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The “Plus” grading is brilliant because it’s a win-win for PCGS and the consumer but it does have some flaws. Continued...

PRESS RELEASE
8 March 2010

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

John Albanese
Certified Acceptance Corp.
Bedminster, New Jersey
1-908-781-9101

CAC KEEPING STRICT STANDARDS

Change may be in the air at one or more coin grading services, but dealers, collectors and investors will find business as usual at Certified Acceptance Corp. (CAC).

That’s the company’s message to the hobby in the wake of reports that at least one… Continued...

Results from last night’s sale of the “Picky Collection” were superb. The collection which large consisted of Bust half dollars, was assembled over the past decade by a very astute collector of these coins and was superb in quality.

John Brush and Jason Smith of David Lawrence Rare Coins

While attending the Whitman Coin Expo in Baltimore, Maryland this week, I was lucky enough to be the designated bidder for David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC) at the show’s official auction by Bowers and Merena Auctions.

As the auction approached, the finest known 1901-S Barber Quarter was to be offered as lot 737. Graded by PCGS as MS-68, this item is, without question… Continued...

Earlier today, gold hit an all-time high at around 808 euros. In U.S. dollars, gold is still well under it’s peak of $1200+ levels. But the weakness in the Euro (which now stand around $1.36) has created the higher price relative to that currency. This may be the break we’ve been looking for in terms of seeing gold prices dis-associate themselves from the Euro, which has been a leading indicator… Continued...