PCGS Set Registry is Now Both Fun and Games
(Santa Ana, California) January 16, 2019 – Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) has added an intriguing and exciting new element of competition and additional awards to its popular PCGS Set Registry®.
“It’s called the PCGS Set Registry Achievement Program (www.PCGS.com/setregistry/mysetregistry), and it challenges current and new PCGS Set Registry members to earn points and accumulate digital achievement medals for their efforts. There also is an opportunity to win numismatic prizes valued at $500 or more during the first ten days of the program’s launch,” said Cosetta Robbins, Manager of the PCGS Set Registry (www.PCGS.com/setregistry).
“This entertaining and educational program was designed to create new opportunities for all collectors to compete in the registry community,” explained former PCGS Set Registry Director BJ Searls who began developing the achievement program before retiring this past December. “We want to challenge our Set Registry members, but also add a lot of fun to the pursuit. All of us are proud that this new program wonderfully provides both elements.”
The PCGS Set Registry was established in 2001 and now hosts over 95,000 U.S. and world coin sets. It is easy and free to become a member.
“There is a lot of opportunity to grow the Set Registry program and this is a step in the right direction particularly as we look at new ways to engage collectors of all experience levels,” said PCGS President Brett Charville.
The achievement program was officially launched on January 14, and now through January 25, 2019, PCGS is conducting “10 Days of Giveaways” with special awards for successful participants.
Each day there is a specific action to complete to earn a medal, and one lucky collector who shares their medal of the day on social media will win a special reward. For example, on the first day, users were required to download the PCGS Set Registry app to earn the Mobile Mogul medal for the chance to be put in the running for an 1882-S Morgan Dollar graded PCGS MS67. Each day’s numismatic prize will have a minimum value of $500.
There are four categories for collectors to earn point and medals in the new Achievement program:
- Completion – adding inventory and completing sets;
- Competition – outranking your opponents;
- Collection – the use of Set Registry website or application features; and
- Community – the act of connecting with fellow collectors on the Registry.
The medals and points will add up over time and be stored digitally on the Set Registry dashboard. Every collectible you add to the PCGS Set Registry will move you toward a series of rewards. With every completion within the Set Registry, you will boost your medal count and point total. These medals and points will allow collectors more opportunities for achievement and recognition instead of reserving the celebrations for the Annual PCGS Set Registry Awards Luncheon.
Follow @PCGScoin on social media to learn what action and prize will be offered each day. The forums at PCGS.com will also post daily updates as well as the PCGS blog at https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1012295/pcgs-set-registry-10-days-of-giveaways-updated-daily.
Finest 1885 Trade Dollar now in PCGS holder
(Santa Ana, California) January 15, 2019 – The finest-known 1885 U.S. Trade Dollar that recently sold for a record $3.96 million has been crossed over and now is in a Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) holder.
Within a few hours after placing the winning bid during the Heritage Auctions Platinum Night auction at the Florida United Numismatists convention in Orlando on January 10, 2019, collector Dell Loy Hansen of Utah submitted the historic coin to PCGS for crossover service. It is now encapsulated as PCGS PR65+ CAM.
In 2017, Hansen became a partner in David Lawrence Rare Coins of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The company’s President, John Brush, issued this statement about the 1885 Trade Dollar from Hansen’s collection crossing over to PCGS:
“The objective of the D.L. Hansen collection is to build the most complete collection of the highest quality of US coins from 1792 to present. As some have called it, the Greatest Collection of All-Time, we simply refer to it as the ‘Eliasberg Quest’ and it has certainly been the most exciting thing that I have participated in numismatically. The addition of the 1885 Proof Trade Dollar was an incredible experience as it adds another great rarity to the already amazing collection. As the coins are all registered in the PCGS Set Registry, the decision to cross the coin to PCGS was one that Mr. Hansen wanted to make for uniformity, so that it would solidify another fantastic addition to the already historic collection.”
“What a fantastic honor to have this coin come through our grading room at my first show as PCGS President! It’s a true honor to have our Set Registry program host Mr. Hansen’s ‘Eliasberg Quest,’ and we look forward to seeing what he acquires next,” stated PCGS President Brett Charville.
With a grade point average of 68.736, the D.L. Hansen Trade Dollar Proof Set is now 100 percent complete and ranked as the number one proof Trade Dollar collection, 1873 to 1885. The listing for the entire set can be viewed in the newly redesigned PCGS Set Registry® here: https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/dollars/trade-dollars-major-sets/trade-dollars-proof-1873-1885/alltimeset/159305.
Only five 1885 Trade Dollars are known, and no examples are in the holdings of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, the American Numismatic Association or American Numismatic Society. This particular coin was once in the legendary collection of Baltimore financier Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. who was known as The King of Coins.
Professional Coin Grading Service was established in 1986 and now authenticates, grades and certifies coins from over 100 countries. In addition to its international headquarters in Santa Ana, California, PCGS has submission centers in Europe (www.PCGSEurope.com), Hong Kong and mainland China (www.PCGSAsia.com). The popular PCGS Set Registry® (www.PCGS.com/setregistry) now contains more than 95,000 U.S. and world coin sets.
For additional information about PCGS and its services, visit www.PCGS.com or call PCGS Customer Service at (800) 447-8848.
NCIC to Conduct Law Enforcement Training at Long Beach EXPO
The Long Beach Expo will host an in-depth Numismatic Crime Investigations class on January 31, 2019, in Long Beach, California. The class will be presented by the Numismatic Crime Information Center and will provide investigators with the basic skills, knowledge, and resources to effectively investigate a crime related to coins, paper money, and related numismatic items. The class will be taught by Doug Davis Founder/President of NCIC and is accredited by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. Attendees will receive 8hrs of in-service education and a certificate of attendance.
“We are excited to collaborate with the Long Beach Expo in presenting this educational opportunity to California law enforcement”, said Doug Davis Founder/President of NCIC. Attendees will also have the opportunity to visit the bourse floor to enhance their classroom experience.
NCIC teams up with PCGS, PCGS Currency, NGC, PMG, and ANACS to provide each attendee with examples to take back and share with other investigators within their department or agency. In addition, NCIC works closely with the Anti- Counterfeiting Task Force and includes a portion of the curriculum to address the increasing counterfeit problem.
The NCIC’s crime alert network and investigative resources are dedicated to making a difference in the fight against numismatic crimes. The center’s resources are available to dealers, collectors, and law enforcement and offense reports may be reported 24 hours per day, seven days a week, through a special form on the center’s website.
About the Numismatic Crime Information Center: The Numismatic Crime Information Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and supported entirely by donations from the Numismatic Community. All donations are tax deductible.
Bonhams to Offer an Important Collection of Clark Gruber & Co. Territorial Gold
1860 Clark Gruber & Co. $20. Genuine, Tooled, Repaired & Cleaned PCGS.
(estimate: $90,000-110,000)
A decade or so after the California Gold Rush began in the late 1840s, gold was discovered on the South Platte River, near the future city of Denver. Clark, Gruber & Co., a reputable bank and brokerage firm in the state, established a coinage facility and remained in operation through 1862. It was elbowed out of the coining business in April 1863 when it was turned first into a federal assay office, then 43 years later, into the Denver branch of the United States Mint in 1906.
Highlights of this important collection include: a Gem Brilliant Uncirculated 1931-D $20 (MS65 PCGS) (est. $80,000-100,000) which is accompanied by a series of other dates and mints of the popular Saint-Gaudens $20 series; an 1879-CC $20; a rare 1864 $5; 1796 Small Eagle Silver Dollar; 1879 to 1883 Proof Trade Dollar set; many modern world gold proof sets and coins; many Chinese Proof Panda coins; U.S. modern gold and silver commemorative sets and Proof and Uncirculated American Gold Eagles. Large size U.S. currency includes: 1882 $50 Date Back NBN of New Brighton, PA; 1882 $100 NBN Louisville National Banking Co.; and a 1902 $100 NBN Date Back FNB of Lancaster, OH.
Additional highlights from the sale include:
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1923-S 50C MONROE MS67 PCGS
(estimate: $9,000-12,000)
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931-D $20 MS65 PCGS
(estimate: $80,000-100,000)
United States Mint Announces Historic Collaboration with the Royal Australian Mint
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) announced today a collaborative project with the Royal Australian Mint. The two Mints will produce a commemorative coin set in celebration of the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing on July 20, 1969. The set will feature a U.S. Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Half Dollar paired with an Australian 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing 1 oz. $5 Silver Coin.
The limited production set will be sold and distributed by the Royal Australian Mint, and will include a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the Director of the United States Mint and the Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Australian Mint. The United States Mint will market the set on its website and provide a link to the Royal Australian Mint’s website for U.S. customers who wish to purchase the product.
“This jointly–issued coin set magnificently symbolizes our long standing alliance and friendship with Australia,” said United States Mint Director David Ryder. “Many Americans will remember listening for the critical reports from the tracking stations in Australia at Carnarvon, Honeysuckle Creek, Tidbinbilla and Parkes, as the Apollo 11 spacecraft traveled to, orbited and landed on the Moon.”
“We are very pleased that the Royal Australian Mint is entering into a product partnership with the United States Mint to bring customers a unique collectible that marks one of mankind’s most remarkable achievements,” said Senator the Hon. Zed Seselja, the Australian Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance. “The collaboration highlights the unique part Australia had to play in sending a man to the Moon.”
The United States Mint unveiled the designs for the 2019 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Program on October 11, 2018. The obverse and reverse designs will be featured on the four coins in the program: a $5 gold coin, a standard size $1 silver coin, a half dollar clad coin, and a five ounce $1 silver proof coin. In a manufacturing first for the U.S. Mint, the five ounce silver proof coin is curved, as are the other coins in the program.
The obverse design was selected from entries in a juried competition as required by the authorizing legislation, Public Law 114-282. The winning design is by Gary Cooper of Belfast, Maine. It features the inscriptions “MERCURY,” “GEMINI,” and “APOLLO”– separated by phases of the Moon–and a footprint on the lunar surface. The design represents the efforts of the United States space program leading up to the first manned Moon landing. Additional inscriptions are “2019” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” and “LIBERTY.” Mint Sculptor-Engraver Joseph Menna sculpted the design.
The reverse design is by Mint Sculptor-Engraver Phebe Hemphill. It features a representation of a close-up of the iconic “Buzz Aldrin on the Moon” photograph taken July 20, 1969, showing just the visor and part of the helmet of astronaut Buzz Aldrin. The reflection in Aldrin’s helmet includes astronaut Neil Armstrong, the United States flag, and the lunar lander. Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” the respective denomination, and “E PLURIBUS UNUM.” Ms. Hemphill also sculpted the design.
The law that authorizes the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Program also requires the United States Mint to collect surcharges from coin sales–$35 for each gold coin, $10 for each $1 silver coin, $5 for each half-dollar coin, and $50 for each five ounce silver proof coin. The Mint is authorized to distribute the surcharges as follows:
- one half to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum’s “Destination Moon” exhibit,
- one quarter to the Astronauts Memorial Foundation, and
- one quarter to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.
The United States and the Royal Australian Mint will announce the release date for the two-coin set as soon as it has been determined.
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