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Coin Collecting Guide – Develop Your Coin Buying Routine
Developing a coin buying routine is very important if you want to consistently buy quality coins. This coin collecting guide will focus on one of the most important aspects of coin collecting – picking the right coins to buy. In order to consistently choose the best coins to buy you need to develop your coin [...]
CAC Verified Coins
CAC verified coins are gaining market momentum according to Jason Smith at Stella Coin News. According to Smith, the market is valuing the coin grading verification services performed by the Certified Acceptance Corporation.
CAC offers two services to the coin collecting community,
Verifying the grades assigned by PCGS and NGC are accurate, and
Market making in CAC approved [...]
NGC Star Designation Guide
The NGC star designation confuses a lot of coin collectors, novices and pros alike. On Sunday, I went to a local coin show where I bought my first slabbed coin with the NGC star designation. It is a beautiful PR-67* 1962 Franklin Half Dollar. But, to tell you the truth, I didn’t know what the [...]
Grading Coins By Photographs by Q. David Bowers
This weekend I purchased Grading Coins by Photographs by Q. David Bowers. Over the past six months, I have been reading every coin collecting book I get my hands on. This book is one of my favorites. I hope that you enjoy my Grading Coins by Photographs review.
Grading Coins by Photographs
For anyone wanting to learn [...]
PCGS First Strikes And NGC Early Releases
Many coin collectors are confused by the grading companies’ use of labels like first strikes and early releases. The PCGS grading service uses the label First Strike on certain of its graded coin slabs. The NGC grading service uses the label Early Release on its graded coin slabs.
PCGS was the was the first coin grading [...]
How PCGS Grading Service Grades Coins
I was surfing around YouTube today and saw a really good video from the PCGS grading service. This video walks you through how they grade coins. The video starts with what they do as soon as they get a coin. From there the video shows how they anonymously grade the coins and then reunite they [...]
Coin Grading Services Guide
There are four major coin grading services, Professional Coin Grading Services (PCGS), Numismatic Guaranty Corporation of America (NGC), Independent Coin Grading Company (ICG), and ANACS. These coin grading services act as independent, third-party valuators who impartially grade coins. These coin grading services serve an important function for both coin buyer and sellers.
By assigning a grade [...]
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