PCGS Currency Set Registry Awards Dinner- Huge Success!
PCGS Currency celebrated its third annual Set Registry Award's dinner at the Blues City Café in Memphis in conjunction with the International Paper Money Show. Unlike past years when the event was combined with the PCGS Coin Set Registry Award's dinner, this event was a stand-alone success. More than 50 attendees, including dealers, collectors, Set Registry participants, and award winners enjoyed the catered event which featured standard Memphis fare such as barbecue, catfish, and ribs in a casual yet festive atmosphere.

PCGS Currency Adds New National Bank Note Set Registry Category
PCGS Currency Set Registry participants may now take part and compete in an all new National Bank Note category. To mark its debut, a 51-note small size U.S. National Bank Note set has been designed to represent one example from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. “The introduction of National Bank Note sets encourages National collectors to actively participate in the PCGS Currency Set Registry,” says Andrew Shiva, an avid collector of National Bank Notes who was instrumental in designing and creating the new category.

PCGS Currency Set Registry Continues to Grow!
PCGS Currency introduced several new sets this week to the PCGS Currency Set Registry.  Two new Federal Reserve Bank Note sets to the PCGS Currency Set Registry we among these additions. Collectors can now enter notes from their collection to compete in sets that include all combined FRBN denominations, not just for individual denomination sets.

PCGS Currency Currency Introduces Block Sets for the Set Registry
PCGS Currency announced today the introduction of Block Sets to the PCGS Currency Set Registry. Collectors can now enter notes from their collection by serial number block for selected issues, in addition to collections by series and signature combination.

PCGS Currency Set Registry Participants Compete for the Lowest Grades, Too
PCGS Currency recently graded its first “Poor 1” Note, a Fr. 225 $1 1896 “Educational Series” Silver Certificate. This is the lowest grade possible under the PCGS Currency Grading Standards, the only written grading standards published by any major third-party grading service.

Collectors Universe Sells PCGS Currency Division to a New Company Led By Division President Jason Bradford
NEWPORT BEACH, CA—Collectors Universe, Inc., a leading provider of value-added authentication and grading services to dealers and collectors of high-value collectibles, and dealers of diamonds and colored gemstones, today announced that it has sold PCGS Currency, its currency authentication and grading division for collectible currency, to a new company formed for the acquisition and led by the former president of the division, Jason W. Bradford.

PCGS Currency Certifies Dog-Gone Note
There’s an interesting “pedigree” to a Series 1918 Federal Reserve $2 note (Fr. 776) recently certified 58 PPQ by PCGS Currency. It has the unusual serial number, K9A, and a specially-worded encapsulation insert prepared for this note honors a fondly-remembered canine pet.

PCGS Currency Holders "Take the Heat"
With only a dozen exceptions, all the paper items in a Florida collector’s home safe were destroyed or damaged by intense heat during a house fire. The only papers that survived unscathed were 12 bank notes inside PCGS Currency holders, including two 1907 $10 Gold Certificates.

PCGS Currency-Certified "D.B. Cooper" Skyjacking Cash Sold In Heritage Auction 
Fifteen tattered $20 bills recovered from the infamous 1971 “D. B. Cooper” skyjacking sold for a combined total of $37,433 in a public auction on Friday, June 13, 2008.

PCGS Currency Notifies FBI OF "D.B. Cooper" Serial Numbers
During the recent examination and certification of recovered money from the famous 1971 “D. B. Cooper” skyjacking case, PCGS Currency staff members discovered nearly three dozen serial numbers that apparently had not been previously recorded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

PCGS Currency Certifies Legendary “D.B. Cooper” Skyjacking Ransom Notes
Nearly two dozen $20 denomination notes from the infamous 1971 “D.B. Cooper” skyjacking have been certified by PCGS Currency on behalf of the owner who found them a quarter-century ago.

PCGS Currency Adds New Set Registry Sets
Since the launch of the PCGS Currency Set Registry last May, interest in the Set Registry has been steadily growing with more than 400 Sets currently registered.  After receiving many requests for additional sets, PCGS Currency is pleased to announce the addition of new Large Size and Small Size sets in the Registry.

PCGS Currency Releases Online Paper Money Population Report
An important new resource for paper money collectors now is available online. The extensive PCGS Currency Population ReportSM, a census database of more than 80,000 notes authenticated and certified by PCGS Currency, is updated daily and is available by subscription to members of the PCGS Currency Collectors Club and PCGS Currency authorized dealers.

First Large Size U.S. Note Graded "69PPQ" by PCGS Currency to Sell in Teletrade Auction
A Fr. 230 1899 Silver Certificate graded Superb Gem New 69PPQ by PCGS Currency is being offered by Teletrade in their upcoming auction ending on Monday, December 10, 2007.

CCE and PCGS Currency Launch Currency Marketplace
In a move that is expected to significantly boost activity in the already brisk paper money market, the Certified Coin Exchange (CCE) in conjunction with PCGS Currency has established the Currency Marketplace, a new CCE service where collectors can view, select from and buy thousands of bank notes offered by many of the top currency dealers.

PCGS Currency To No Longer Use "Red Holders" for Problem Notes
PCGS Currency has announced that, effective immediately, notes with major problems and/or restorations will no longer be placed in “Red Holders.” 

The Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo - September 27-29, 2007
Over 2,000 dealers will attend the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, a show spanning 100,000 square feet in the beautiful Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center

PCGS Currency Set Registry Now Online
A new, free interactive service for bank note collectors is now online: the PCGS Currency Set Registry.

Laura A. Kessler Joins PCGS Currency Team
Laura A. Kessler has been named Vice President of Business Development for PCGS Currency, one of the world's largest rare paper money authentication and grading certification services and a division of Collectors Universe (NASDAQ:  CLCT).

PCGS Currency is Pleased to Announce Its New and Improved Currency Holder
PCGS Currency is pleased to announce its new and improved currency holder. The new holder is made of the finest quality Mylar-D, the best archival quality currency holder available.

PCGS Currency Makes Inventory of Recovered Andrea Doria Bank Notes
PCGS Currency has made the first known public inventory by series type of historic bank notes recovered from a safe salvaged from the submerged Italian ocean liner, Andrea Doria.

PCGS Currency Grades Rickey Collection, Holders Will Not Be Sealed For Lot Viewing
PCGS Currency was selected to grade and authenticate the notes in the fabulous Rickey Collection that will be offered in a public sale to be conducted by Lyn Knight Currency Auctions on October 21, 2005.

PCGS Announces Currency Grading, Taps Jason W. Bradford to Head New Division
The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) today announced that Jason W. Bradford has been named the Director of its new Currency Grading division. This latest initiative will provide independent, third-party authentication and grading for both large and small size U.S. currency as well as Nationals, Fractionals and Confederate notes.