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PCGS Expands World Coin Program in China
Nov 12 at 8:08pm
For its first-ever participation at the annual Beijing International Stamp & Coin Exposition, Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) produced special insert labels written in Chinese for encapsulated coins distributed as souvenirs. As part of the company’s expanding international programs, Mandarin dialect marketing materials describing coin authentication and grading were produced for the first time by PCGS and distributed at the big show held October 24 – 27, 2008.
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PCGS Certifies Hoard of Rare Gold Half Eagles
Oct 14 at 7:07pm
A hoard of Indian Head $5 gold pieces found in an unclaimed bank safe deposit box in Florida has been certified by Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS). Nearly half of the 262 coins graded mint state, including dozens of rare date 1911-S and 1916-S Half Eagles.
“This is an incredible discovery. They came completely out of the woodwork,” said Lexington, Kentucky and Sarasota, Florida dealer, Jeff Garrett, who jointly purchased the coins with dealer Marc Earle of Saint Petersburg, Florida from a government sale of unclaimed items. They then sold all of them to Bill Gale of New York Mint in Edina, Minnesota.
“This is one of the more unusual hoards I’ve seen in my career,” stated PCGS Founder, David Hall. “There was a group of 1910-D $5 Indians that appeared in the 1970s, but that was over 30 years ago. This is the only large group of mint state San Francisco Mint $5 Indians I’ve ever heard of. By far, the S-mint issue are the rarest $5 Indians to find in mint state.”
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Don Willis Named PCGS President
Oct 9 at 10:10pm
Rare coin dealer and veteran California business executive, Don Willis, has been named President of the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), a division of Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLCT), effective October 7, 2008.
“In addition to owning his own rare coin dealership the past six years, Don has over 20 years of executive experience in growing corporate businesses,” said David Hall, PCGS Founder and President of Collectors Universe.
“Don is a rare combination of world class coin expertise and solid corporate business experience. He began his business career in the field of Information Technology over 30 years ago, and ratcheted up his responsibilities with each business opportunity …
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PCGS Expands, Enhances Online Coin Price Guide
Aug 22 at 10:10pm
New features, including online streaming video commentary from Collectors Universe President and Co-Founder David Hall have been added to the Professional Coin Grading Service’s authoritative Rare Coin Price Guide at www.PCGS.com/prices. All of the information is available free to the public.
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PCGS to Display Chinese Coin Dies for Counterfeit Coins - Coin News
Aug 22 at 10:10pm
The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) announced Monday the removal of a half dozen coin dies used to make counterfeit Chinese coins.
The company purchased the dies through an online auction with the purpose to stop their use in producing more counterfeit coins. They will also be used to help educate collectors, and will be displayed with fake coins at the Long Beach Coin, Stamp and Collectibles Expo held September 18 – 20, 2008.
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PCGS Returns First Strike® Inserts to Collector Club Members - Coin News
Aug 20 at 2:02pm
The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) has announced the return of First Strike® inserts to current and future submissions for members of the PCGS Collectors Club. Ron Guth, President of PCGS, said in an e-mail announcement Tuesday…
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Fake China Coin Dies on Display - NumisMaster
Aug 14 at 8:08pm
Professional Coin Grading Service has purchased a half dozen coinage dies used to produce counterfeit Chinese coins. PCGS will display the dies and numerous counterfeit Chinese coins at the Long Beach, Calif., Coin, Stamp and Collectibles Expo Sept. 18-20, as part of its consumer protection measures.
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PCGS Presents Stewart Blay’s Legendary “Red Copper Collection” at ANA
Jun 24 at 3:03pm
The “Red Copper Collection” of mint state and proof half cents and cents will be publicly displayed for the first time by Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money® convention in Baltimore, July 30 – August 2, 2008.
Assembled over a period of more than 20 years by Stewart Blay of New York, the collection contains some of the finest known copper coins and has won awards from the PCGS Set RegistrySM annually for each of the past six years.
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PCGS Announces New “Genuine” Service - CoinNews
Jun 9 at 3:03pm
The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) announced Wednesday the immediate launch of a new “Genuine” service for coin collectors and dealers. For the fee of $100 per coin, PCGS will authenticate and encapsulate problem coins — coins that have been cleaned, suffer environmental damage, altered on the surface, major scratches, etc.
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