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Guess the Grade Q3 Winners! Newsletter Edition #13 - October 2025 Guess the Grade is as popular as ever and we're excited to announce the Q3 winners this month plus the launch of Q4. It's great to see the continued enthusiasm with GTG and take a look at this post where member YN_Evan2010 was presented with his own coin!  Last month with the launch of the MyCollect Market we've seen a lot...

Announcing Low Ball Sets  Newsletter Edition #14 - November 2025 Welcome to the monthly MyCollect Newsletter for November and we're excited to announce another great feature for our set collecting members with the launch of Low Ball Sets. Read on below for the full announcement and links to get started! In addition, we're continuing with the MyCollect Market momentum and over the past...

MyCollect Market is Live! Newsletter Edition #12 - September 2025 We have a major announcement this month with the launch of the MyCollect Market! Our hope was to have this ready for last month but it wasn't quite ready in time, but we think it was worth the wait. Read on below for all the details. Also a reminder the Guess the Grade 2025 Q3 Season is coming to a close at the end of the month -...

My Wantlist and GTG 2025 Q2 Winners! Newsletter Edition #10 - July 2025 There's always something happening at MyCollect and this month we're launching the new My Wantlist feature, announcing the Guess the Grade 2025 Q2 winners, and a number of other improvements (check out the Rapid Fire section). With the announcement last month for ICG support (along with PCGS, CACG, NGC, ANACS, and...

Introducing Support for ICG Coins Newsletter Edition #9 - June 2025 Welcome back MyCollectors for our June Newsletter. This month we round out support for all major and minor coin grading services with the addition of ICG. We have a reminder about the 2025 Q2 Guess the Grade season closing out shortly. And some information on recent set scoring changes. Didn't receive this by email? Check...

Raw Coins on MyCollect Newsletter Edition #8 - May 2025 There's no rest for MyCollect and this month we're excited to share the addition of Raw Coin support and One Sixty-Four sets! Supporting raw coins really is a milestone for MyCollect allowing us to be the one place to manage your entire inventory. It's also been great to see the activity on the site and we are privileged to have member...

Unique 1844-O $5 and $10 Proof Gold Coins Reunited After 100 Years Apart The two rarities will be displayed at the ANA World’s Fair of Money in Oklahoma; Not seen together since the 1890 Parmelee auction (Irvine, California) May 9, 2025 - For the first time in a century, the unique pair of 1844 $5 and $10 Proof Gold coins minted in New Orleans have been reunited and will be on display at...

Collection of 100 Greatest U.S. Coins Surprises Industry Daily reveals on MyCollect include many major rarities featured in 100 Greatest U.S. Coins book by Jeff Garrett (Irvine, California) May 8, 2025 - Over the past few weeks, coin collectors have been enjoying one of the greatest reveals in numismatics, with a user on numismatic social media platform MyCollect posting daily updates of the...

Announcing the MyCollect Set Awards Newsletter Edition #7 - April 2025 Wow, do we have a bumper packed newsletter this month! First, congratulations to all Guess the Grade competitors for the 2025 Q1 Season, which has now concluded. See below for details on the Q1 winners, Q2 Season, and some exciting news for young numismatists. We're also thrilled to announce the inaugural MyCollect Set...

The age old question of “is this coin valuable” is common among the general public and beginner coin collectors. In writing this article I hope to provide some guidelines for what generally makes a coin more valuable than its counterparts. By no means is this article an exhaustive guide for whether or not your coin is valuable, though it should be useful for narrowing down possibly...

Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert was born on the 3rd of June 1865, the second Son of Albert Edward Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and Alexandra of Denmark. George V did not become king until the age of forty-five when his father passed asway in 1910. George V's reign was one of great social and political changes, in Britain, but especially in Europe, where most other monarchies...

On September 8th, 2022, at 15:10 BST the world was shook by the death of Queen Elizabeth II. I still remember being on my lunch break in high school and reading a headline from the BBC stating: “Queen Elizabeth II has died.” This headline not only made me emotional, but the entire world was united in honoring the life of Queen Elizabeth II along with asking the question; “who...