News

12/1/2005 - Legendary Coins & Currency opened on Thursday, December 8, 2005 in a true celebration of Numismatics. The Smithsonian Institution's new exhibit displays 56 of the most renowned items from its National Numismatic Collection, focused around the central question "what makes a coin legendary?"

12/1/2005 - Last year I had the opportunity to spend a couple days at the National Archives Region II in Maryland performing research for the new edition of my book about Mercury Dimes, which was published in July. In addition to discovering that two days were not nearly enough, I also came across an interesting item that has changed my way of thinking about die collars.

11/7/2005 - A guest article from NumisMedia

11/3/2005 - Effective immediately, NGC is raising the maximum declared value limits for its Gold Rush and Specialty Gold service tiers to $1,500.00 per coin.

11/2/2005 - New Award categories this year to honor outstanding Signature Sets and Collectors Journal authors! Deadline for set registration and journal entries is December 16

11/1/2005 - NGC and NCS are very proud to be presenting sponsors of Legendary Coins & Currency, a new numismatic exhibit at the Smithsonian opening on December 8, 2005. The exhibit seeks to answer the question, "what makes a coin legendary, rare, or beautiful?"

11/1/2005 - In describing United States coin varieties, the terms "small," "medium" and "large" oftentimes are used to describe different sizes of lettering…

11/1/2005 - NGC will offer Onsite Grading and Encapsulating at the Suburban Washington/Baltimore Show December 8-10. In addition to the $100 and $65 Same Day show services normally offered, NGC will also run a $40 Same Day Gold Special.

11/1/2005 - The NGC World Census printed report, once available just twice yearly, is now available on a quarterly basis. To order the World Census hard copy report, contact NGC customer service by calling 1-800-NGC-COIN. The cost is $20 per issue.

11/1/2005 - NGC seeks to publish informative, well-written, forward-thinking articles and ideas about numismatics. We invite both dealers and collectors to submit articles about their specific collecting interests or general opinions on current topics in the hobby. Selected articles will be used in future editions of the NGC monthly E-Newsletter and/or the NGC Web site.