Funded only by donations, the nonprofit Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation worked with law enforcement agencies in 2020 to protect collectors, dealers and the general public by helping remove from the marketplace over $1 million of counterfeit rare coins and precious metals items, according to a year-end update from the foundation. Among the cases, ACEF and its … Read more
Professional Coin Grading Service closing out a banner 2020 with over 45 million coins, banknotes, medals, and tokens graded, and more than 20,000 members now in its popular Collectors Club Professional Coin Grading Service is winding down a year of incredible growth by marking two major milestones. The world’s leading third-party coin and banknote authentication … Read more
Stack’s Bowers Galleries is happy to announce the opening of their new headquarters in beautiful Orange County, California. Located at 1550 Scenic Avenue, Suite 150 in the city of Costa Mesa, the new Stack’s Bowers Galleries facility will serve as the production hub for their global numismatic operations, coordinating their network of offices throughout the … Read more
Legendary country and gospel music singer and songwriter Larry Gatlin talks about owning gold in a video on the redesigned website of precious metals and rare coins dealership 1st National Reserve of Beaumont, Texas. In the brief, entertaining video, Texas native and 1st National Reserve customer Gatlin explains he should have followed the recommendations of … Read more
The Early Date US Large Cent Rapid Attribution Guide by a Metropolitan Coin Club of Atlanta young numismatist, Thomas Walker, is a new work carefully designed to help beginning and expert collectors alike with attributing early date large cents. The 186-page paperback is available from Amazon.com for $44.95. It incorporates a novel approach including instantly … Read more
Appearing at auction for only the second time in 113 years, a coveted 1807 Draped Bust quarter, the finest-known example of the type, Ex: Stickney-Clapp-Eliasberg, brought a record-breaking $630,000 from the Bob R. Simpson Collection at Heritage Auctions’ U.S. Coins Auction Nov. 19-22 in Dallas, Texas. The highly anticipated sale brought a cumulative $14,513,117, with … Read more