The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) has agreed to continue working with the International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN) to oppose irrational bans on the importation of coins into the United States. PNG will provide $12,000 toward the work.
"The PNG Board of Directors unanimously agreed to contribute the funds to assist IAPN in its lobbying efforts to combat unfair import restrictions. We are concerned that overzealous Customs Bureau agents may unfairly misconstrue even well-meaning regulations by mistakenly claiming that any undocumented ancient coin is a stolen cultural property artifact of another country," said PNG Executive Director Robert Brueggeman.
"This is a frustrating and ironic situation," said PNG President Paul Montgomery. "The U.S. already has agreements with Cyprus and China that hinder the importation of coins that may have widely circulated centuries ago and, in fact, are now easily available...
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Paul Montgomery is the new President of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) for the 2009 – 2011term. His selection was made by the newly-elected PNG Board of Directors at a meeting in Los Angeles on August 3, 2009.
Under PNG Bylaws, members of the nonprofit organization elect nine board members at large, and then the elected board members select the officers.
Montgomery has served on the PNG Board since 1999 and was Vice President the past two years.
The new officers are: President Paul Montgomery, Houston, Texas; Vice President Jeffrey Bernberg, Willowbrook, Illinois; Treasurer Tom Denly, Boston Massachusetts and Secretary Terry Hanlon, Addison, Texas. The board members are...
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Veteran dealers John N. Rowe III of Dallas, Texas and Harlan White of San Diego, California each received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) during an awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California on August 4, 2009.
The award is presented in recognition of a person’s decades of significant contributions to the hobby or profession and devotion to numismatics.
"John Rowe attended his first coin show in 1952, and has been a PNG member since 1962. He has mentored some of the profession’s top dealers since they were teenagers, such as Steve Ivy and Kevin Lipton," said former PNG President Jeff Garrett who chaired the Lifetime Achievement Award committee.
"Harlan White became a PNG member in 1966, and has graciously helped many collectors and dealers and actively promoted numismatics for many years including service on the PNG Board for ten years," said Garrett.
Other award winners at the PNG Day banquet were...
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The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) will conduct its second "PNG Dealer’s Deal" show in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 18 and 19, 2009. The show again will be held at Wynn Las Vegas hotel and casino on "The Strip."
On-site grading services will offered by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation...
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Award-winning numismatic author, acclaimed researcher, well-known dealer, Q. David Bowers, chairman of Stack’s and numismatic director of Whitman Publishing LLC, will be the featured speaker at the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) Share the Knowledge seminar during the American Numismatic Association (ANA) World’s Fair of Money convention in Los Angeles.
"An Hour with Dave Bowers" is the latest in the continuing series of free PNG educational seminars for collectors and dealers being conducted at shows around the country. The program featuring Bowers will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, August 7, 2009, in room 511-B of the Los Angeles Convention Center West Hall, site of the ANA convention. A complimentary light lunch will be available for audience members...
Full Article: Bowers in Spotlight at PNG's Share the Knowledge ANA Seminar
On June 5, 2009, the Professional Numismatists Guild filed an additional Amicus Curiae ("friend of the court") brief on behalf of a Pennsylvania family’s efforts to get the federal government to return ten 1933 Double Eagles.
The PNG brief challenges the government’s claim that the ten gold pieces are not legal tender coins. Specifically addressed within the brief:
1. WHETHER 1933 DOUBLE EAGLES ARE "UNITED STATES COINS" DOES NOT DEPEND ON WHETHER THEY WERE LEGAL TENDER WHEN THEY WERE MADE
2. THE GOVERNMENT’S PAST PRACTICE WITH RESPECT TO ALL OTHER NON-ISSUED COLLECTIBLE COINS IS INCONSISTENT WITH ITS POSITION IN THIS CASE
The brief’s conclusion provides an essential summary of PNG’s position...
Full Article: PNG Files Amicus Brief in 1933 Double Eagles Case
A 14-year old Northern Ohio student who enjoys collecting Morgan silver dollars struck at the Carson City Mint and also Peace dollars has been selected as the winner of the 2009 Professional Numismatists Guild Young Numismatist Scholarship.
Grant Buehrer of Maumee, Ohio will receive airfare, meals, six nights of accommodations and tuition to attend a week-long session of this year’s American Numismatic Association’s Summer Seminar on the campus of Colorado College, site of the ANA headquarters.
"I began collecting when I was nine, but really got into it when I got my Dad’s collection when I was ten," said Buehrer who will enter ninth grade in the fall and is thinking about a career in medicine or biochemical engineering.
There are several ANA Summer Seminar classes he’d like to take: intermediate U.S. coin grading, photography, the art of money, and Morgan silver dollars. "I also would like to know more about gold," he added...
Full Article: Ohio Teen Wins 2009 PNG Scholarship
Nominations for the 2009 awards are being sought by the Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.com), according to PNG Executive Director Robert Brueggeman and President Gary Adkins.
"Each year we ask collectors and dealers to nominate candidates in a half dozen award categories to formally recognize achievements in various areas of the hobby and profession," said Brueggeman.
"These prestigious awards will be formally announced at the annual PNG Day summer banquet that will be held this year in Los Angeles, California on August 4," explained Adkins.
Nominations should be made directly to the appropriate award category chair. The categories and contacts are...
Full Article: PNG Seeks 2009 Award Nominees
The Board of Directors of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) is praising the American Numismatic Association for making significant progress in resolving the association’s cash problems, and urging ANA members to carefully consider the qualifications of candidates running in this year’s elections.
"The ANA Board, Executive Director Larry Shepherd and his staff have made bold and often tough decisions to improve the association’s financial situation. The changes may not make everyone happy, but that sometimes happens when management must confront the kinds of problems the new leadership inherited when they took office in 2007," said Gary Adkins, PNG President.
"If a candidate can not read a balance sheet or can’t be bothered to learn how, that person should certainly not be elected to the ANA Board no matter how much he or she knows about numismatics. It’s that crucial given the financial problems facing the association," Adkins emphasized.
Full Article: PNG Urges ANA Members to "Vote Wisely"
