Get Ready for the 2026 NGC Registry Awards!

Posted on 3/16/2026

Ensure your NGC Registry set is at its best by 10 a.m. ET on July 1, 2026, to be automatically considered for awards and more than $30,000 in prizes. Winners will be announced on Thursday, August 27, 2026.

Once again, we’re bringing the heat this summer with the NGC Registry Awards in late August. Start getting your sets ready now!

Winners of major NGC Registry awards will receive a personalized plaque, an icon of recognition next to their NGC Registry set and a $500 NGC grading credit! David W. Lange Overall Achievement Award recipients will receive a plaque, an icon and a $1,000 grading credit! Major NGC Registry Award and Lange Award winners will also receive an NGC-certified coin with a special label and pedigree worth approximately $100.

The NGC Registry is a free online platform where collectors register and display their certified coins and compete against other collectors around the world for recognition and prizes. This popular resource now boasts more than 43,000 users, 423,000 registered sets and 2.1 million registered coins.

The NGC Registry Awards are open to all NGC Registry participants. To participate in the NGC Registry, visit NGCcoin.com/Registry, register your certified coins and create a competitive or custom set. It’s free and easy to join.

This year, winners will be selected in the following major award categories:

David W. Lange Overall Achievement Award

Three collectors will be honored for Overall Achievement in NGC Registry set collecting. The David W. Lange Overall Achievement Award is the NGC Registry's highest honor, given to select collectors based on their total point score, coins, set presentation and activity.

Competitive Set Awards

  • 10 Best Classic Sets,1792-1964

  • 10 Best Modern Sets, 1965-Date

  • 10 Best Presented Sets

    Sets with the best descriptive text and coin images
  • 10 Best New Sets

    Sets created since the last award cycle deadline, June 1, 2025.

Custom Set Awards

  • Five Best Custom Sets

  • Most Creative Custom Set

  • Most Informative Custom Set


Important Notes:

  • The deadline to update your NGC Registry sets before they are considered for awards is 10 a.m. ET on July 1, 2026.
  • Private sets will not be considered for any award type.
  • Obscured sets will not be considered for any award type.

In addition to the major awards, the NGC Registry honors the No. 1 set in each category with an icon of recognition next to the set. To join the free NGC Registry or update your NGC Registry sets, visit NGCcoin.com/Registry.

The deadline to update your NGC Registry sets before they are considered for awards is 10 a.m. ET on July 1, 2026.

To join the free NGC Registry or update your NGC Registry sets, visit NGCcoin.com/Registry.


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