Instructors: William Shamhart, Jr., Charles Browne, Lane Brunner, John Dannreuther & John Albanese
Week of July 4, 2009
If you aren’t familiar with the five names above, you should make a concerted effort to find out who they are and where you might meet and learn from their years of experience in numismatics. These gentlemen have a strong [...]
Archive for July, 2009
2009 ANA Summer Seminar on Advanced United States Coin Grading and Problem Coins. A Critique.
Posted in Economy, Gammill Numismatics, Grading, Grading problem coins, Half Cents, Hard Times Tokens, Stand Alone Coins for Investments, coin condition, coin investments, collector investments, knowledge is power, large cents, rare coin investment, shield nickels, tagged advanced grading, ANA, Bill Shamhart, CAC, Charles Browne, coin education, coin grading, coin marketplace, collectible space, colorado springs, famous coins, founder of NGC, John Albanese, John Dannreuther, knowledge is power, Lane Brunner, numismatic education, numismatic experts, numismatic innovators, numismatic research, pcgs grader, problem coins, professional philosophy, summer seminar, William Shamhart on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Think Thrice when you see that old PCGS or NGC Slab.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged coin bull market, coin upgrades, Coin World, collectible NGC certified holders, collectible NGC slabs, conservative grading, crack out artist, cracking coins out of holders, early days at NGC, early days PCGS, Lane Brunner, NGC black inserts, old NGC slabs, old NGC slabs with black inserts, old pcgs slabs, Steve Roach, vintage coin holders on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the July 6th (2009) issue of Coin World Steve Roach wrote an interesting article entitled, “Is Old better than new? Age of slabs plays pricing role“. This is a very informative article which suggests that in some cases because of the more conservative grading practices at PCGS and NGC in the early days, that [...]
As the Economy Goes, So Goes the Coin Market
Posted in Economy, coin condition, coin investments, collector investments, key date investments, knowledge is power, rare coin investment, tagged adams carter class 3 1804 silver dollar, As the Economy goes, bankruptcies, CAC, Certified Acceptance Corporation, coin collecting, coin collection, coin eye appeal, coin portfolio, down market, economic downturn, Economy, fresh coins, gold bullion, housing foreclosures, investment space, jittery economy, John Albanese, luster, market value, mint state grade, premium coins, proof grade, rare coin market, series rarity, silver bullion, So goes the coin market, strike, tight credit, true rarity, unemployment on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As the economy continues to struggle with rising unemployment numbers (heading toward 10%), tight credit for small businesses, bankruptcies and housing foreclosures increasing 15% in the first half of 2009, it should be no surprise that we are also seeing the activity of the coin collecting community shift their priorities. With less disposable income we are seeing [...]
