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PCGS Announces Special World’s Fair of Money Label

July 30, 2019June 26, 2019 by Clinton

PCGS has announced that they will be offering a special label in holders for coins that are dropped off at the World’s Fair of Money event in Chicago next month. The grading service will be on-site for the American Numismatic Association’s annual event which will be held August 13-17 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. The special label will only be available when you submit coins on-site and only for coins that you have …

Using The Handy PCGS CoinFacts App

October 1, 2019May 9, 2019 by Clinton

When I started coin collecting back in the 1980s, finding handy information about coins was far more challenging than it is today. This was pre-Internet (yes, I know I’m old) and it mainly came down to books that, at a minimum, you needed to update every year or two years at the least. For coin collecting today, finding out this same type of information – mintage, designers, history of the coin’s design, and other coin …

Quick Tip – Best Way to Verify Coin Certifications

October 2, 2019May 7, 2019 by Clinton

You are looking at that rare Barber Dime online or at a coin show. It’s a 1893 graded at MS-65. Book value says that this coins should be around $250 but a dealer is willing to sell it for $50. It’s NGC certified according to the slab so it has to be legit, right? That’s when verifying a coin certifications is critical. Unfortunately, not necessarily. Coin fraud is a significant problem in our hobby with …

Quick Tip – PCGS Photograde is a Handy Grading Tool

October 21, 2019May 1, 2019 by Clinton

While it is great having grading books, there are times that having a grading app on your Android or iPhone device just makes life easier. This is particularly true when you are at your local coin show and are doing a stare-and-compare with a coin you are thinking of buying. One of the best out there is PCGS Photograde. It is an app available on the web, for Android, and for iPhone and best of …