PCGS COINFACTS TO BECOME A FREE SERVICE

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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 2, January 10, 2016, Article 9

PCGS COINFACTS TO BECOME A FREE SERVICE

Good news for U.S. numismatic researchers! In a press release forwarded by Donn Pearlman on January 8, 2016, the Professional Coin Grading Service announced that beginning February 3, 2016 its www.PCGSCoinFacts.com website will no longer have a paywall and will once again become free to the public. -Editor

As part of a year-long 30th anniversary celebration, Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) has unveiled an impressive array of products and services to assist and benefit collectors and dealers. They include ending the annual $149 subscription fee to now make the popular www.PCGSCoinFacts.com website free to everyone; new developments for the PCGS Restoration Service; and offering “retro-looking” green insert labels on holders of coins submitted by PCGS Collectors Club members.

“PCGS has been serving the numismatic community for 30 years. This is our gift to you for all your support,” said PCGS President Don Willis. He made the announcement at the PCGS Set Registry® luncheon held at the Florida United Numismatists convention in Tampa, Florida on January 8, 2016.

PCGS CoinFacts is the internet’s most extensive resource for information and images about United States coins, from Colonial era to modern commemoratives. The continually updated site now lists over 37,000 different coins, nearly 300,000 images and nearly 3 million auction prices listed.

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. PCGS will also launch a new Android mobile application which will join the existing Apple iOS app, allowing anyone to easily access and view PCGS CoinFacts on a mobile device.

For additional information about PCGS products and services, call (800) 447-8848 or email info@pcgs.com

CoinFacts.com was begun in 1999 by Ron Guth and was later acquired by PCGS, which put the updated version behind a paywall in 2009, leaving only the older stagnant site available free to the public. This is a welcome move which will enable more people, researchers, collectors and the general public alike to access the most up-to-date numismatic information available. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
COINFACTS.COM EXPANSION IN WORKS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v10n01a03.html)
PCGS LAUNCHES NEW VERSION OF COINFACTS.COM (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v12n31a14.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org.

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