David Lisot, Executive Producer of Coin Television has put together a montage of comments from industry leaders following the PCGS announcement of its New Secure + coin grading service

The PCGS Secure Plus process uses laser scanning to help detect coins that have been artificially enhanced since their last certification, combat “gradeflation” and excessive resubmissions of the same coins, and can also be used to help identify recovered stolen coins. Additionally, PCGS graders can now designate deserving, superior-quality coins as “Plus” within their respective grades, an important distinction when there are big differences in value between one grade point and the next.

The following industry professionals are included in this video as follows:

• Don Willis – President of PCGS
• David Hall – Founder of PCGS
• Steve Deeds – President of Bowers and Merena Inc.
• Jim Halperin – Co-Chairman of Heritage Auction Galleries
• Ira Goldberg – Goldberg Rare Coins
• John Feigenbaum – President, David Lawrence Rare Coins
• Mark Salzberg – Chairman, NGC
• Charmy Harker – The Penny Lady
• Tim Carrol – Numismatic Financial Corp
• Jeff Garrett – President, Mid American Rare Coin Gallery
• Mike Bianco – Mike Bianco Rare Coins

Video used with permission and courtesy of CoinTelevision.com and CoinVideo.com.

A decade after its first appearance, the precedent-setting “Ship of Gold” display showcasing California Gold Rush-era sunken treasure recovered from the 1857 shipwreck of the SS Central America was again docked in Long Beach, California.

The $10 million exhibit was publicly displayed during the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo in February, marking its 10th anniversary.

“The ‘Ship of Gold’ exhibit is out of dry dock” said Ronald J. Gillio, Expo General Chairman. “The eye-opening display on the convention center floor is housed in a specially-constructed 40-foot long representation of the famous ship’s hull. This will be the first public appearance of the ‘Ship of Gold’ exhibit anywhere in the country in six years.”

The exhibit is courtesy of Monaco Rare Coins of Newport Beach and involved months of work to coordinate the display with collectors who privately own and now have generously loaned many of the items for the exhibit, according to Adam Crum, Monaco Vice President.
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DVD’s of the educational presentations delivered at the Money Show of the Southwest are now available for collectors.

Speakers include former football great Greg Bingham, historian and teacher Ricardo DeLeon, collector Sebastion Frommhold, coin promoter and lecturer Mike Fuljenz, coin fund manager Bob Higgins, Money Show coin convention chairman Carl Schwenker, and PCGS president Don Willis. The Greater Houston Coin Club sponsors these educational presentations.

These videos are available in the latest DVD format and are produced by David Lisot, founder of Cointelevision.com. Lisot has been involved in video and television production since the 1980’s. He has produced hundreds of titles about collecting and works with the major numismatic coin and currency collector organizations to videotape the educational seminars delivered at their conventions. The presenters of these seminars are many of the most well known, knowledgeable, and important people in the coin hobby.

Cointelevision.com is a free video news service website that offers video clips from these coin conventions as well as segments from many educational presentations.

The DVD’s from the Money Show of the Southwest retail for $24.95 plus $4 S/H. A complete list of hundreds of other DVD’s available about coin collecting can be found at Coinvideo.com.

TITLES OF DVD’s

Benefits of Third Party Grading
By Don Willis

Don Willis is president of the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS). He shares new developments on the PCGS website along with the benefits offered by third party grading.

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