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PCGS Grades First Discovery 2026 Trump Dollar With July 4 Privy Mark
A July 4 Trump Dollar Reached PCGS Before Release, Now the 250,000-Coin Hunt Begins
A new modern U.S. coin hunt has already produced its first...
PCGS Crowns 2026 Set Registry Winners as Elite Saint-Gaudens Set Takes Top Honor
PCGS 2026 Set Registry Award Winners
More than 60 collections earn honors during PCGS’s 40th anniversary year, with elite U.S. rarities, world coins, die...
PCGS Offers $5,000 for First 2026 July 4th Privy Quarter
A 25-Cent Coin Could Win $5,000: The Hunt for the 2026 July 4th Quarter Begins
A 25-Cent Coin Could Launch the Biggest Quarter Hunt Since...
Fugio Cents: The First Regular-Issue United States Coin
By John Dannreuther, Gordon Wrubel, Craig Sholley, Brian Greer, Chuck Link, Tony Terranova, Chris Victor-McCawley, David McCarthy, and Erik Goldstein for PCGS ......
Over the...
PCGS Unveils 2026 Trade & Grade Show Schedule
Four Luxury Events Set for
Phoenix, Huntington Beach, Philadelphia, and Las Vegas
Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) has released its full schedule of Trade & Grade...
28 of the Top 30 Most Valuable Coins of 2025 Were PCGS-Graded—Million-Dollar Rarities Dominate...
The trophy coin market roared in 2025.
And once again, third-party grading played a decisive role.
For the second consecutive year, 28 of the 30 highest-priced...
PCGS Announces 2026 CoinFacts Coin Dealer Hall of Fame Inductees
Professional Coin Grading Services (PCGS) has announced three new inductees into the PCGS CoinFacts Coin Dealer Hall of Fame, an honor it has awarded...
Notable Notes: The “Lincoln Porthole” $5 Silver Certificate
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS ......
Collectors often refer to Large-Size United States paper money as “Horse Blankets,” and for good reason. Before the introduction...
PCGS Grading Room: Surface Smoothing and Other Forms of Metal Alteration
Surface preservation remains one of the most critical and most misunderstood factors in professional coin grading. Among the issues that can prevent a coin...
PCGS Hires CoinWeek’s Charles Morgan as Numismatic Researcher, Expands Leadership Team
Longtime editor Charles Morgan becomes PCGS manager of numismatic research and programs, while others are promoted from within to new leadership roles.
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PCGS Launches Ancient Coin Grading, First to Offer Comprehensive Guarantee
Professional Coin Grading Service is unveiling the ancient coin encapsulation for submissions in Shanghai, China
Professional Coin Grading Service has launched ancient coin grading services...
Coin World’s Most Influential People in Numismatics Recognizes Professional Coin Grading Service Luminaries
Those being honored at Professional Coin Grading Service are multiple-time inductees.
Two longtime figures at Professional Coin Grading Service were recently recognized by Coin World when...
This is Huge! PCGS Grades Guinness World Record Bank Note
Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) recently graded a rare and historic modern banknote from the Philippines, once declared by Guinness World Records to be...
PCGS Expands Headquarters, Starts Hiring Blitz
Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), a division of leading collectibles grading and authentication company Collectors Universe, Inc., goes into the heart of 2025 by...
PCGS Expands Headquarters Office
Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) recently unveiled its new headquarters in a move that greatly increases office area for the third-party grading firm. The...
PCGS Launches Revamped Online Coin Submission Portal
On the heels of dominating the 2024 top auction results and continued trends of major sales in January, Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) is...
28 of Top 30 Coins Sold in 2024 Certified by PCGS
Twenty-eight of the top 30 highest auction prices realized for coins sold at auction during the course of 2024 were achieved with coins certified...
PCGS Grades Rare 1860 Australian Port Phillip Kangaroo Office Pattern Shilling
Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) recently graded an 1860 Australian Port Phillip Pattern Shilling in silver. Known as one of the rarest and most...
Rare Germantown $1 Note Graded By Professional Coin Grading Service
Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) recently graded a magnificent and obsolete 1862 Bank of Germantown $1 note from Philadelphia. Boasting phenomenal surface quality, this...
PCGS Grader Kyle C. Knapp Awarded Honorary Doctorate by ANA
Recently, Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) Principal Grader Kyle C. Knapp was awarded an honorary Doctor of Numismatics degree by the American Numismatic Association...
