PCGS Luncheon Announcement!!! COINFACTS IS GOING TO BE FREE!!!!!

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keyman64
keyman64 Posts: 15,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
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It was announced today at the FUN luncheon. Fantastic News for the entire collecting community!



Well done PCGS! image



For those that have paid, I understand that PCGS will be contacting members to work on a resolution.



I'm surprised I have not seen multiple threads on this topic already. Huge news!



Link to PCGS.com Official Press Release.

"Effective February 3, 2016, which happens to be the exact 30th anniversary of PCGS’s launch in 1986, the entire website will be available free. "
"If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
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  • Goldbully
    Goldbully Posts: 18,557 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    As a paid in full diamond PCGS member, I would expect a refund or some free grading vouchers with this news. I applaud the news, such a great resource for numismatics.
  • TopographicOceans
    TopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
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    That's great news.
    I don't have access at my subscription level now, but I used to really like the info it gives.
  • messydesk
    messydesk Posts: 20,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This received a very enthusiastic and sustained round of applause when it was announced.
    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • 3keepSECRETif2rDEAD
    3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Very classy move PCGS!
  • Lakesammman
    Lakesammman Posts: 17,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yep - pretty cool.



    Also announced you can specify a "+" on regrades for the everyman set - no more threat of going from AU58 to MS62.



    I asked Don after the luncheon of they were going to do the same for the low ball set - PO1+...... image
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  • Lakesammman
    Lakesammman Posts: 17,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    oops - should have asked about PO1 "-" ..... image
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  • Stuart
    Stuart Posts: 9,831 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That's the best numismatic news that I've heard in a long time! image



    Thanks PCGS for all that you do to improve the numismatic experience for us collectors.

    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
  • Barndog
    Barndog Posts: 20,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    great news. So is there a Coinfacts app for iPhone/iPad and if so, is it any good?
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  • tradedollarnut
    tradedollarnut Posts: 20,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    CoinFacts is great
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  • DontTellTheWife
    DontTellTheWife Posts: 617 ✭✭✭
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    Thanks PCGS!
  • Kyle
    Kyle Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Originally posted by: TopographicOceans

    That's great news.



    +1
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  • fivecents
    fivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    WTG PCGS!
  • Ronyahski
    Ronyahski Posts: 3,120 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'd gladly keep on paying for it, so this news is a treat.
    Some refer to overgraded slabs as Coffins. I like to think of them as Happy Coins.
  • MidLifeCrisis
    MidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,617 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Originally posted by: Stuart

    That's the best numismatic news that I've heard in a long time! image



    Thanks PCGS for all that you do to improve the numismatic experience for us collectors.




    This! image
  • CuKevin
    CuKevin Posts: 1,781 ✭✭✭✭
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    This is great news! Thank you PCGS!!
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  • Coin Finder
    Coin Finder Posts: 7,805 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Alright!!!!!!! Thanks!!! PCGS

    The court jester does not play, but gently pulls the strings…

  • oreville
    oreville Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Oh my!!



    My auto payment is due 1/22/16. Hmmm.

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  • keyman64
    keyman64 Posts: 15,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Link to PCGS.com Official Press Release.

    "Effective February 3, 2016, which happens to be the exact 30th anniversary of PCGS’s launch in 1986, the entire website will be available free. "
    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
    Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner. :smile:
  • Cougar1978
    Cougar1978 Posts: 10,067 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That is great news and a brilliant move by PCGS. The coin facts tool is superior to anything in the business. I believe this will have a positive impact for the hobby and has super potential to attract people sitting on the fence. I have been packaging a number of ebay auction sales and just let my iPhone CF app read the bar code the holder so I can put down market value or auction data on the spread sheet sales journal to c how they performed (or were given away) vs market value and auction data from CF.
    Investor
  • 19Lyds
    19Lyds Posts: 26,520 ✭✭✭✭
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    This is pretty good news.
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • OldIndianNutKase
    OldIndianNutKase Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Thank you PCGS. Having a Daimond membership, I have always worried what to do with the eight economy submissions. Now I can submit coins that are rational for my collection.

    OINK
  • Boosibri
    Boosibri Posts: 12,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Great news. Any pictures of the retro OGH?

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  • mozin
    mozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭
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    The PCGS refund certainly should be based on the unused months of service we paid for Coinfacts. Anything less than that will not be satisfactory. Hope PCGS does not try to give us some kind of discount on grading submissions instead. That would be worthless for those of us having nothing to submit for grading. I only buy PCGS graded coins, and I have already crossed all my other earlier purchased coins to PCGS or sold them.
    I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
  • cointime
    cointime Posts: 2,016 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This is great news, thank you PCGS image

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  • keyman64
    keyman64 Posts: 15,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Originally posted by: Boosibri

    Great news. Any pictures of the retro OGH?
    No, nothing was shown at the show, nothing in the PowerPoint presentation either I don't think.



    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
    Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner. :smile:
  • oih82w8
    oih82w8 Posts: 13,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This is really great news! image



    "Collectors will also have the opportunity to have their coins slabbed with a "retro” green label that mimics the label found in the popular “Old Green Holder” from the early years of PCGS"



    I wish that they would bring back the solid gaskets too!
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  • astrorat
    astrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This is great news for the numismatic community. Increasing access to such valuable information will greatly advance the hobby. Congratulations and thank you to PCGS for one of the most important and impactful decisions in its history.
    Numismatist Ordinaire
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  • Rampage
    Rampage Posts: 9,685 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Originally posted by: oreville
    Oh my!!

    My auto payment is due 1/22/16. Hmmm.


    Mine renews February 5, 2016, so we shall see what happens. I wonder if I should just cancel the auto-renew??

  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,216 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I want my facts for free.
  • cheezhed
    cheezhed Posts: 6,405 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Thank you PCGS!
    Many happy BST transactions
  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,216 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Originally posted by: mozin
    The PCGS refund certainly should be based on the unused months of service we paid for Coinfacts. Anything less than that will not be satisfactory. Hope PCGS does not try to give us some kind of discount on grading submissions instead. That would be worthless for those of us having nothing to submit for grading. I only buy PCGS graded coins, and I have already crossed all my other earlier purchased coins to PCGS or sold them.


    Buy some from me and I'll give you discounts on PCGS graded coins. image
  • ksuscott
    ksuscott Posts: 310 ✭✭✭
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    Great news! Coin facts is a very helpful tool and it'll be nice to no longer be restricted to the preview site. Also, cool that you could have some of the OGH coins re-graded and keep the green label (even if it is a newer label). I wish I could take advantage of the crossover special at Long Beach. I won't be able to attend the show, but I have several that I'd like to try to get crossed.
  • Stuart
    Stuart Posts: 9,831 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Originally posted by: oih82w8 "Collectors will also have the opportunity to have their coins slabbed with a "retro” green label that mimics the label found in the popular “Old Green Holder” from the early years of PCGS"




    I wonder if PCGS' use of the "retro" green labels will be to help preserve the provenance and chain of ownership of coins resubmitted for grading in Old Green Holder Labeled slabs, in a similar way that PCGS has used the "GSA" label designation to identify coins that were submitted to them for grading in original US Govt GSA holders?

    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
  • robec
    robec Posts: 7,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Originally posted by: Barndog

    So is there a Coinfacts app for iPhone/iPad and if so, is it any good?




    There has been for a year or more. It's very good, though photos are limited to 3.

    - Bob -

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  • dbldie55
    dbldie55 Posts: 7,753 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Originally posted by: Lakesammman

    Yep - pretty cool.



    Also announced you can specify a "+" on regrades for the everyman set - no more threat of going from AU58 to MS62.



    I asked Don after the luncheon of they were going to do the same for the low ball set - PO1+...... image




    That is good news (for PCGS as much as us who do these sets). David made a big deal about the "+" coins in everyman sets in the Luncheon last summer. I have to believe that of the nearly 500 1883 No Cent nickels graded AU-58, at least a few should warrant the "+".



    My coinfacts auto renews on 1/30. If I have not heard anything by then, I will cancel (and wait out the 3 days)
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  • abitofthisabitofthat
    abitofthisabitofthat Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭
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    Great news, and I think very smart move on the part of PCGS.





    Coinsfacts show auction results for PCGS and ATS coins side by side. The more people who see which brand tends to get higher auction prices realized, the better for our hosts core business.



    merse

  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    thats a nice gesture on there part image
  • golden
    golden Posts: 10,535 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Originally posted by: Stuart
    That's the best numismatic news that I've heard in a long time! image

    Thanks PCGS for all that you do to improve the numismatic experience for us collectors.


    image
  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Great news... fantastic resource.... Cheers, RickO
  • AuroraBorealis
    AuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That is awesome! What a great tool and I have loved it since conception of it...
    As a fun thing for the service it is great seeing your true views of the coins you have and what other coins in a series that are out there...

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  • Swampboy
    Swampboy Posts: 13,256 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Really? Free?



    That amazes me.



    WTG PCGS.



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  • JedPlanchet
    JedPlanchet Posts: 909 ✭✭✭
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    Thanks to PCGS for making this resource available free of charge!
    Whatever you are, be a good one. ---- Abraham Lincoln
  • shish
    shish Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Thank you PCGS! Coinfacts is a Fantastic Resource.
    Liberty Seated and Trade Dollar Specialist
  • lcoopie
    lcoopie Posts: 8,875 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Great news, thanks PCGS
    LCoopie = Les
  • oreville
    oreville Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    TextAlso announced you can specify a "+" on regrades for the everyman set - no more threat of going from AU58 to MS62. I asked Don after the luncheon of they were going to do the same for the low ball set - PO1+......




    Wouldn't the low ball set owner want to request a "-" rather than a "+" ???????
    A Collectors Universe poster since 1997!
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  • hiijacker
    hiijacker Posts: 1,173 ✭✭✭
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    My just renewed. Any updates if they will refund, or do inked to cancel?
    Buyer of all vintage Silver Bars. PM me
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  • bestday
    bestday Posts: 4,272 ✭✭✭✭
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    Good idea to expand price transparency on coins
  • Washingtoniana
    Washingtoniana Posts: 278 ✭✭✭
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    this will be a big step forward in advancing numismatics
  • MonsterCoinz
    MonsterCoinz Posts: 1,518 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Like others have asked, what should those of us do that are currently subscribed? Will I be getting a refund or partial refund? Should I end my subscription now or let it renew??
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