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In addition to realizing impressive prices in internet sales during the month of February, CAC-approved coins fared well in live auctions in Las Vegas...

By Kyle Clifford Knapp for PCGS ......   Experts at PCGS use a variety of technical methods when identifying and authenticating coins. One essential and often...

In addition to faring well in internet sales during the month of January, CAC-approved coins flourished in live auctions in Orlando, Dallas, and Los...

By Jay Turner for PCGS ...... There has always been a bond between numismatics and art. This connection is an appreciation for the design of...

New technologies are changing the rare coin market and how numismatic companies do business   By Jeff Garrett for NGC (Numismatic Guaranty Corporation) ......   The rare coin...

By Jay Turner for PCGS ......   Late Renaissance composer Orlando di Lasso was famous for his numerous musical compositions, including many religious choral pieces. Also...

By David Schwager for CoinWeek .....   Let’s start with questions and answers about VaultBox coin blind boxes, then go through the quantitative research. Questions and Answers Q:...

In addition to internet sales during the month of December, CAC-approved coins fared well in live auctions in Las Vegas and Dallas. Here are...

Counterfeit Coins -  1904 Double Eagle   By Max Spiegel –  Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ......   This counterfeit coin 1904 Double Eagle specimen exhibits relatively sharp design details,...

This 1895 Morgan dollar forgery is a simple case of just too much silver and not enough effort on the details.   The 1895 Morgan dollar...

During the month of November, CAC-approved coins fared well in a live auction in Costa Mesa, California, and in many internet sales. Here are...

Are you a dealer with questions about coin grading and third-party certification services? What are the new owners of NGC and PCGS doing to...

GreatCollections is currently auctioning a much-sought-after high Gem 1943-S steel cent, graded MS 68+ by PCGS and approved by CAC as strong for the...

Collectors (PSA, PCGS, and Wata) is aware of a very small number of packages that have been reported as delivered to our headquarters in...

One of eight rare coins certified by NGC to sell for six figures in the November Numismatica Genevensis sale   A City View rarity from Switzerland...

By Louis Golino, special to CoinWeek .....   Third-party numismatic grading is currently experiencing its most significant period of change since the launch of PCGS and...

During the month of October, CAC-approved certified coins fared well in live auctions in Dallas County, Texas, and Monmouth County, New Jersey - in...

Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) recently graded one of the rarest and most important banknotes in United States history. The note, a Civil War-era...

On October 17, CoinWeek published a lengthy interview with CAC founder John Albanese in which we discussed the formulation of PCGS, NGC, and CAC;...

By Peter Mosiondz, Jr. for CoinWeek .....   Coin grading practices are based on common sense aided by experience. In many instances, the difference between two...

By Victor Bozarth for PCGS ......   Like many of my fellow numismatists, I have always been fascinated by classic U.S. commemorative coins. My first commemorative...

In 2018, Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) authenticated and certified the only known Specimen Morgan dollar - 1878-S Morgan dollar. The VAM 58 variety is...

By Lance Tchor - Founder and Co-President, WINGS® Coins LLC ......   PVC and coins don’t mix Otherwise known as polyvinylchloride, PVC is found in many different...

Here's an in-depth guide on how to submit your coins to NGC in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible   By Jeff Garrett for NGC...

Make sure you don't get fooled by these steel cents, which are not eligible for NGC certification.   In the United States during World War II,...

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS ......   There are many unusual varieties among early United States Federal-era coinage, but perhaps few are as mysterious as some...

By Douglas LePre – Senior Portfolio Manager, Blanchard and Company, Inc ......   In the many years that I've been in this market, one of my...

Brett Charville educates new collectors on how rare coin and trading card certification now assists video game hobby   A recent former president of Professional Coin...

As a new era commences for the English monarchy, The Royal Mint is releasing memorial coins featuring the late Queen and, for the first...

On October 17, CoinWeek conducted a lengthy telephone interview with Certified Acceptance Corporation (CAC) President John Albanese to discuss a range of issues related...