CORRECTING AND REPLACING NCS & NGC to Feature Select SS Republic Coins.Lifestyle Editors/Business Editors CORRECTION...by NGC NGC New General Catalogue (of Nebulae and Star Clusters; astronomy) NGC National Geographic Channel (TV) NGC National Guideline Clearinghouse SARASOTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2004 In BW5381 issued April 16, 2004: Second Graph of the release should read: The first coin profile showcases the condition census 1854-O $20 gold piece. The information is available as the "SS Republic Featured Coin" area on the NCS (Network Call Signaling) CableLabs version of MGCP. See MGCP/MEGACO. NCS - Network Computing System: Apollo's RPC system used by DEC and Hewlett-Packard.The protocol has been adopted by OSF. and NGC websites, www.ncscoin.com and www.ngccoin.com, the Odyssey website, www.shipwreck.net, and Dr. Donald Kagin's website, www.kagins.com. sted The first coin profile showcases the condition census 1854-O $20 gold piece and is attached. The information is also available as the "SS Republic Featured Coin" area on the NCS and NGC websites, www.ncscoin.com and www.ngccoin.com, the Odyssey website, www.shipwreck.net, and Dr. Donald Kagin's website, www.kagins.com. The corrected release reads: NCS & NGC TO FEATURE SELECT SS REPUBLIC COINS Numismatic nu·mis·mat·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to coins or currency. 2. Of or relating to numismatics. [French numismatique, from Late Latin numisma, numismat-, Conservation Services (NCS) and Numismatic Guaranty Corporation The Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (or NGC) is a provider of third-party coin grading services to numismatists. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. It is the official grading service of the American Numismatic Association. (NGC) have been authorized by Odyssey Marine Exploration Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. is engaged in the salvage of deep-water shipwrecks and uses innovative methods and state-of-the-art technology to conduct extensive deep-ocean search and recovery operations around the world. , Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :OMR (Optical Mark Reader) A scanner that reads marks on specific areas of the page. See mark sensing. OMR - Optical Mark Reader ) to release information about select coins being recovered from Odyssey's SS Republic shipwreck site. NCS and NGC will be periodically providing information and photos to the press to highlight specific coins of interest to the numismatic market. The first coin profile showcases the condition census 1854-O $20 gold piece. The information is available as the "SS Republic Featured Coin" area on the NCS and NGC websites, www.ncscoin.com and www.ngccoin.com, the Odyssey website, www.shipwreck.net, and Dr. Donald Kagin's website, www.kagins.com. NCS and NGC have been awarded the exclusive contract to conserve and grade the thousands of coins being recovered from the 1865 shipwreck of S. S. Republic. Among the coins already recovered are numerous gold eagles, gold double eagles, silver half dollars and even a few quarters, nearly all dating between the 1840's and 1865. Unlike other recently salvaged shipwrecks, a wide variety of dates and mints have been noted in this find. Based on the pieces recovered thus far that have been professionally conserved by Numismatic Conservation Services (NCS) and graded and encapsulated by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC), this collection already includes several finest-known examples of United States gold and silver coins from the period. The SS Republic was a side wheel steamer that sank in 1865 while en route from New York to New Orleans after battling a hurricane for two days. Odyssey discovered the shipwreck 1,700 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean approximately 100 miles off the Georgia coast. NCS and NGC combined are a complete numismatic service organization: NCS is the only professional conservation service specializing in coins and other numismatic items and is the Conservation Service of Choice for the American Numismatic Association The American Numismatic Association was founded by Dr. George F. Heath in 1891. The ANA was formed to advance the knowledge of numismatics (the study of money) along educational, historical and scientific lines, as well as enhance interest in the hobby. (ANA). NGC is the largest independent coin grading service in the world, having certified more than ten million collectable coins, and is the Official Grading Service of the American Numismatic Association (ANA) and the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG (Portable Network Graphics) A bitmapped graphics file format endorsed by the World Wide Web Consortium. It is expected to eventually replace the GIF format, because there are lingering legal problems with GIFs. ). Odyssey Marine Exploration is an American Stock Exchange American Stock Exchange (AMEX) Stock exchange in the U.S. Originally known as “the Curb,” it began as an outdoor marketplace in New York City c. 1850. It moved indoors to its present location in the Wall Street area in 1921. Company (AMEX:OMR) with several shipwreck projects in various stages of development throughout the world, including the SS Republic and HMS Sussex projects. Additional information about Odyssey, its projects and equipment is available at www.shipwreck.net. |
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