Millions Lost From Counterfeit Coins, Hobby Leaders Warn
(Fallbrook, California) – Chinese-made counterfeit coins pose a significant financial threat to unsuspecting consumers, according to leaders of five of the country’s most influential rare coin...
View ArticlePCGS Helps Police Nab Counterfeits Suspect
Information provided to Northern California law enforcement authorities by Professional Coin Grading Service led to the arrest of a suspect who is now under investigation in connection with the sales...
View ArticleDetecting Counterfeit Pound Coins
At the end of December 2009, the Police Service of Northern Ireland issued advice to the public following reports that a number of counterfeit £1 coins had been detected in circulation across Northern...
View ArticleMSNS Spring 2010 Convention Features Counterfeit Detection Seminar
The one-day seminar, "Introduction to Counterfeit Detection of United States Coins," will be offered April 22 at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn in Dearborn, Mich. The seminar is presented through the ANA’s...
View ArticlePCGS Coin Sniffer™ Helps Detect Coin Doctoring, Hobby Protection Steps
Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) today revealed additional steps it is taking to improve its ability to detect altered coins. This detail image of a "doctored" Standing Liberty quarter...
View ArticleDoctored Coins Detected with PCGS Coin Sniffer’s Advanced Technology
The PCGS Coin Sniffer™, a process incorporating advanced technology for detecting foreign materials and other enhancements on a coin’s surface, will be used in two roll-out phases on all PCGS Secure...
View ArticleOperation Bernhard Notes in Massachusetts Exhibit
"The Nazi Scourge: Postal Evidence of the Holocaust and the Devastation of Europe," an award-winning exhibit of over 300 World War II era documents related to the Nazis attempted extermination of Jews...
View ArticleCounterfeit Euro Coins Climb in 2010
Recent numbers show that counterfeit euro coins continue to be a problem in the European Union, albeit a relatively small one. In 2010, authorities removed a total of 186,000 counterfeit euro coins...
View ArticlePCGS Rewards Mike Marshall for Combatting Counterfeit Coin Sales
Officials of the Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) are applauding the efforts of collector Mike Marshall of Trenton, Ontario in combating the sales of counterfeit coins in Canada. At...
View ArticlePNG Forms Coin Doctoring Definition Committee Headed by Albanese
The Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.com) has formed a committee composed of PNG members and non-members to research and draft an industry-acceptable definition of "coin doctoring."...
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