Coin Grading At The FUN Show ~Talk To A Professional Coin Grader~
Coin Grading At The FUN Show
Talk To A Professional Coin Grader
Randy Campbell Discusses The
FUN Convention & Coin Grading
Click to viewFUN Convention TV caught up with Mr. Randy Campbell before his educational seminar entitled "Talk To A Professional Coin Grader". Mr. Campbell is Senior Grader for I.C.G. Grading Service. Randy, a former F.U.N. President, has been a professional coin grader since 1989.
In this brief interview we asked Randy the following questions:
1. Why should a collector join FUN?
2. How long have you been on the board?
3. Tell me about your career as a professional grader.
Please watch the Q & A companion video from his seminar Talk To A Professional Coin Grader offered below.
Randy Campbell Summer FUN Convention
Q & A Session Of Talk To A Professional Coin Grader
Randy Campbell 2011 Summer FUN Convention
Educational Seminar: Talk To A Professional Coin Grader
Have you ever wanted to ask a professional coin grader a few questions? Well, at Summer FUN this seminar was filled with people who had more than a few questions to ask Mr. Campbell, Senior Grader for ICG Grading Service. Randy, a former F.U.N. President, has been a professional coin grader since 1989. After a few introductory comments, Randy fielded questions from the audience.
Video Quality: As I mentioned this seminar was full. Everyone was front and center for this lecture. Randy walked the floor and addressed many questions from the right side of the room. Therefore, for much of this video Randy is in profile. It was also shot with a tiny Nikon Cool Pix because my Nikon that shoots in HD had a battery malfunction. :(
The audio however, is strong and the accompanying data posted on FUN Forums should be quite helpful just the same.
We hope you find these videos both interesting and educational. Join FUN for more FREE Educational Seminars at the 57th Annual F.U.N. Convention January 5th through the 8th, 2012 at the Orange County Convention Center Here
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Helpful Hints From The Seminar
Reasons to Slab Your Coins with One of the Four Major Grading Services
Reasons to Slab Your Coins with One of the Four Major Grading Services
1. Guaranteed Authenticity.
2. Guaranteed Market Grading
3. Easier to Liquidate.
4. Better protection against corrosion, PVC contamination, salty air, environmental damage, album slide marks, etc. - - - Most coin holders and albums used in the 1950’s, 1960’s and the 1970’s actually damaged the coins contained in those holders!
5. Others won’t be able to clean your coins after you die. Future collectors will get to enjoy your coins in the same grade you did!
6. Slabbed coins are easier to inventory (certificate #’s) and easier to claim if coins are stolen.
How to Improve Your Coin Grading Skills Right Now!
How to Improve Your Coin Grading Skills Right Now!
1. Make an appointment with your ophthalmologist or eye care specialist. Have your color vision checked.
2. Use a top quality triplet magnifying glass (7X to 10X).
3. Examine coins under a good lamp!
4. Tilt your coins side-to-side and up-and-down! You may miss hairline patches, repairs and cleaning if you only look at coins “straight-on”!
5. Buy Amos Press’ Making the Grade Grading Guide, edited by Beth Deisher.
6. Buy specialty books on the coins you plan to collect. Wayne Miller’s Morgan and Peace Dollars Textbook is one of my favorites.
7. Study those slabs!
Reasons to Use I.C.G. Grading Service
Reasons to Use I.C.G. Grading Service
1. Free verbal opinions on grade and authenticity at over 30 coin shows per year. Our competitors rarely/never offer this service.
2. Our vintage coins grading staff averages over 40 years experience in numismatics!
3. I.C.G. offers friendly service and very reasonable rates. Our $9.00 economy service at coins shows is the lowest rate in the industry.
4. I.C.G.’s graders give lectures and educational seminars at club meetings and coin shows across America. They’ve authored hundreds of scholarly articles in leading coins publications
5. I.C.G. offers a state-of-the-art coins encapsulation product. Our slabs are made in America- - not in China!
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ANACS
ANACS
ENGLEWOOD, CO
TABLE # 122
Click to enlarge Photo credit Fred Lake
From Their Website: The Easy Way to Have Your Coins Certified and Authenticated. No clubs to join or annual dues to pay.
ICG
ICG
TAMPA, FL
TABLE # 1203
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Click To Enlarge Photo Credit Erin
NGC
NGC
SARASOTA, FL
TABLES # 1221-1229
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Click To Enlarge Photo Credit Fred Lake
NGC to Exhibit Spectacular Rarities at FUN Show
NGC to Exhibit Spectacular Rarities at FUN Show
Eleven stellar rarities ranging from ancient times to modern will be displayed by NGC during the FUN Show this January. The NGC Booth (tables 1221-1229) is the site of this must-see exhibit.
There will be something for everyone who appreciates the finest in quality and rarity. Students of early United States coinage will be drawn to the 1776 Continental Dollar grading NGC MS 65 , as well as one of the finest surviving 1794 silver dollars-a beautiful specimen grading AU 55 and pedigreed to the famous collection of Lorin G. Parmalee which was auctioned in 1890. See our post for more information and photographs here
Be sure to read about all the things available on the NGC website here
PCGS
Note This video was posted in 2007. Therefore the numbers mentioned would obviously be wrong.
Muriel Eymery on the rapidly increasing acceptance of third-party grading in Asia
Muriel Eymery provides an update of the rapidly increasing acceptance of third-party grading in Asia
Live from the Chicago ANA, Muriel Eymery provides an update of the rapidly increasing acceptance of third-party grading in Asia.
PCGS
NEWPORT BEACH, CA
TABLES # 100-108
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Click to Enlarge Phot Credit Fred Lake
PCGS Grading Contest @ FUN
PCGS Grading Contest @ FUN (post includes video David Hall made for FUN Forums)Read more about it and watch the video here
Morgan Dollar Exhibit
Morgan Dollar Exhibit At 2012 FUN Show
"PCGS will be displaying 36 Morgan dollars graded MS60 to MS68, including examples within each grade of high-end (worthy of a plus grade), mid-range and 'barely-make-the-grade' specimens. The exhibit also includes 27 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles graded MS60 to MS67, with variations within each grade noted," said David Hall, PCGS Co-Founder and President of Collectors Universe, Inc.
"This will give everyone at FUN a chance to see the sometimes subtle but important differences that can affect a coin's overall grade and marketplace value for these two extremely popular types of coins," explained Willis.
PCGS CURRENCY
PCGS CURRENCY
PEORIA, IL
TABLE # 1209 $
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