By PCGS on May 30, 2010
According to PCGS officials, in conjunction with the development of coin recognition technology launched in March of this year, PCGS has been developing a process to detect foreign materials and other enhancements to a coin’s surfaces.
Posted in Grading Companies, PCGS, Press Releases, US Coins, World Coins | Tagged collectors universe inc, David Hall, PCGS, x ray spectrometry
By NGC on April 16, 2010
NGC is offering a new special label for the America the Beautiful Quarters. The Hot Springs National Park quarter, to be released on Monday, April 19, 2010 is the first coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program…
Posted in Grading Companies, Modern, NGC, Press Releases, US Coins | Tagged America the beautiful quarters, hot springs national park, NGC
By PCGS on April 16, 2010
Series of three videos by Don Willis outlining the benefits of the new Secure Plus. Recorded at the Fort Worth ANA on March 25,2010…
Posted in Grading Companies, PCGS, Press Releases | Tagged Don Willis, PCGS, secure plus, video
By PCGS on March 26, 2010
Since its beginning in 1986, Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) has become synonymous with innovation. Now, in 2010, PCGS makes another quantum leap forward in the form of the new PCGS Secure Plus™ service…
Posted in Grading Companies, PCGS, Press Releases | Tagged coin grading, David Hall, Don Willis, PCGS, united states secret service
By PCGS on March 25, 2010
Effective March 25, 2010, PCGS will begin printing on all coin holder labels an expanded barcode that takes advantage of all 22 digits (up from the current 16 digits). The expanded barcode will allow us…
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By NGC on February 16, 2010
NGC has certified a Zachary Taylor Presidential $1 coin that bears the date 2010 D. The Zachary Taylor coin was the fourth Presidential dollar released in 2009 and should correctly bear the date 2009, not 2010. This is the first time that the wrong date has been reported on an edge-lettered US dollar…
Posted in Grading Companies, Modern, NGC, Press Releases, US Coins | Tagged Errors, NGC, Presidential, Zachary Taylor
By NGC on February 11, 2010
Every year I write a letter to all NGC submitters to describe what’s happening at NGC. Communication is a very important part of what we do — we see NGC as being directly responsive to the wants and needs…
Posted in Grading Companies, NGC, Press Releases | Tagged Mark Salzberg, ncs, NGC
By NGC on February 2, 2010
One of the most important international events on the calendar for numismatists is the World Money Fair, held at the end of January each year in Berlin…
Posted in Grading Companies, NGC, Press Releases | Tagged NGC
By PCGS on February 1, 2010
Effective February 1, 2010, we are changing our method of shipping coins back to the submitter. For all packages with a value of $100,000 or less, we will begin using USPS Priority or Express Mail vs. the previously used Registered Mail…
Posted in Grading Companies, PCGS, Press Releases | Tagged PCGS
By NGC on January 31, 2010
NGC has received a number of the new 2010 cents for certification….
Posted in Grading Companies, Modern, NGC, Press Releases, US Coins | Tagged joseph menna, lincoln memorial, NGC, obverse
