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PCGS Helps Police Nab Counterfeits Suspect

October 28, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

(Santa Ana, California) – Information provided to Northern California law enforcement authorities by Professional Coin Grading Service led to the arrest of a suspect who is now under investigation in connection with the sales of fraudulently altered Morgan dollars in tampered PCGS holders for nearly $300,000. CLICK TO ENLARGE: These four photographs show a tampered [...]

PCGS Impresses at COINEXPO Warsaw and Paris Brogniard Show

October 27, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

Continuing its international expansion, Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) participated in COINEXPO in Warsaw, Poland on October 15-17 and in the Brogniard show October 17 in Paris, France.   Both shows raised the continuing growing interest in world coin grading among European and Eastern European collectors. In Poland, third-party independent coin grading is already widely [...]

Weekly Market Recap 10/23/09

October 24, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

ScotiaMocatta, the precious metals division of the Bank of Nova Scotia, said on Thursday that gold prices could rise to a high of $1,400 an ounce in 2010 as investors turn to the metal as a store of wealth, as reported to Reuters. The unemployment rate has been increasing at an alarming rate, yet the [...]

Rare Coin News and Articles This Week

October 23, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

What’s New on CoinLink …….. 2,200 high grade samples of mostly scarce, rare or unique specimens from Spain, her colonies and empire ranging from the Visigothic era to the present were sold Oct 21-22 by Aureo & Calico in Barcelona Spain. The Caballero de las Yndias collection is stunning representation of all of the mints [...]

CoinWeek October 12-18, 2009

October 23, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

What’s New on CoinLink …….. Olympic Medals – As unique as the world’s top athletes and their awe-inspiring performances, every medal won at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be a one-of-a-kind work of art. NGC recently certified the unique Ecuador 1862 50 Francos struck in gold. This classic rarity of 19th-century [...]

Stunning Smithsonian Coins Exhibit in PCGS Video

October 19, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

(Santa Ana, California) — The acclaimed, new traveling exhibition of the Smithsonian’s National Numismatic Collection, "Good as Gold – America’s Double Eagles," now can be seen on a free, new video available online courtesy of Professional Coin Grading Service. There are just a few of the historic coins in the Smithsonian’s traveling exhibit, "Good as [...]

Weekly Market Recap 10/16/09

October 17, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

Gold hit another record high this week, as the yellow metal moved above $1,070.00 per ounce. “There’s lots of concern about the weakness of the dollar, and this had been driving gold,” said Peter Fertig, owner of Quantitative Commodity Research to the financial website Bloomberg.com. “The fear that central bank exit strategies will come too [...]

Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection

October 17, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The “Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection” by PCGS is in its second edition and is considered to be at the foremost expert on identifying and exposing counterfeit coins. Not only are the fundamentals of detecting a counterfeit coin discussed but also how to spot altered and cast counterfeit coins. One of the [...]

Weekly Market Recap 10/09/09

October 10, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

This week, Gold broke through its all time high and set a new benchmark at $1,061.10 per ounce. Concerns about the weakened U.S. Dollar and a second economic downturn, along with increased risk of higher inflation, were the leading causes for the commodities boost this week. Other factors had an impact as well, such as [...]

CoinWeek September 28 – October 4, 2009

October 8, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

What’s New on CoinLink …….. New features and more than 2,500 additional high-quality coin photos have been added to the all-new PCGS CoinFacts® (www.PCGSCoinFacts.com) since the enhanced web site was launched on July 27. A division of Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), the site is the Internet’s most comprehensive, one-stop source for historical U.S. numismatic [...]

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