On October 17, CoinWeek published a lengthy interview with CAC founder John Albanese in which we discussed the formulation of PCGS, NGC, and CAC; how perspectives on grading have evolved over time; and what John’s goals are for the new CAC grading service. As CoinWeek is an independent news organization, we reached out to PCGS […]
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On October 17, CoinWeek conducted a lengthy telephone interview with Certified Acceptance Corporation (CAC) President John Albanese to discuss a range of issues related to his announcement that CAC would launch a new grading service in early 2023. * * * Charles Morgan: I want to start, John, by asking you some basic questions about […]
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By Jim Bisognani – NGC Weekly Market Report …… I can hardly fathom that it’s June already. This year is almost half over, and it seems like we were just ringing in the New Year. I guess I’m showing my age. I swear, everything seems to be accelerating at a faster rate. It’s not only […]
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By Louis Golino, special to CoinWeek ….. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin appointed numismatic curator, scholar, and award-winning author and researcher Peter van Alfen to serve on the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) on August 11. Van Alfen will serve in the position previously held by Robert Hoge as a numismatic curator. Mr. Hoge’s […]
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Cherrypickers’ Guide volume editor Larry Briggs, author Bill Fivaz, associate editor Brandon Hall, and publisher Dennis Tucker at the ANA National Money Show, February 27, 2020.
Bill Fivaz, coauthor of the Cherrypickers’ Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States Coins, and Dennis Tucker, publisher at Whitman Publishing, along with Whitman Associate Editor Brandon Hall, spoke to a standing-room-only audience at the American Numismatic Association’s National Money Show on Thursday, February 27, 2020, in Atlanta
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In November 2019, the East India Company Bullion (EIC), in association with the South Pacific island country of Niue, launched a collector’s set of gold coins which featured a new interpretation of Una and the Lion
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In November 2019, the East India Company Bullion (EIC), in association with the South Pacific island country of Niue, launched a collector’s set of gold coins which featured a new interpretation of Una and the Lion
The planned issue of the Bank of England’s next generation £50 polymer banknote was announced by Governor Mark Carney during a special event which revealed that computer scientist Alan Turing would be the featured personality on the back.
The process to unveil the design and personality to be featured on the UK’s next £50 banknote all began when the Bank of England asked the country in November 2018 who should be portrayed on the back
The planned issue of the Bank of England’s next generation £50 polymer banknote was announced by Governor Mark Carney during a special event which revealed that computer scientist Alan Turing would be the featured personality on the back.
The process to unveil the design and personality to be featured on the UK’s next £50 banknote all began when the Bank of England asked the country in November 2018 who should be portrayed on the back
Thomas Uram began collecting coins in 1971 and joined the ANA as a junior member in 1974. In addition to having been a collector for almost a half-century and an award-winning exhibitor and certified award judge at many coin shows, Tom is a key leader within the numismatic community involved in several of the leading organizations
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Thomas Uram began collecting coins in 1971 and joined the ANA as a junior member in 1974. In addition to having been a collector for almost a half-century and an award-winning exhibitor and certified award judge at many coin shows, Tom is a key leader within the numismatic community involved in several of the leading organizations
By Louis Golino
Thomas Uram began collecting coins in 1971 and joined the ANA as a junior member in 1974. In addition to having been a collector for almost a half-century and an award-winning exhibitor and certified award judge at many coin shows, Tom is a key leader within the numismatic community involved in several of the leading organizations
Thomas Uram began collecting coins in 1971 and joined the ANA as a junior member in 1974. In addition to having been a collector for almost a half-century and an award-winning exhibitor and certified award judge at many coin shows, Tom is a key leader within the numismatic community involved in several of the leading organizations
Another numismatic video has surfaced that has been posted on the Newman Numismatic Portal. In 2011, at the Whitman Expo in Baltimore, David Lisot interviewed Chet Krause
We ask a leading expert and industry leader about this very subject: Richard Lobel, owner/director of Coincraft London.
As a leading voice in the field of the coin world’s secondary market, I had an opportunity to ask Richard Lobel, owner/director of Coincraft in London, what he believed the shape of the secondary market is currently in and if there should be cause for concern
On April 17 to 19, 1980, the Central States Numismatic Society Convention was held in Lincoln, Nebraska, preceded by Professional Numismatists Guild Day on the 16th. The atmosphere was uncertain
Coin Update continues its series dedicated to reflecting on the long history of Whitman Publishing’s Guide Book of United States Coins, also known as the Red Book. On April 9, the highly anticipated 73rd edition of the Red Book is scheduled to debut
A Coin Analyst Exclusive By Louis Golino for CoinWeek ….. David J. Ryder, the 39th Director of the United States Mint, assumed his new role on May 31, 2018. Ryder has extensive professional experience relevant to running the Mint, having served in other government positions and spent over 20 years working for companies that develop […]
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Selby Ungar (1937-2018), known to the numismatic community as the “King of Carson City Silver Dollars,” passed away on October 9, 2018, at the age of 81. He was renowned for his sincerity and integrity; being a U
On last week’s Metals and Markets podcast, SD Bullion’s James Anderson talked with Industry Council for Tangible Assets (ICTA) Executive Director Jimmy Hayes about changing bullion sales tax rates for gold and silver in various U.S
Two weeks before National Coin Week on April 9, 2019, the 73rd edition of Whitman Publishing’s Guide Book of United States Coins (colloquially referred to as the “Red Book”) is set to debut. The 73rd edition of the Red Book will elucidate a variety of new coin issues throughout 2018 and early 2019, in addition to highlighting foreign coins that were circulated in the British American colonies
Two weeks before National Coin Week on April 9, 2019, the 73rd edition of Whitman Publishing’s Guide Book of United States Coins (colloquially referred to as the “Red Book”) is set to debut. The 73rd edition of the Red Book will elucidate a variety of new coin issues throughout 2018 and early 2019, in addition to highlighting foreign coins that were circulated in the British American colonies
Coin Update continues its series dedicated to reflecting on the long history of Whitman Publishing’s Guide Book of United States Coins, also known as the Red Book. On April 9, the highly anticipated 73rd edition of the Red Book is scheduled to debut
Thomas “Tom” J. Uram has recently been appointed by Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin to succeed Mary N
Coin Update continues its series dedicated to reflecting on the long history of Whitman Publishing’s Guide Book of United States Coins, also known as the Red Book, now in its 72nd edition. “Red Book Recollections” features personal reflections written by Red Book contributors, collectors, and others with the aim of providing different perspectives on the long-lived reference work
Welcome to the third installment of our series, “Lunch with.
Coin Update continues its series dedicated to reflecting on the long history of Whitman Publishing’s Guide Book of United States Coins, also known as the Red Book, now in its 72nd edition. “Red Book Recollections” features personal reflections written by Red Book contributors, collectors, and others with the aim of providing different perspectives on the long-lived reference work
In August 2013 Mike Nottelmann and Matt Dinger of “The Coin Show” interviewed Whitman publisher Dennis Tucker at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in Chicago. Their conversation, broadcast as Episode 66, touched on many aspects of numismatic publishing, writing, and research
Welcome to the second installment of our series, “Lunch with.
By CoinWeek …. Earlier this year, Charles teamed up with CoinWeek’s resident Ancient Coin expert Mike Markowitz to check out the New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC). Among the many dealers and collectors we spoke to, Mike caught up with NGC Ancients director and grading finalizer David Vagi, for whom Mike offers effulgent praise indeed. […]
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On Wednesday, October 18, 2017 , I had the pleasure of attending my first Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee meeting (on the phone, since I live in Atlanta and not in Washington). As a relative novice to the world of coin design, I understand the apprehension most collectors feel when first putting themselves into the fray with much more experienced numismatists and artists
On Wednesday, October 18, 2017 , I had the pleasure of attending my first Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee meeting (on the phone, since I live in Atlanta and not in Washington). As a relative novice to the world of coin design, I understand the apprehension most collectors feel when first putting themselves into the fray with much more experienced numismatists and artists
Donald Everhart, a Pennsylvania native who recently retired from the U.S
Chard Ltd has been very much a part of the Blackpool landscape—as much as the Blackpool Tower or pier—for just over half a century, and in that time the company has made a significant impact on the numismatic scene in the United Kingdom. Having set up shop in 1964, Lawrence Chard eventually went on to build one of the largest privately owned investment-coin and bullion dealerships in the country
Chard Ltd has been very much a part of the Blackpool landscape—as much as the Blackpool Tower or pier—for just over half a century, and in that time the company has made a significant impact on the numismatic scene in the United Kingdom. Having set up shop in 1964, Lawrence Chard eventually went on to build one of the largest privately owned investment-coin and bullion dealerships in the country
On October 28 , Ireland joined the likes of Belgium, Finland, and the Netherlands when they effectively removed their two smallest coins from general circulation. The practice of “rounding” up or down to the nearest five cents has been considered by many in the euro-zone, though just four of the current nineteen member states have put this into practice
Editor’s Note: Paul Montgomery, past president of the Professional Numismatists Guild, and Lyn Stevens, a Texas-based attorney, operate a precious metals site, but most recently made the news because of their role in the PCA/PCI coin fraud case in which nearly $1.9 million was awarded to plaintiffs
Some Coin Update viewers are skeptical about third-party grading services, writing us with concerns about subjective grading, cost of services, and loss of the feel of precious metal in your palm. These are valid points to a degree; but they also miss the mark in contemporary collecting
A CoinWeek Exclusive Interview… At the Central States Numismatic Society’s 76th Annual Convention, CoinWeek editor Charles Morgan sat down with John Kamin, editor of The Forecaster Moneyletter. In this interview Kamin discusses speculating on numismatics, the buying and selling of “factory coins”, and areas of the market where most anybody can buy into and possibly reap profits from […]
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Kevin Foley, Convention Chairman, Central States Numismatic Society; Interviewer: David Lisot. Kevin Foley talks about the 76th annual CSNS Convention, including its expanded bourse and Civil War Lecture Series. He shares why exhibits are so important to the convention and about naming the Best of Show Exhibit Award after the Hendricksons of SilverTowne. Copyright © […]
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The news that a new effigy of the Queen would be introduced by the Royal Mint this year made national news headlines in the UK as there hasn’t been this kind of change to British coinage since 1998. Michael Alexander of the London Banknote and Monetary Research Centre went to the unveiling to see firsthand the new portrait which will be included on British coinage from now on and to also speak with its designer, Jody Clark
The Angel gold bullion coin celebrates thirty years of issue at the end of 2014. From its hopeful start, the Angel range of bullion coins have gone from strength to strength in terms of overall sales and market share and has also become a very desirable collector coin due to its beauty and endurance
The dedicated coin collector can be spoiled for choice of museums to visit when on vacation – but it’s all about knowing what’s out there. A newly published book comprehensively covers this specialized topic
On September 23rd, 2014, Dr. Herman Viola was sworn in as the newest member of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC)
New York City, the financial capital of the world, also boasts an impressive number of museums. When the two meet, the result is also impressive
New York City, the financial capital of the world, also boasts an impressive number of museums. When the two meet, the result is also impressive
New York City, the financial capital of the world, also boasts an impressive number of museums. When the two meet, the result is also impressive
Last year’s spectacular opening of this much-admired institution was further publicized internationally when the outgoing Queen hosted her last formal function, a state dinner on the eve of her official hand-over to the new King, which was attended by foreign royalty, dignitaries and VIP’s from all over the country itself. As the Netherlands marked the accession of its new monarch, the first such transition to a King in 121 years, (the Netherlands is unique in that their last three successive monarchs were Queens Regnant) thousands of people also took advantage of the newly renovated Rijks museum every day, with more than 1
Last year’s spectacular opening of this much-admired institution was further publicized internationally when the outgoing Queen hosted her last formal function, a state dinner on the eve of her official hand-over to the new King, which was attended by foreign royalty, dignitaries and VIP’s from all over the country itself. As the Netherlands marked the accession of its new monarch, the first such transition to a King in 121 years, (the Netherlands is unique in that their last three successive monarchs were Queens Regnant) thousands of people also took advantage of the newly renovated Rijks museum every day, with more than 1
Michael Olson, one of the four members of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) who is nominated from the leadership of Congress, attended his last meeting in March 2014, after 4-1/2 years of service. He was kind enough to answer a few questions about his time on the committee