News

4/15/2014 - A little over 20 years ago, my column in The Numismatist took a whimsical look at 10 sights most likely to be witnessed at a typical midsize or large coin show — but the hobby has changed quite a bit since that time. I thought it would be interesting to see how much of what I wrote then is still relevant, so let’s go to the coin show …

4/14/2014 - Submit your coins at the NGC booth during the Central States Convention in Schaumburg, IL.

4/10/2014 - Attracting and retaining young people to the hobby has never been more important.

4/3/2014 - March Madness ends in a flurry with over $25 Million in auction sales. Nobel Peace Prize captures $1.16 Million for Stack's Bowers. The Mint Designed A Coin And The Collectors Came.

4/1/2014 - The Robert Bakewell Collection of South African coins, which covers the years 1892–2012, contains many extremely rare coins of unparalleled quality.

3/27/2014 - Drop off your NGC submissions at CICF.

3/27/2014 - The market for modern coins has exploded in the last decade.

3/25/2014 - The Smithsonian Institution has again enlisted NGC to preserve the National Numismatic Collection. NGC previously encapsulated the collection's top 200 US coins, and has now been commissioned to encapsulate 100 international coins.

3/24/2014 - Graded by NGC, the Benchmark Collection, stands as the most significant set of Australian pre-decimal coinage ever assembled.

3/20/2014 - Old Line State Calls; Fresh Collector Coins Appearing In 2014; Stack's Bowers Reveals Mammoth Hoard.