News

6/20/2008 - Coin boards helped popularize the hobby in the 1930s, but they also changed its demographic makeup. David W. Lange examines how they also boosted the values of neglected minor and fractional coins.

6/20/2008 - The Information Age allows collectors and dealers to identify rare varieties like never before. But when no reference material exists for a variety, it can make authentication a real headache, as Skip Fazzari demonstrates.

6/20/2008 - NumisMedia analyzes the highlights from the auctions at this year’s Long Beach Coin Expo. Early Bust coins and Bust Half Dollars advanced substantially in this brisk trading climate — and several records were broken.

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5/30/2008 - NCS is now offering to its dealers a simple and efficient way to track submissions online — any time, day or night.

5/30/2008 - The US Postal Service raised its rates on May 12, 2008. NGC has modified its return shipping rate schedule in coordination with this increase.

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5/27/2008 - Highlights of June 4-7 Sale Include Exceptional 1854 Type II Gold Dollar in NGC MS-68 and 1920-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle in NGC MS 63.

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5/21/2008 - 2009 is the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth, and a silver dollar is already scheduled to mark the occasion. David W. Lange discusses both past and future coin commemorations of the Great Emancipator, as well as the likely fate of the penny.