SPEAKING OF COINS

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez

With spring turning to summer, our minds turn to cookouts, vacations, and time by the surf and shore. We also begin revisiting some of our collecting goals for the year and consider what we will need to tackle with our sets moving forward, especially if we want to elevate our collections to that next tier before the end of the year – which is already beginning to look closer and closer. Many of us will be attending at least one of the big coin shows still on the calendar, and several of these landmark conventions will be happening in the summer months of June, July, and August. One of the biggest of these is the June Long Beach Expo, which is being held June 22-24, 2023, at the Long Beach Convention Center and features treasure from the famous "Ship of Gold" – the S.S. Central America, which sank in 1857. We include a preview of this fascinating exhibit and the June Long Beach Expo in this issue of PCGS Market Report

Also in this issue is a deep dive into the numismatic art of Frank Gasparro, one of the most prolific United States Mint sculptor-engravers of the 20th century. Among his design credits are the Lincoln Memorial Cent, Kennedy Half Dollar, Eisenhower Dollar, and Susan B. Anthony Dollar. Modern Chinese coin expert Peter Anthony explores the treasures of the Sichuan, and we meet a collector known as Winesteven, whose expansive cabinet consists of more than 65 PCGS Registry Sets! We also include columns by all of your favorite PCGS coin and banknote experts, and we’ll introduce you to a young numismatist who puts his money where his cash register is… We’ll explain.

Finally, you’ll get to find out more about the spectacular PCGS Coin of the Issue, which is a stunning 1826/6 Capped Bust Quarter Eagle graded PCGS MS61. Paradime Coins is offering this magnificent coin, which is one of the very best examples of this rare issue you’ll find anywhere.

We hope you’ll visit the Long Beach Expo in June. Don’t forget, we have a full slate of PCGS Members Only Shows on the docket, and we’ll be appearing at several other big shows happening around the country over the next few months. Our goal is to give you plenty of opportunities to come on out and meet some of the PCGS team, learn from our experts, and submit coins and banknotes in a fun and convenient setting. Maybe we’ll see you there?

Until then, enjoy this jam-packed issue of the PCGS Market Report !