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When Is An Eagle A Peacock?
1853 50C BG-302 “Peacock” Reverse – PCGS MS63 BG-302 is a small California Fractional Gold coin that has been nick-named the “Peacock” reverse because of the rays that fan out behind the eagle,...
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If you can’t own the real thing…
1877 $50 J-1547 – PCGS PR64BN Judd-1547 is the copper version of the legendary Judd-1546 (the unique gold $50 “Union” currently housed in the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian...
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The Lion, The Eagle, And The Beehive
1860 $5 Mormon – PCGS MS61 The 1860 $5 gold denomination was the last of the gold coins produced by the Mormons, then in the Utah Territory. The obverse shows the lion of Judah surrounded by a legend...
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What A Relief!
2009 Ultra-High Relief – PCGS MS70 Prooflike The 2009 Ultra-High Relief was a reprise of the extremely rare, double-thick, small diameter patterns proposed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1907. Only two...
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The 1930-S Double Eagle
PCGS MS66 Ex – Pittman? – Dr. Thaine Price Collection – Akers 5/1998 – Phillip H. Morse Collection of Saint-Gaudens Coinage – Heritage 12/2005:2080, $253,000 – Kutasi Collection – Heritage...
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When Mintages Are Meaningless
1864 Double Eagle – PCGS PR64+ Came The official mintage of the Proof 1864 Double Eagle is 50 pieces. However, the number of surviving examples is probably less than a dozen. Since 1982, only 16...
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Popular Obverse, Popular Reverse
Judd-184 – PCGS PR65 Judd-184 is one of several 1856-dated patterns with a Flying Eagle motif on the obverse. When it was first introduced as a pattern in 1856, the Flying Eagle Cent was an immediate...
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Aloha! The 1847 Hawaiian Cent
The 1847 Hawaiian Keneta (One Cent) was commissioned by King Kamehameha III, ruler of the Hawaiian Islands, under a newly established monetary system. The Keneta was to be the equivalent of the United...
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The 1802 Proof Dollar – One of Only 4 Known
Images courtesy of PCGS CoinFacts (www.pcgscoinfacts.com) The 1802 Proof Dollar, of which only 4 are known, is three times as rare than the 1804 Silver Dollar (15 known). This one is graded PCGS PR64...
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Miss Liberty With An Earring?
How many U.S. coins show Miss Liberty with an earring? The coin pictured above is a rare pattern coin from 1882, with a design that was used on the Quarter Dollar, Half Dollar, and One Dollar pattern...
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Coin Collecting in China
I just returned from several days at our Shanghai office. The Chinese culture is very interesting and there is always something new to discover and explore! One thing that is the same in China as here...
View ArticleAsk Don: Submit Your Questions
We are just back from another great PCGS Members Only show in Las Vegas. It’s a small affair but offers great camaraderie, excellent food and is a terrific opportunity to buy/sell or just talk about...
View ArticleAsk Don: Apps, Reconsideration and Diagnostics
We are back on Standard Time and quickly approaching the end of the year. It’s time to wrap up our 2013 business and get ready to start all over again. The year is not going away quietly. Whitman’s...
View ArticleDon’s Desk: The PCGS Guarantee
PCGS was the first grading company to offer a lifetime guarantee on the authenticity and grade of every encapsulated coin. Back when this happened in 1986 it was a revolutionary idea! Other companies...
View ArticleAsk Don: Cracking Out Coins from the Mint
One of the ‘Ask Don’ questions this week comes from someone who came into possession of a large group of coins and is trying to determine what they are worth. This got me thinking about all the tools...
View ArticleAsk Don: Pricing your Coin with PCGS
One of the ‘Ask Don’ questions this week comes from someone who came into possession of a large group of coins and is trying to determine what they are worth. This got me thinking about all the tools...
View ArticleDon’s Desk: 2013 Wrap Up
As 2013 wraps up and we begin a new year I would like to thank all of you for your support over the past 12 months. 2013 was a very exciting year for PCGS. We added new services in the US. We opened...
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