Information & News About United States Coins
Chalk up another coin expo cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Whitman Expo has announced that its Spring event slated for March has been cancelled. This is due to the restrictions in place in Maryland and the city of Baltimore in efforts to contain the pandemic, which has now claimed over 415,000 Americans in the past year. Below is the full Press Release from the Expo. The March 25–27, 2021, Whitman Coin & …
The following is a Press Release from the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (ACEF) and Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) announcing that the experts at NGC have joined forces with the foundation to help fight counterfeit coins and bullion n the marketplace. (Temecula, California) December 7, 2020 – Authentication experts from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (www.NGCcoin.com) are now assisting the nonprofit Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (www.ACEFonline.org) in the ongoing fight against rare coin and bullion-related fakes in the marketplace. “NGC is now …
The following is a Press Release from the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo announcing that the show will reconvene in March 2021. The event was postponed and later cancelled this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo was prohibited from being held November 12–14, 2020, due to Maryland’s ongoing mitigation of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The full Expo, one of the largest numismatic events of the year, will next …
The following is a Press Release from the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (ACEF). It reports on an attempt to sell $400,000 in counterfeit coins including a fake 1879 Coiled Hair “Stella” gold coin valued at $300,000. The counterfeiter went as far as to have the fake gold coin in a counterfeit NGC holder with a fake label that had the same PR63 grade and certification number. Acting on a tip from the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (www.ACEFonline.org), …
The Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG), a nonprofit organization composed of editors, authors, and writers who cover news and feature stories about all forms of money, medals, and tokens as collectibles, has announced its annual awards competition for 2020. This year’s competition is being overseen by David Lange, the new Numismatic Literary Guild Awards Coordinator. To be eligible for consideration in any of this year’s categories, entries must have been published, released, or posted between May 1, 2019, …
The following Press Release has been provided by the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (ACEF) regarding a seminar for law enforcement held at the 2020 Long Beach Expo earlier this month. (Long Beach, California) February 26, 2020 – A seminar for law enforcement officials conducted by the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (ACEF) during the recent February 2020 Long Beach Coin, Currency, Stamp & Sports Collectibles Expo already has produced positive results in the fight against fakes in the …
The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation, ACEF, has announced the sentencing of Johnathan A. Kirschener, a counterfeit coins importer. Mr. Kirschener was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for selling the coins as well as impersonating an agent of the ATF. The ACEF’s Richard Weaver was instrumental in the government’s case against Mr. Kirschener. Below is the full Press Release outlining the case from the ACEF. A federal court judge in Camden, New Jersey has sentenced admitted …
The following Press Release was issued by the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation on a new and easy way for collectors and dealers to report counterfeit coins. (Temecula, California) January 21, 2020 — The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (ACEF) now provides collectors, dealers, the general public and victims of suspected fraud with a convenient and secure way to report information about counterfeit coins, bars, holders, rounds, mint products, paper money or other suspicious counterfeit related activities. “See it? …
The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation has gained membership to CrimeDex, the world’s largest criminal investigation network. Here is the full Press Release. (Temecula, California) October 30, 2019 — The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (www.ACEF online.org) has been granted membership into CrimeDex, the world’s largest criminal investigation network composed of more than 4,000 law enforcement agencies, financial institutions and criminal investigators across the United States and around the globe. “The CrimeDex platform allows members to send out alerts, …
(Rosemont, Illinois) August 13, 2019 – Doug Davis, founder of the Numismatic Crime Information Center (www.NumismaticCrimes.org) and a former Police Chief of the Dallas suburb of Pantego, Texas, has been selected by the nonprofit Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (ACEF www.ACEF online.org) to be its next Director of Anti-Counterfeiting. Doug Davis has more than 30 years of experience in law enforcement and in helping to combat numismatic-related crimes. He served the past two years as Chair …