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PCGS Expands, Enhances Online Price Guide

New features, including online streaming video commentary from Collectors Universe President and Co-Founder David Hall have been added to the Professional Coin Grading Service’s authoritative Rare Coin Price Guide at www.PCGS.com/prices. All of the information is available free to the public.
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PCGS RE-OFFERS FIRST STRIKE INSERTS TO COLLECTORS CLUB MEMBERS

Effective August 19, 2008, First Strike® inserts will once again be made available to members of the PCGS Collectors Club. This reverses a policy that went into effect on July 1, 2008, under which First Strike® inserts were limited to dealer submissions. “The collecting community let us know loud and clear that they wanted access to the First Strike® inserts”, said Ron Guth, PCGS President.
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U.S. Mint runs out of 1-ounce gold coins as demand jumps

Gold-market bulls couldn’t buy publicity much better than this: The U.S. Mint says it has run out of 1-ounce American Eagle gold coins because of rocketing demand. That may have helped fuel a sharp rebound in gold futures prices Thursday, although the metal also got plenty of help from rising U.S.-Russia tensions, a falling dollar and renewed buying of commodities across the board.
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History Repeats When it Comes to $1 Coins

Be still my heart. At long last I might be able to have a Rutherford B. Hayes dollar. Once seen as a remote possibility, a Hayes dollar, or a roll of Warren Harding dollars are now all within the realm of possibility as the United States is producing dollar coins featuring former Presidents.
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Stamps and coins shine amid investment gloom

Noble Investments, the only listed UK coin dealer and auctioneer, is enjoying a renaissance in collecting as investors who have had their fingers burned in traditional markets seek out a cycle-resistant alternative.
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How To Find Error Coins in Circulation

Finding error coins in your daily pocket change can be fun and profitable, and it’s very easy to do. Follow the steps below carefully the first few times, so you develop coin-checking habits from the very beginning that are proven, productive methods of locating the error coins and die varieties that are circulating right now, just waiting to be found.
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Commemorating the Sale of Coins

With a USA commemorative coin program in disrepute, David W. Lange wants to address the matter of which commemorative themes are the most desirable to represent our civilization in the long run.
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