Official Sponsors of the PNG

The Professional Numismatists Guild has been in existence for more than 60 years. During that time, we have established ourselves as the standard bearer for all numismatic professionals. We gratefully acknowledge that our leadership position would not be possible without our relationships with our esteemed partners, some of the best-known names – and logos – in the collectibles marketplace.

If you are interested in becoming a PNG sponsor, send an email to info@pngdealers.org, or call Tina at 951-587-8300.

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Platinum Sponsor: Numismatics Guaranty Corporation (NGC)

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) is one of the most important numismatic companies in the world. As a leading coin authentication and grading service, NGC grades and encapsulates more than a million coins each year! And every NGC holder bears the PNG logo on its hologram label, clearly demonstrating that they value our partnership as much as we do.

There is a simple reason why NGC grades so many coins: prices realized. A coin graded by NGC will consistently fetch more money from a buyer than an ungraded coin. It’s as simple as that.

Why NGC Grading?

The advent of third-party grading in the 1980s revolutionized the coin collecting hobby by providing impartial opinions of a coin’s grade and authenticity. Prior to third-party grading and authentication, it was easy for sellers to overstate a coin’s grade and many counterfeit and altered coins were unwittingly sold as genuine.

In 1987, NGC was established to provide a fully independent opinion of a coin’s authenticity and grade. From the beginning NGC focused on only one objective, a standard of consistent, impartial and accurate grading. NGC graders are prohibited from buying and selling coins commercially, which prevents conflicts of interest. The expert and impartial grades assigned by NGC and backed by the NGC Guarantee give buyers and sellers greater confidence, increase liquidity and result in higher prices realized.

Collectors and dealers around the world have embraced NGC certification and as a result, NGC has become the world’s largest third-party coin grading service with more than 41 million coins certified.

In addition to its grading and authentication services, NGC’s website is the numismatist’s number one resource for research tools including the NGC U.S., World and Chinese Modern Coin price guides, NGC Auction Central and NGC Coin Explorer.

NGC has also launched a comprehensive Counterfeit Coins Detection portal. It features the 50 US coins, 25 Chinese coins and 25 world collector coins most commonly targeted by counterfeiters, according to submissions to NGC. Each of these coins has on its own page comprehensive information including high-resolution images, the type of counterfeits typically seen, detection tips and other helpful details.

The NGC Counterfeit Detection portal is designed to help collectors, dealers and others identify counterfeit and altered coins before they purchase them, stopping these spurious coins from entering the numismatic marketplace.

Collectors and dealers around the world have embraced NGC certification and as a result, NGC has become the world’s largest third-party coin grading service with more than 41 million coins certified.
 

Are you considering a grading and authentication service other than NGC?
Ask yourself these essential questions first!

1. How many years has your grading service been grading, authenticating and encapsulating numismatic items?
2. How many numismatic items has your service graded since its inception?
3. On average, how many numismatic items does your service grade per month?
4. Does your service offer a grading and authenticity guarantee?
5. Does your grading service publish this guarantee in writing on a website or in company literature?
6. Does your grading service offer to buy back numismatic items when necessary?
7. Does your grading service maintain an ongoing census and population statistics for your numismatic items?
8. Are your numismatic items environmentally protected in their holder?
9. Does your grading service maintain an established, recognized grading standard?
10. Does your grading company have an established dealer or collector network?
11. Is there an active bid/ask market for numismatic items graded by your service?
12. Are items graded by your service traded on a recognized numismatic trading network like CDN Exchange?
13. What percentage of the overall collector/dealer marketplace trades in numismatic material graded by your service?
14. Does your grading company provide ample insurance coverage for numismatic items on its premises?
15. Are you satisfied with your service’s grading procedure? How many graders will take part in grading your numismatic items?
16. What safeguards does your service have in place to keep your graders from grading numismatic material they own?
17. Does your grading service provide an ongoing educational program for its graders and authenticators?

The Professional Numismatists Guild takes its responsibility to the numismatic community very seriously. Make sure you have your items graded by a company that does the same.
 

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Other PNG Sponsors & Corporate Partners

NCS – The Official Conservation Service of the PNG
NCS, offered by NGC, provides expert professional conservation services for public and private collections of coins, tokens and medals. Coin conservation can help remove harmful residues and stabilize the surface of your coin, revealing the beauty of your most cherished possessions.


PMG – The Official Paper Money Grading Service of the PNG
Paper Money Guaranty was founded in 2005 as a fully independent third-party paper money grading service. With an unparalleled commitment to accuracy, consistency and integrity, PMG is the world’s largest third-party paper money grading service with more than 3 million notes certified.


Gallagher – Insurance Sponsor
Gallagher is a global leader in insurance, risk management and consulting services. Much more than simply an insurance broker, they are an international group of partners that provide cost-effective, client-centric, and expertise-driven risk management solutions.

Delaware Finance Company – Lender Sponsor

RARCOA -- Wholsale Numismatic Sponsor
Today RARCOA is one of the top marketmakers in Pre-1934 US gold coins, and one of the largest importers and distributors of gold coins from around the world. We maintain cash markets in US and World gold coins for over 400 dealers, banks, and brokers in the US, Asia, and Europe.

We also travel regularly throughout the US and Europe in search of hoards, caches, collections, dealer inventories, and bank holdings of interest. With our active inventory of over 10,000 gold coins, gold coin buyers are assured of fair spreads and fast delivery when they trade with RARCOA.

Furthermore, we're not named the Rare Coin Company of America by accident. For over 40 years, RARCOA has been and continues to be known as a leading buyer of rare and important numismatic coins of the United States. Additionally, we are regular buyers of high quality rarities from Ancient Greece and Rome, Europe, Asia, Mexico and Spanish America.