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CoinWeek Podcast #129: PCGS Programs for Modern Coins 2020-2021
March 10, 2020 00:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBThe coinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS, Professional Coin Grading Service- now offering Security Chip-Embedded Slabs to Protect Against Counterfeiting. Folks, even the most experienced numismatist is having a hard time telling which coins are real and which coins are fake. And counterfeiters aren’t stopping with just coins- no fake slabs are being made overseas and sold to unsuspecting buyers in the US by criminals and rip off artists. That is why you need to protect yourself...
CoinWeek Podcast #127: Numismatic Market Point / Counterpoint with Scott Travers
February 06, 2020 00:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBThe CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Visit PCGS at the Long Beach Expo: Coin, Currency, Stamp and Sports Collectible Show and submit your coins to receive the very cool Long Beach Expo exclusive label. It looks like a California license plate, you’ll love it. On February 20-21 from 10:30 to 12:30, collectors can meet with expert Steve Feltner to talk about coins. PCGS will also show of a spectacular set of Flying Eagle and Indian Cents. Plus you can partake in the next gre...
CoinWeek: Collecting Medals in America
January 29, 2020 00:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBCoinWeek sits down with So-Called Dollars expert Jeff Shevlin to talk about the ebb and flow of medal collecting in America. For generations, American communities commemorated important moments with the production of medals and tokens. We tell some of those stories and talk about how today's medals and tokens are different. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Are you a banknote collector? PCGS is proud to launch PCGS Banknote as a premier third-party certification servi...
CoinWeek Podcast #125: Denis Loring on Collecting Copper Coins
January 16, 2020 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBCharles Morgan sits down with renowned Early American Coppers collector Denis Loring to discuss the magic of XF coins, collecting copper by die variety, and some of the hobby's more colorful coins and characters. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Are you a banknote collector? PCGS is proud to launch PCGS Banknote as a premier third-party certification services for paper currency. Utilizing a new tamper-evident plastic case that seals all graded banknotes within a safe...
CoinWeek Podcast: 2019 Year in Review
December 24, 2019 00:00 - 11 minutes - 7.61 MBCoinWeek editor Charles Morgan wraps up 2019 with his thoughts on the state of the rare coin market (it's not doing well right now), what the Mint got right, what products sold better than anticipated, and where its modern coin programs still struggle. Charles also discusses what he looks most forward to seeing in the new year. Thank you for supporting CoinWeek throughout the years and especially in 2019 and thank you for checking out the current offers and specials from PCGS, the s...
CoinWeek Podcast 123: Two Weeks in the Life & the 2019-S Reverse Proof Silver Eagle
November 22, 2019 00:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBThe Coinweek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Unlock Direct Submission Privileges. Choose from 3 Membership Levels. All starting at $69. Membership includes Money Saving Quarterly Grading Specials, PCGS Members Only Show Access - I have been to these they are intimate - high quality shows in great venues - You get access to view PCGS Graded Rarities - and a Subscription to the Rare Coin Market Report. If you plan to travel to Long Beach - a PCGS Membership will get you two free ad...
CoinWeek Podcast #122: Lianna Spurrier on Becoming a Professional Numismatist
November 05, 2019 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MB#PCGS #CoinWeek #Numismatics This week on the coinweek podcast, I talk to Lianna Spurrier- a numismatic writer and videographer… One of a new generation of coin professionals entering the market. Lianna writes a column for CoinWeek IQ and it is my pleasure introducing you to her next… on the CoinWeek Podcast. The coinweek podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Unlock Direct Submission Privileges. Choose from 3 Membership Levels. All starting at $69. Membership includes Money Saving Qua...
CoinWeek Podcast #121: Numismatist Editor Barbara Gregory
October 25, 2019 00:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBLongtime editor of the American Numismatic Association's Numismatist Magazine joins us to talk about the hobby's "publication of record" and how its stories impact the market. We discuss favorite articles and experiences while Barbara was at the helm, and how a new initiative might bring the voice of the ANA to a brand new market. The CoinWeek Podcast is made possible by a generous sponsorship from PCGS, the Professional Coin Grading Service.
CoinWeek Podcast #120: Steve Feltner on Grading & Education (Audio)
September 06, 2019 00:00 - 46 minutes - 32.7 MBThe CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS, the standard in the rare coin grading industry. Get facts about coins, population data, and view the web’s largest library of high-resolution coin photos and more by going to their website www.pcgs.com. In this episode Steve Feltner, PCGS' Director of Numismatic Education Outreach and former PCGS grader, joins us to talk about coin grading, education, and why now is the best time in the history of the hobby to collect.
CoinWeek Podcast #119: Daniel Sedwick is Bringing Dealers Together as President of the IAPN
July 23, 2019 00:00 - 27 minutes - 19.6 MBThe CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS, the standard in the rare coin grading industry. Get facts about coins, population data, and view the web’s largest library of high-resolution coin photos and more by going to their website www.pcgs.com. Dan Sedwick has been elected president of the International Association of Professional Numismatists, the IAPN. In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Dan about the differences between dealers coins in the USA and in Europe and ho...
CoinWeek Podcast #118: Storing Metals: Safeguarding Your Future
June 27, 2019 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.7 MBIn this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, we talk to Alyssa Moen, President of International Depository Services, a subsidiary of Dillon Gage. Alyssa's company provides individual and institutional investors a safe, secure, and insured place to store their precious metals holdings. We talk about how depositories work and what type of clients they best serve.
CoinWeek Podcast #117: Treasury Reverses Course on Tubman $20
June 12, 2019 00:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBThe CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS, the standard in the rare coin grading industry. Get facts about coins, population data, and view the web’s largest library of high-resolution coin photos and more by going to their website www.pcgs.com. This week on the CoinWeek Podcast, Barbara Howard from Women on 20s joins us to talk about Andrew Jackson, Harriet Tubman, and the Treasury Department’s 180-degree turn on changing the design of the $20 Federal Reserve Note, and why it ...
CoinWeek Podcast 116: The State of the Rare Coin Market with Doug Winter
May 28, 2019 00:00 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MB*** The CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you PCGS, the Professional Coin Grading Service, Win Money, and Numismatic Glory by being the first to submit W-Mint America the Beautiful Quarters. The hunt is on for three of this year’s issues. Visit PCGS.com to learn more. ©2019 Collecting Media, LLC.
CoinWeek Podcast #115: Harlan J. Berk on the 100 Greatest Ancient Coins
May 21, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBHarlan J. Berk has just written an amazing book that covers more than one thousand years of coin production with the 2nd release of 100 Greatest Ancient Coins. In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, we talk to Harlan about the process of narrowing down his list to 100, writing the books, and his approach to making learning about history interesting to the modern reader. *** The CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you PCGS, the Professional Coin Grading Service, Win Money, and Numisma...
CoinWeek Podcast #114: Coin Shop Theft
May 08, 2019 00:00 - 11 minutes - 8.71 MBOn April 7, coin dealer Chris Lyche was alerted that his brick and mortar coin shop, GSA Coins & Jewelry, had been robbed. Despite installing a new security system and taking every available precaution, Chris' business was completely wiped out. Surveillance footage of the incident showed a seasoned thief, who seemingly knew where everything would be hidden. He was in and out fast and his getaway vehicle was non-descript and didn't have tags or plates. Chris joins us to talk about th...
CoinWeek Podcast #113: Daniel Frank Sedwick Treasure Auction Preview
April 29, 2019 00:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBThis episode of the NLG Award-winning CoinWeek Podcast, brought to you by PCGS. In this episode, CoinWeek editor Charles Morgan sits down Daniel Frank Sedwick to discuss highlights at his firm's upcoming treasure auction. Sedwick specializes in treasure, gold cobs, silver cobs, gold ingots, silver ingots, and jewelry recovered from famous shipwrecks from the colonial Americas. In this auction, which begins on May 2, Sedwick will offer a host of important lots. We highlight four of ...
CoinWeek Podcast: Episode 112: The Great American Coin Hunt
April 25, 2019 00:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBCoinWeek editor Charles Morgan sits down with Great American Coin Hunt organizer Rob Oberth to discuss the success of the Great American Coin Hunt and its implications for the hobby in this episode of the NLG Award-winning CoinWeek Podcast, brought to you by PCGS. Rob tells how the effort came together and how he as surprised as we are that this idea grew into a grassroots effort to promote the hobby of coin collecting as collectors and dealers pitched in to seed our circulating coi...
CoinWeek Podcast #111: Talking CAC Coins; the Future of Grading with John Albanese
March 18, 2019 00:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBCollecting and investing in rare coins at the upper levels of the hobby requires more than just money, it requires considerable amounts of knowledge, patience, and a great eye for quality. In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, we talk with Certified Acceptance Corporation (CAC) president John Albanese about a number of topics that will prove to be highly interesting to even the most seasoned numismatist. Charles asks John to explain the grade of MS62, John proposes that the cur...
CoinWeek Podcast Episode 110: The Importance of Auction Representation with Michael Printz
February 04, 2019 00:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBEven sophisticated collectors stand to benefit by having a second set of trained eyes look over prospective coins before making a purchase. In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, we dig deep into the topic of auction representation and why professional numismatists have a major edge over collectors when it comes to evaluating and picking out the best coins. We talk about the difference between "potluck" coins purchased online and coins that are bought only after careful examinatio...
CoinWeek: Daniel Frank Sedwick's Cobs, Coins, and Ingots
October 29, 2018 00:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBDaniel Frank Sedwick is about to kick off its biggest treasure auction of 2018. We sit down with him to discuss cobs, coins, and ingots of the America's and what's in store for collectors at his upcoming auction. *** The CoinWeek Podcast has a new sponsor! If you have paid attention to the rare coin market or read our analysis of major coin sales in recent years, you know how CAC has changed the landscape for certified coins. Folks, its true that he grading services do fantastic ser...
CoinWeek: Coin Submission Success Strategies
October 05, 2018 00:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBSubmitting coins for grading requires patience, a talent for recognizing quality coins, and some insight into how professional graders think. In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, Editor Charles Morgan breaks down six tips that he thinks will help your submissions achieve better results, which in turn, will improve your bottom line. Of course, tips alone cannot make coins better. The coins have to all "be there" in order to make the grade, but if you want to make sure your great...
CoinWeek: Ron Guth's 100-Point Coin Grading Scale
September 18, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 21 MBIs it time to mix up things in the numismatic marketplace? 2014 ANA Numismatist of the Year Ron Guth thinks so. He's proposed a 100-point grading system to replace the 70-point system that coin collectors have used since the 1970s. We reach out to ask him how his system works and why he thinks it would be an improvement for the hobby. The CoinWeek podcast has a new sponsor! If you have paid attention to the rare coin market or read our analysis of major coin sales in recent years, ...
CoinWeek Podcast: Ken Bressett on the State of Coins
September 13, 2018 00:00 - 47 minutes - 33.1 MBThis week on the Coinweek Podcast, I am joined by Red book Editor Emeritus Ken Bressett. Since the 1970s, Ken has helmed the most important book in the coin collecting hobby, the Red Book. His writing and research and market knowledge has benefited generations of coin collectors and has had an immeasurable impact on the growth of the coin hobby. Our conversation touches upon this, the shape of the market now versus then, and recaps some of Ken's most memorable moments as a numis...
CoinWeek: Precious Metals Markets - A Look Behind the Curtain with Kitco's Peter Hug
August 27, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBThis week on the CoinWeek Podcast, Peter Hug, Kitco’s Director of Global Trading joins us to give listeners a true peek behind the curtain of the precious metals market. Peter has been at the forefront of everything involved with silver and gold since 1974. He is a true pioneer in the modern precious metals industry. Peter discusses with us the shape of the metals market today, what Generation X thinks of bullion investing, whether bitcoin will eat into the metals market, and what t...
CoinWeek: South Dakota vs. Wayfair and Its Potential Impact on You
August 10, 2018 00:00 - 31 minutes - 22.2 MBA narrow decision in the United States Supreme Court will have major implications on the way we buy and sell things over the internet. Former Congressman Jimmy Hayes joins us for this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast to talk about efforts that are underway right now in state legislatures across the country to pass new tax and regulatory framework to businesses that operate online. As a lobbyist for the Industry Council of Tangible Assets, Hayes has been on the front line of issues ...
CoinWeek: Coin Design Highs and Lows with Heidi Wastweet
July 30, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBHeidi Wastweet is an award-winning medallic artist. Over the course of her 30-year career, she has designed more than 1,000 coins, medals, and tokens, mostly for private mints. From 2010 to 2018, Heidi sat on the CCAC, where she, along with other members of the art community and general public, deliberated on the direction of American coin and medal design. If you have bought a coin or medal from the U.S. Mint made within the past eight years, odds are that Heidi had a role to play ...
CoinWeek: Confronting Counterfeit Coins with Beth Deisher
July 19, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBThis week on the CoinWeek Podcast, former Coin World editor and head of ICTA’s Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce Beth Deisher joins us to talk about the pernicious threat that counterfeit coins pose to the coin industry. Counterfeit coins have been a fact of life since ancient times, but today’s counterfeiters operate sophisticated factories, have a global reach, and are more motivated than ever to disrupt the marketplace for rare coins and bullion coins. The presence of these counterfe...
CoinWeek: John W. Adams to Sell His Numismatic Library
July 12, 2018 00:00 - 43 minutes - 30.3 MBJohn W. Adams is a consummate collector and numismatic scholar, whose focus over many decades of activity has included studies into United States large cents, numismatic pedigree, U.S. and world medals, and in-depth research into the American numismatic auctions of the 19th and early 20th centuries. On July 14, 2018, numismatic booksellers Kolbe & Fanning will offer an important section of Adams' numismatic library at auction. The Adams' library is noteworthy, not only for its conne...
CoinWeek Podcast: What We Learned at the Revolution: David Hall and John Dannreuther on the early days of PCGS
June 20, 2018 00:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBA little more than thirty years ago, a coin dealer from California and a close circle of his dealer friends, bestowed new life upon the rare coin market with the introduction of a market-acceptable third party grading service. But there is far more to the story of the early days of PCGS than what you know and the industry as we know it today was built because of and in spite of the ideas that went into the creation of the company. We talk to two men who know more about it than an...
CoinWeek: Where Coin Dealers Help Coin Dealers
June 11, 2018 00:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBThis week on the CoinWeek Podcast, CoinWeek editor Charles Morgan has an in-depth conversation with coin dealer Rob Oberth, owner of Oberth Rare Coins & Currency in Marietta, Georgia, and founder of the facebook group Coin Dealers Helping Coin Dealers. We’ve followed this dealer to dealer trading group since its infancy and watched it grow to an active trading group with hundreds of active dealer participants. Coin Dealers Helping Coin Dealers is an social media trading and communic...
CoinWeek: Our Coin Design Process is Broken - with Gary Marks
May 20, 2018 00:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBThe world mints create thousands of collector coins each year, many push the limit of what we have long considered the definition of coin and good taste. In the US, however, the same staid process that has culminated in a generation of boring coin design continues apace. How can the CCAC, the CFA, Treasury, and the Mint's most talented artists combine to create coins that often leave collectors wanting? Former CCAC Chair Gary Marks returns to the CoinWeek Podcast and provides illu...
CoinWeek Podcast: Numismatic Americana Through the Eyes of John Kraljevich
May 09, 2018 00:00 - 51 minutes - 72.7 MBIn this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, we talk to John Kraljevich. Noted expert on US Coins, Americana, a fellow alumnus of the University of Virginia, and also a candidate for the State House of South Carolina in district 26. John and I talk about cataloging the great coins in the American federal series; what his area of specialty - Americana - says to us about the American experience; and how we can take a true and accurate understanding of the hardships and struggles of each ge...
CoinWeek Podcast: In Memoriam "R. Tettenhorst"
April 26, 2018 00:00 - 11 minutes - 8.24 MBBetter known in the wider hobby by the nom de coin “R. Tettenhorst” (which was actually the name of his secretary, to whom his packages were addressed), Bernard Edison--“Bunny” to his friends--carefully assembled his collection over a lifetime of business and civic success in the St. Louis, Missouri area. A member of the Edison family of Edison Brothers Stores fame, Bernard was born on March 23, 1928. Having graduated from Harvard University in 1949, Bernard then studied at Harvard B...
CoinWeek: Collecting Shipwreck Treasure with Daniel Frank Sedwick
April 25, 2018 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBThis week on the CoinWeek Podcast, we talk to Daniel Frank Sedwick, numismatist, auctioneer, and owner of Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC, the premier seller of cob and shipwreck coins in the United States. On May 15, Sedwick’s will auction a unique and historical regulated gold cob struck in Peru. We talk about the significance of this coin, cob coinage, what it’s like to collect in literal Treasure. *** This CoinWeek podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Travel back in time to the emergen...
CoinWeek: Gold and Silver in the Age of Trump (with Pat Heller)
April 17, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBDistinguished numismatist Pat Heller joins Charles Morgan for this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast. Pat has always strongly advocated that people diversify their holdings with some amount of precious metals, but in the Age of Trump, will we see the political and economic winds change, making Americans more secure in the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. government? Or, should stackers continue to stack regardless of which party holds power? We also talk about why the U.S. Mint...
CoinWeek: Ancient Coins Show Bustling Marketplace
April 10, 2018 00:00 - 28 minutes - 20.6 MBWhile coin conventions focused on U.S. coins have stagnated in recent years, one area of the coin show circuit has continued to thrive: ancient and world coin shows. Whether its the New York International Numismatic Convention or the upstart Chicago Coin Expo, collectors of ancient and world coins see many benefits from buying coins in person and meeting with dealers and fellow collectors. In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, we talk to Chicago-based dealer Aaron Berk about what...
CoinWeek Podcast #92: PCGS' Mark Stephenson - U.S. Mint 2018 Coin Product Report Card...
March 14, 2018 00:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBIn this episode of the coinWeek podcast, we talk to Mark Stephenson, Vice President of PCGS. We ask Mark about the state of modern coin releases one quarter into 2018, how label programs have become more sophisticated in recent years, and what level of effort goes into the design of special coin holders and special PCGS insert programs. It's an insightful conversation about what is happening right now in the coin industry and shows a side of the business that collectors don't ofte...
CoinWeek: Building the Tyrant Collection with Ira Goldberg
March 02, 2018 00:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBIra Goldberg is a fifty-year veteran of the rare coin industry. Over the course of his career, Ira has handled virtually every numismatic rarity you can think of. But the project he has worked on in secret over the past fifteen years with an anonymous collector may be his most significant endeavor. Called the Tyrant Collection, this varied collection of rare and important coins spans the millennia and covers civilizations across the globe. The first part of the collection, called "Ty...
CoinWeek: Collecting the Susan B. Anthony Dollar
February 16, 2018 00:00 - 16 minutes - 12 MBDespite barely circulating, the Susan B. Anthony dollar can still be found at your local bank for face value. The coin, struck in earnest in 1979 and 1980, and then only for collectors in 1981, was an immediate failure upon its release and stockpiled in bank vaults and the Treasury by the tens of millions. Then, without much fanfare, the coin made a one year return in 1999, at the same time that the U.S. Mint was preparing to launch the golden dollar in 2000. In this CoinWeek Podca...
CoinWeek: Recovering Gold from the SS Central America with Bob Evans
January 30, 2018 00:00 - 53 minutes - 37.4 MBBob Evans has been there from the start. Chief scientist and historian for the salvage and recovery effort of the famous SS Central America, "the Ship of Gold". The SS Central America sank in 1857. On board, was millions of dollars in today's value of gold and silver coins, gold ingots, and other valuable artifacts. In 2014, a second salvage of the site was conducted and the fruits of that work have yielded more than $40 million in new treasure. We talk with Bob about his life's wor...
CoinWeek: How the Coin Market Works with Doug Winter
January 28, 2018 00:00 - 46 minutes - 32.5 MBThis is THE episode of the CoinWeek Podcast that you will want to listen to, if you want to learn exactly how the coin market works on the inside. Doug Winter is a lifelong devotee to the rare coin market, and expert on American gold coins and their varieties, and a published author and blogger, who is one of the leading experts in American numismatics. Doug and Charles cover a lot of ground in this episode, talking about what's in store for the 2018 coin market, how collectors ca...
CoinWeek Podcast #87: The 1976 Bicentennial 3-Coin Silver Set
January 24, 2018 00:00 - 20 minutes - 14.6 MBCharles Morgan breaks down the ins and outs of the 1976 Bicentennial 3-Coin Silver Set. Is this a silver coin set that has potential for big profits? What do the typical coins grade out? What is the recent price performance and certified population total growth? All of these are important factors that modern coin collectors and investors must consider to fully understand the market. You won't find a more definitive look at the subject than right here in this episode of the CoinWeek ...
CoinWeek: Patrick O'Connor on the Coinage of Isabella II
December 16, 2017 00:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBPatrick O'Connor has just published a great reference on the coinage of Queen Isabella II of Spain. This 19th century monarch ruled over a Spain that was greatly diminished compared to its heyday as a global colonial power. Through her coinage and the struggles of her nation to coin and circulate its own money, numismatists can learn a great deal about the state of her empire. *** This CoinWeek podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Travel back in time to the emergence of the premier th...
CoinWeek: Dave Harper Talks Chinese and American Coin Shows
December 06, 2017 00:00 - 23 minutes - 16.6 MBNumismatic News editor Dave Harper has just returned from a trip to the Beijing International Coin Exposition, one of the world's fastest growing coin shows. In his column, Dave calls the show a "Trade Show", which sparks discussion with CoinWeek editor Charles Morgan, who after attending this year's World Money Fair in Berlin thinks that the trade show element is just what the American coin show scene needs to transform the hobby into something new and vital. *** This CoinWeek po...
CoinWeek: America's First Coin... Could it be the Quint?
November 14, 2017 00:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBThis week on the CoinWeek Podcast, we get into the weeds about numismatic research and how today’s numismatists are undoing years of faulty understandings of some of America’s most important coins. David McCarthy is our guest today. David stunned the hobby after he revealed his research that points to a fascinating origin story of the Type 2 Nova Constellatio Quint - a coin that his firm Kagin’s paid over a million dollars for at auction. Is this America’s first attempt at a national...
CoinWeek: Tim Rathjen and His Coin Sorting Machine
November 08, 2017 00:00 - 20 minutes - 14.5 MBTim Rathjen is a coin dealer and inventor. He is obsessed with coins and has developed a pattern recognition technology that automates the time intensive and knowledge intensive task of sorting bags of coins. We discuss the implications of his new machine - called NUMAN - his upcoming coin app, and more... next on the coin week podcast. *** This CoinWeek podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Travel back in time to the emergence of the premier third-party coin grading company. For l...
CoinWeek: Papyrus Creator and Coin Designer Chris Costello Joins Us
October 25, 2017 00:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBChris Costello is not only a US Mint Artist Infusion Program coin designer, but is also the creator of the Papyrus font. Costello developed the font shortly after completing his undergraduate degree in 1982. Since then, the font has appeared as a standard choice on hundreds of millions of computers around the world. A recent Saturday Night Live skit thrust Chris and Papyrus into the media spotlight. We talk about coin design, the importance of typography on coins, his recent brus...
CoinWeek: Is there Gold at Fort Knox? Of course there is!
October 16, 2017 00:00 - 12 minutes - 15.5 MBEd Moy was director of the United States Mint from 2006-2011, at which time he had more than a few opportunities to pay a visit to the United States bullion Depository at Fort Knox, a super secure installation that has fed into hundreds of conspiracy theories surrounding the Fed and America's recall of gold bullion in the 1930s. We ask Ed a series a questions about his visits to the facility and what it is like seeing gold on such a massive scale. We also wonder whether our current ...
Coinweek: Mammoth Penny Portait Wins at ArtPrize
October 09, 2017 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.69 MBA 96 square foot portrait of Abraham Lincoln made up entirely of one cent coins won the grand prize at ArtPrize on October 8, 2017. We speak with artist Richard Schlatter about his unique creation. * * * This CoinWeek podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Travel back in time to the emergence of the premier third-party coin grading company. For limited time, collectors can secure their coins with throwback versions of the first four PCGS label generations. Visit PCGS dot com slash gener...
CoinWeek: My Advice for the U.S. Mint
October 02, 2017 00:00 - 9 minutes - 6.6 MBThe CoinWeek Podcast returns after a short hiatus. We've been up to our eyeballs in new site design, an hour-long new video, and preparations for our next on location video shoot. In this episode, editor Charles Morgan talks about the upcoming United States Mint forum and big issues he thinks that the Mint needs to address to truly make an impact in today's numismatic market. * * * This CoinWeek podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Travel back in time to the emergence of the premier t...