The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 1, January 7, 2007, Article 3

COINFACTS.COM EXPANSION IN WORKS

This week the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) announced it will
begin publishing "Rare Coin Market Report", a monthly price guide edited
by PCGS President Ron Guth.  In addition, PCGS founder David Hall,
President of Collectors Universe, Inc., announced planned upgrades to
Coinfacts.com, the great web site created by Guth and later acquired
by Hall's company.

According to the company's press release, "The future includes ...
expansion of the CoinFacts Online Encyclopedia (www.CoinFacts.com) to
include more photographs and extensive historical information; and
launching "PCGS Photograde Online," an updated version of the classic
grading guide originally authored in 1970 by James F. Ruddy.

""The enlargement and continuing development of the CoinFacts Online
Encyclopedia will be the most ambitious coin information project in
history.  We're committed to doing everything we can to make the coin
market bigger, better and more fun for all participants," said Hall."

"He said the expansion of the CoinFacts Online Encyclopedia will be
a monumental work-in-progress, requiring several years to complete.
The first additions will be posted online during the first half of 2007.

""As a service to the numismatic community, access to the online
encyclopedia will continue to be free.  We're putting the information
there for your use and enjoyment," Hall explained.  Eventually, the web
site will include:

* Survival estimates for all United States coins, including varieties,
colonials, patterns and territorial issues in Mint State condition.

* Condition census figures for all United States coins with photos of
the finest known example of each.

* Expanded information about designers, metallic content, weights and
other facts related to the original minting of coins struck in the
United States.

* Auction information about coins from famous sales, such as the Bass,
Dunham, Eliasberg and Norweb collections."

[We're all for any initiative to place more numismatic information
online.  This is a welcome development, made all the more interesting
by Hall's reference to "big plans for the next 20 years." -Editor]

To read the complete press release, see: Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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