PCGS News and Articles

“We are so excited to welcome the ‘Ship of Gold’ back to the Long Beach Expo,” said PCGS President Stephanie Sabin. “The S.S. Central America is a Gold Rush-era ship that went down in 1857 with tons of gold coins and gold bars. Many of these national treasures have been recovered in recent decades, and we are proud that $15 million of this rare gold will be on exhibit at the Long Beach Expo. Seeing these gold coins and bars, in addition to other recovered artifacts, like a pair of gold-mining jeans, will leave attendees in a state of awe.”

Stack’s Bowers Galleries is proud to announce their June 2023 Showcase Auction, the official auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Summer Expo. This sale represents the kickoff to the firm’s exciting summer auction season and offers impressive selections of Numismatic Americana, Colonial and United States coins, and Physical Cryptocurrency.

The first to cross the block was an amazing assemblage of type coins from the B.S.T. Collection. The collector worked very closely with LRCA's sister firm, Legend Numismatics, putting together a marvelous group of high-grade Mint State coins from the 1790s to the 1930s. The quality and eye appeal were very important to the collector and the results rewarded his efforts, as seen by very competitive bidding on each lot.

Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) has been selected by Kagin’s to grade a massive collection of colonial currency that will be sold in a two-part auction series beginning May 20, 2023. The 375-lot collection of colonial notes is pedigreed to the esteemed John J. Ford, an accomplished collector of coins and banknotes who noted numismatic figure Q. David Bowers once declared as among “the most influential figures in American numismatics.”