Tennessee.

The surprise presentation of the award was made during the organization’s annual PNG Day banquet conducted this year in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Collectors Invited to Baltimore PNG Day, July 29, 2008

This year’s annual PNG Day conducted by the Professional Numismatists Guild in conjunction with the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money® convention will be Tuesday, July 29, 2008, in Hall A of the Baltimore Convention Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Collectors are cordially invited to attend; however, an invitation is required for admission.

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PNG Share the Knowledge Seminars - CoinNews

(Fallbrook, California) – The Professional Numismatists Guild will continue its year-long series of PNG Share the Knowledge educational seminars at major numismatic conventions in June and August.  Programs will be conducted by PNG member-dealers at the Whitman Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention, June 6; the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money® in Baltimore, August 1 and 2; and at the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Atlanta Expo, August 22, 2008.

A complimentary light lunch will be available for audience members at each seminar.  The seminars are free and open to collectors and dealers as a way for some of the hobby’s top experts to share their knowledge.

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Georgia Teenager Wins 2008 PNG YN Scholarship - CoinNews

(Fallbrook, California) – An Atlanta area high school freshman, Dustin Reynolds, 15, is this year’s winner of the Professional Numismatist Guild’s (PNG) Young Numismatist Scholarship.  The PNG scholarship covers tuition for a one-week session at the American Numismatic Association (ANA) annual Summer Seminar, airfare, meals and six nights of dormitory accommodations on the campus of Colorado College, site of the ANA headquarters.

“I was pretty excited,” said Reynolds, recalling his reaction when he was informed of the scholarship.

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