Professional Numismatists Guild Archives

PNG Urges “Preserve the Past” and Offers to Assist Victims of Coin Doctoring

September 3, 2019 by Clinton

(Temecula, California) September 3, 2019 – As part of its on-going efforts to combat “coin doctoring,” the Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.org) is urging dealers and collectors to respect the heritage and historical significance of all coinage to preserve the past as best as possible. PNG also is offering to assist anyone who suspects he or she unwittingly purchased a doctored coin. “It has often been stated that money is history you can hold in your …

Richard Weaver Selected As New PNG President

August 12, 2019 by Clinton

(Rosemont, Illinois) August 12, 2019 – Officers of the Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.org) have selected Richard Weaver to be the organization’s President for the 2019–2021 term. Weaver was selected during the PNG Board of Directors meeting in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois on August 11, 2019. Richard Weaver is President of Delaware Valley Rare Coin Company in Broomall, Pennsylvania. He grew up in the coin business and began his full-time career in numismatics in …

PNG Suspends Member Jason Bradford of Legacy Currency Grading

July 24, 2019July 22, 2019 by Clinton

The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) has announced the suspension of member Jason Bradford. Bradford owns Legacy Currency Grading in Brentwood, Tennessee and was PNG member #765. He joined PNG in 2015. PNG Executive Director Robert Brueggeman indicated the suspension of Jason Bradford was “for conduct prejudicial to the PNG, including violation of the Code of Ethics”. What exactly those violations entailed was not disclosed. The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) is a nonprofit trade association composed of the country’s top …

The 2019 PNG Day will be Open to The Public on August 12 in Chicago

August 16, 2019June 14, 2019 by Clinton

The Professional Numismatists Guild, or PNG, has announced that their traditional PNG Day Show will take place on August 12, 2019. The event will be held the day before the World’s Fair of Money which is being held in the same venue. Public hours will be on Monday August 12, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm. The Day Show will be held in Hall F of the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in the Chicago suburb …