The ANA Convention in Los Angeles is just a month away. Check out the details and schedule here: ANA World's Fair of Money . I’ve been busy pricing and organizing inventory as well as cataloguing lots for Mail Bid Sale #34, to close Wednesday August 5. I decided to update this long-neglected web site by listing the slabbed or encapsulated coins that are now available for purchase. I have adjusted -- yes, reduced -- the price of nearly every coin to reflect the current market. No time for fancy commentary or photographs, but feel free to email or call for descriptions and scans.

A few words about the Charlton Meyer coins offered here. Most of you know that for the last several months PCGS has returned ungraded coins in “Genuine” holders that include a notation on the back, “Not suitable for grading,” and a coded number on the obverse of the label indicating the reason for rejection. Well…before PCGS announced or adopted this practice I spoke with (then) PCGS president Ron Guth. I told him that I had 200 or so Meyer coins that I did not intend to submit for grading (lower grade or surface problems) but would like to have in PCGS “Genuine” holders that identified the Meyer provenance. The per coin charge at the time was $85. Ron and I agreed to a greatly reduced fee. PCGS encapsulated and returned the coins with labels noting “Meyer Collection.” Nothing appears on the label to indicate whether the coin is suitable for grading. I have assigned sharpness grades to each of the Meyer “Genuine” coins. You will find them rather conservative.

Coming to the ANA? PNG Day is Tuesday August 4. Let me know if you would like an invitation.

Please read the following Terms of Sale. Then click on the “Sales” banner above. For a preview of the lots consigned to Mail Bid Sale #34 click on the “Auctions” banner. The sale includes a number of high grade rarities, highlighted by Lot 190 an 1839 JR.1 Small Letters Reverse, one of ~5 known, pictured here.