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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Lane Brunner’
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 [...]