Active Interest Media Sells NumisMaster Pricing Database to NGC and PMG; Its Three Publications Continue
Active Interest Media, publisher of Numismatic News, World Coin News and Bank Note Reporter, has sold the NumisMaster pricing database to NGC and PMG. According to a note from the publisher posted on September 4, 2026, the three publications will continue under Active Interest Media with the same editorial teams, and their pricing information will keep appearing.
Correction (Oct 13, 2026): We corrected the headline, summary and body to match the source. We removed unsupported assessments such as market "consolidation" and "vertical integration" and a claim that the magazines' price tables would draw on the NGC and PMG database; corrected passages that attributed the publisher's words to the editorial team; and made clear that the source is a publisher's note dated September 4, 2026. The previous headline was "NumisMaster Database Sold to NGC and PMG: What 60 Years of Pricing Data Transfer Means."
This article is based on a note to readers from Corinne Zielke, publisher at Active Interest Media, posted on the Numismatic News website on September 4, 2026.
Active Interest Media has sold the NumisMaster pricing database to NGC and PMG. The note describes the two as organizations recognized worldwide for their leadership in coin and paper money authentication, grading and research. The publisher wrote that she believes the transition will allow the database to continue to grow and serve collectors.
Publications and pricing continue
According to the note, the sale does not change the company's commitment to its publications. Numismatic News, World Coin News and Bank Note Reporter will continue to be published by Active Interest Media with the same editorial teams.
Pricing information will also continue to appear in the publications. Numismatic News will continue its quarterly Coin Market pricing, and Bank Note Reporter will continue its monthly Paper Money Market pricing.
More than six decades
The note says that Krause Publications, F+W Media and now Active Interest Media have served collectors for more than six decades through these publications and the NumisMaster database.
Source: Numismatic News, "A Note from the Publisher of Numismatic News, World Coin News, and Bank Note Reporter" (September 4, 2026).
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