News

3/1/2006 - Jeff Isaac has joined NGC as a Grading Finalizer and relocated to the Sarasota area. A numismatist with over 25 years of professional experience, Isaac is also widely recognized as one of the premier coin graders in the industry.

3/1/2006 - What does eye appeal have to do with grading coins? If the top grading services, NGC and PCGS, label a coin with a grade, shouldn't it be the same price no matter what? The answers to these questions are as complex as buying a new car.

3/1/2006 - The 1931-S nickel is an enormously popular coin with collectors, due to both its very low mintage for a 20th century issue and its relatively high availability in Mint State condition. This fortunate convergence has allowed collectors of moderate means to own a nice, lustrous example of a coin that, in theory, should be almost unobtainable.

3/1/2006 - NGC seeks to publish informative, well-written, forward-thinking articles and ideas about numismatics.

3/1/2006 - NGC will offer On-site Grading and Encapsulating at the ANA National Money Show in Atlanta, GA April 6-7. In addition to the $100 and $65 on-site show services normally offered, NGC will also have a $50 On-site Gold Special. NGC will be at tables 817, 818, 820, 822. Please read below for complete details:

2/13/2006 - A guest article from NumisMedia

2/6/2006 - Important Die Variety in Modern Commemorative Series

2/1/2006 - This month we will look at "reeding damage" which is a very unusual form of damage. It is unusual in two ways.

2/1/2006 - Every coin collector dreams of having a time machine at one time or another. Where would you go?

2/1/2006 - Collectors have always sought out coins of special significance, and one way that a coin can be distinguished from another is by the date that it was struck. Included in this category are coins of early or first release. A general term for these coins is first strikes.