Looking Back on 35 Years of PCGS with an Amazing Memorabilia Collection
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While you watched our 35th anniversary video, you may have wondered where some of the vintage items shown came from. Many were provided by Greg Allen, a PCGS Authorized Dealer and member of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) who started collecting PCGS material shortly after our company began.
So why keep old brochures, pamphlets, and other ephemera anyway? “My father was a high school history teacher, so I learned the importance of history at an early age,” Allen explains. “With regard to the PCGS materials, they document historical aspects of the early evolution of PCGS. Their contents provide insight into what PCGS thought was important to convey to the numismatic community about their company and the services they provided.” He goes onto say, “In viewing the materials, we get a glimpse of the transition from raw coins to third-party grading. Coin collecting has a long history, and PCGS is an important part of latter 20th-century numismatics.”
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Such cool info and history.
Love that serial number!
Easter egg:
PCGS didn't slab 'reverse side forward' back in 1986!
peacockcoins
PCGS really should bring back the cool cert numbers for unique coins.
Everyone knows the following is the same coin. The interesting thing is that the PCGS coin number changed as well, from 10000 to 488.
And don’t forget this milestone:
@cardinal That one needs it's awesome cert number back as wel!