Octagonal Coins Are Beautiful, Too!
Posted on October 27, 2011 by Ron GuthNo Comments
1851 $50 RE Humbert 887 (Proof)
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Posted on October 27, 2011 by Ron GuthNo Comments
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Posted on October 26, 2011 by Ron GuthNo Comments
The 1851/81 Large Cent — more than an overdate, it’s an 1851 over an inverted 81!
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Posted on October 25, 2011 by Ron Guth1 Comment
I love PCGS CoinFacts. I spend a lot of time adding and editing content on the site. While I’m doing that, I get to see many of the images that have been added to the site. Each week, our photographer, Phil Arnold, adds hundreds (if not thousands) of images to the site. Sometimes the pictures are of coins that come in through the office; other times, we send Phil out to photograph important collections; and sometimes, Phil “sets up shop” at major numismatic conventions because that is often where the great coins are. The result is an accumulation of incredible images that are simply unavailable anywhere else.
Last week I was working on the Condition Census for Large Cents. I was stunned by how many great pictures we have of these extremely rare coins. And, the pictures are amazing in quality, color and detail. The high resolution images leave nothing to the imagination (I like to say that the images are so big you can see the electrons circling the nuclei of the individual atoms — while that’s a stretch, it’s not far from the truth).
When you have a chance, take a tour of the amazing Proof Large Cents on PCGS CoinFacts. Start your tour here.
Have fun!
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Posted on October 20, 2011 by Jaime Hernandez2 Comments
This is a hypothetical question. So hypothetically, the pay is the same, say $150,000 a year (plus benefits) for every job. And hypothetically, you do not have to relocate for the job or travel if you don’t want too.
Richard Peterson Director of U.S. Mint
It can be any job, even ones that I did not mention here. You can be specific and mention names as long as it is a job in the coin market.
So what job would you choose?
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