http://www.ichatcoins.com Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:19:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Los Angeles, California) – Veteran dealers John N. Rowe III of Dallas, Texas and Harlan White of San Diego, California each received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) during an awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California on August 4, 2009. The award is presented in recognition ... http://www.ichatcoins.com/coins-news/285/john-rowe-and-harlan-white-receive-png-lifetime-achievement-awards Starting September 1, 2009, NGC will begin encapsulating coins with detrimental surface conditions using details grades and descriptions of their impairments. This service will be provided automatically for all NGC grading tier submissions at no additional service charge. The authenticity of details graded coins will be covered by the updated ... http://www.ichatcoins.com/coins-news/284/ngc-announces-details-grading-to-begin-september-1-2009 Flip a coin: In a tough economy is it worth spending $18 to see other people's money? The American Numismatic Assn. hopes to find out this week as it stages the World's Fair of Money at the Los Angeles Convention Center. A billion dollars' worth of rare coins and big-denomination currency is ... http://www.ichatcoins.com/coins-news/283/worlds-fair-of-money-comes-to-la Usually the British treasure trove laws work favorably to protect the amateur finder, professional archaeologists and museums that may become involved in any find. I said, "Usually." In recent years, all sorts of artifacts have been found in a field at Clarkly Hill in Burghead, Scotland, by people with metal detectors. ... http://www.ichatcoins.com/coins-news/279/museums-treasure-coins The coins of Sealand offer coin collectors an opportunity to own some great conversation pieces that also have a real chance of becoming fairly valuable someday. In order to discover why Sealand coins make such fascinating collectibles, a brief history of the Principality of Sealand is in order. Sealand - Abandoned ... http://www.ichatcoins.com/coins-news/278/sealands-story-and-coins It's so easy to forget that what really matters in the price of a coin, other than the demand, is not the number that were made but rather the number that survive to the present day in a certain grade. It is repeated over and over again in the case ... http://www.ichatcoins.com/coins-news/277/collection-gives-low-value-now Coin collecting has been a very popular hobby to many people of all ages. The marketing of coins has expanded widely and because of this wide the market prices of coins has varied immensely. Before, the coin market was limited to a small number of collectors and dealers. At that time ... http://www.ichatcoins.com/coins-news/274/coin-grading-service BARCELONA : Spain, struggling to tackle the recession and financial downturns, is finally banking on treasures buried under the ocean. According to news reports, cash-strapped Spain has ordered its navy to look for huge gold reserves that were lost at sea in the 16th century. Gold bullion and silver treasure worth £85billion ... http://www.ichatcoins.com/coins-news/273/spain-hunts-treasure-in-sea Buying coins from online auction sites such as ebay can be a good way to find a bargain, but it can also be a good way to get ripped off! One of the most rampant coin-related frauds on ebay is the "graded coin value" fraud. The graded coin value fraud works ... http://www.ichatcoins.com/coins/270/graded-coin-value-fraud Someone ought to write a book about the process of mailing coins. Dealing with the post office can be frustrating, to say the least. Over the years, I have dealt directly with the post office and assisted dozens of collectors and dealers who have run afoul of federal bureaucracy. Probably the ... http://www.ichatcoins.com/coins-news/269/proper-coin-mailing