10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)
☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the quarter ended December 31, 2015
	OR
☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]
	For the transition period from _______ to _____
Commission file number 1-34240
COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	33-0846191
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.E. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or organization)
1921 E. Alton Avenue, Santa Ana, California 92705
(address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (949) 567-1234
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed, since last year)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒   No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every interactive data file required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (section 232,405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). YES ⊠   NO ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a “smaller reporting company”. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☒
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Securities Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). YES ☐   NO ☒

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class	Outstanding as of January 31, 2016
Common Stock $.001 Par Value	8,898,104

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I	Financial Information		Page
	Item 1.	Financial Statements (unaudited):
		Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015	1
		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended December 31, 2015 and 2014	2
		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended December 31, 2015 and 2014	3
		Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	5
	Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	13
		Forward-Looking Statements	13
		Our Business	13
		Overview of the Three and Six Months Ended December 31, 2015 Operating Results	14
		Factors That Can Affect Our Operating Results and Financial Position	15
		Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates	17
		Results of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the Three and Six Months Ended December 31, 2014	18
		Liquidity and Capital Resources	23
	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	25
	Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	25
PART II	Other Information
	Item 1A.	Risk Factors	26
	Item 2	Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	26
	Item 6.	Exhibits	26
SIGNATURES			S-1
INDEX TO EXHIBITS			E-1
EXHIBITS
Exhibit 31.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 31.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 32.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer Under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 32.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer Under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 101.INS		XBRL Instance Document
Exhibit 101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
Exhibit 101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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PART 1 – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.     Financial Statements

COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In Thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

	December 31, 2015			June 30, 2015
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	12,794		$	17,254
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $30 and $33 at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, respectively		2,090			2,460
Inventories, net		1,765			1,619
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		991			940
Deferred income tax assets		1,599			1,599
Total current assets		19,239			23,872
Property and equipment, net		2,656			2,326
Goodwill		2,083			2,083
Intangible assets, net		1,707			1,558
Deferred income tax assets		1,945			1,945
Other assets		377			236
Non-current assets of discontinued operations		79			182
Total assets	$	28,086		$	32,202
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	1,816		$	1,961
Accrued liabilities		2,979			2,898
Accrued compensation and benefits		2,166			3,890
Income taxes payable		905			521
Deferred revenue		2,914			2,621
Current liabilities of discontinued operations		695			778
Total current liabilities		11,475			12,669
Deferred rent		394			422
Non-current liabilities of discontinued operations		441			642
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $.001 par value; 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding		-			-
Common stock, $.001 par value; 20,000 shares authorized; 8,898 and 8,882 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, respectively.		9			9
Additional paid-in capital		80,136			79,848
Accumulated deficit		(64,369	)		(61,388	)
Total stockholders’ equity		15,776			18,469
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	28,086		$	32,202

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In Thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended December 31,						Six Months Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Net revenues	$	12,636		$	14,148		$	27,254		$	30,326
Cost of revenues		5,010			5,067			10,156			10,863
Gross profit		7,626			9,081			17,098			19,463
Operating expenses:
Selling and marketing expenses		2,040			2,147			4,209			4,514
General and administrative expenses		3,897			4,288			8,004			9,277
Total operating expenses		5,937			6,435			12,213			13,791
Operating income		1,689			2,646			4,885			5,672
Interest income and other expense, net		(15	)		(7	)		(42	)		(2	)
Income before provision for income taxes		1,674			2,639			4,843			5,670
Provision for income taxes		679			971			1,906			2,220
Income from continuing operations		995			1,668			2,937			3,450
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes		(6	)		(13	)		(17	)		9
Net income	$	989		$	1,655		$	2,920		$	3,459
Net income per basic share:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.12		$	0.20		$	0.35		$	0.41
Income from discontinued operations		-			-			-			0.01
Net income per basic share	$	0.12		$	0.20		$	0.35		$	0.42
Net income per diluted share:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.12		$	0.20		$	0.34		$	0.41
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		-			(0.01	)		-			-
Net income per diluted share	$	0.12		$	0.19		$	0.34		$	0.41
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		8,441			8,339			8,438			8,333
Diluted		8,549			8,519			8,541			8,511
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.35		$	0.325		$	0.70		$	0.65

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Six Months Ended December 31,
	2015			2014
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$	2,920		$	3,459
Discontinued operations		17			(9	)
Income from continuing operations		2,937			3,450
Adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization expense		699			671
Stock-based compensation expense		291			1,365
Provision for bad debts		1			-
Provision for inventory write-down		42			151
Provision for warranty		224			241
Gain on sale of property and equipment		(2	)		(1	)
Loss on sale of business		-			1
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		362			(448	)
Inventories		(188	)		(381	)
Prepaid expenses and other		(51	)		464
Other assets		(141	)		21
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		(657	)		(480	)
Accrued compensation and benefits		(1,724	)		(1,434	)
Income taxes payable		382			(88	)
Deferred revenue		293			444
Deferred rent		(28	)		(13	)
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations		2,440			3,963
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued businesses		(199	)		(313	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		2,241			3,650
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		-			2
Proceeds from sale of business		9			80
Purchase of business		-			(200	)
Capital expenditures		(292	)		(275	)
Capitalized software		(371	)		(34	)
Patents and other intangibles		(26	)		(10	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(680	)		(437	)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Dividends paid to common stockholders		(6,021	)		(5,468	)
Payments for retirement of common stock		-			(504	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(6,021	)		(5,972	)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(4,460	)		(2,759	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		17,254			19,909
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	12,794		$	17,150

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)

(In Thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Six Months Ended December 31,
	2015		2014
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Interest paid during the period	$	-	$	-
Income taxes paid during the period	$	1,513	$	2,305

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

1. SUMMARY OF Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Collectors Universe, Inc. and its operating subsidiaries (the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). At December 31, 2015, our operating subsidiaries were Certified Asset Exchange, Inc. (“CAE”), Collectors Universe (Hong Kong) Limited, Collectors Universe (Shanghai) Limited, and Expos, LLC. (“Expos”), all of which are ultimately 100% owned by Collectors Universe, Inc. All significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation.

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim financial reporting. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments and accruals) necessary to present fairly the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the periods presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Operating results for the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending June 30, 2016 or for any other interim period during such year. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, as filed with the SEC (our “Fiscal 2015 10-K”). Amounts related to disclosure of June 30, 2015 balances within these interim condensed consolidated financial statements were derived from the aforementioned audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto.

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Revenue Recognition Policies 

We record revenue at the time of shipment of the authenticated and graded collectible to the customer, net of any taxes collected. Due to the insignificant delay between the completion of our authentication and grading services and the shipment of the collectible or high-value asset back to the customer, the time of shipment corresponds to the completion of our authentication and grading services. We recognize revenue for the sale of special coin inserts at the time the customer takes legal title to the insert. Many of our authentication and grading customers prepay our authentication and grading fees when they submit their collectibles to us for authentication and grading. We record those prepayments as deferred revenue until the collectibles have been authenticated and graded and shipped back to them. At that time, we record the revenues from the authentication and grading services we have performed for the customer and deduct this amount from deferred revenue. For certain dealers to whom we extend open account privileges, we record revenue at the time of shipment of the authenticated and graded collectible to the dealer. With respect to our Expos trade show business, we recognize revenue from each show in the period in which the show takes place.

A portion of our net revenues are comprised of subscription fees paid by customers for one year memberships in our Collectors Club. Those membership subscription fees entitle members to access our on-line and printed publications and, in some cases, to receive limited life vouchers for free grading services. We recognize revenue attributable to free grading vouchers on a specific basis and classify those revenues as part of authentication and grading fees. The balance of the membership fee is recognized over the life of the membership on a time-apportioned basis.

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We recognize product sales when items are shipped to customers. Product revenues consist primarily of sales of collectible coins that we purchase pursuant to our coin authentication and grading warranty program. However, those sales are not considered an integral part of the Company’s ongoing revenue generating activities.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results from continuing and discontinued operations could differ from results expected on the basis of those estimates, and such differences could be material to our future results of operations and financial condition. Examples of such estimates that could be material include determinations made with respect to the capitalization and recovery of software development costs, the valuation of stock-based compensation awards and the timing of the recognition of related stock-based compensation expense, the valuation of coin inventory, the amount and assessment of goodwill for impairment, the sufficiency of warranty reserves, the provision or benefit for income taxes and related valuation allowances, and adjustments to the fair value of remaining lease obligations for our discontinued jewelry businesses.

Goodwill and Other Long-Lived Assets

We evaluate the carrying value of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets at least annually, or more frequently if facts and circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred. Qualitative factors are considered in performing our goodwill impairment assessment, including the significant excess of fair value over carrying value in prior years, and any material changes in the estimated cash flows of the reporting unit. We also evaluate the carrying values of all other tangible and intangible assets for impairment if circumstances arise in which the carrying values of these assets may not be recoverable on the basis of future undiscounted cash flows. We determined that no impairment of goodwill or other long-lived assets existed as of December 31, 2015.

Foreign Currency

The Company has determined that the U.S. Dollar is the functional currency for its French branch office and its Hong Kong and China subsidiaries. Based on this determination, the Company’s foreign operations are re-measured by reflecting the financial results of such operations as if they had taken place within a U.S. dollar-based economic environment. Fixed assets and other non-monetary assets and liabilities are re-measured from foreign currencies to U.S. dollars at historical exchange rates; whereas cash, accounts receivable and other monetary assets and liabilities are re-measured at current exchange rates. Gains and losses resulting from those re-measurements, which are included in income for the current period, were not material.

Stock-Based Compensation

We recognize stock-based compensation attributable to service-based equity grants over the service period based on the grant date fair value. For performance-based equity grants with financial performance goals, we begin recognizing compensation expense based on the grant date fair value when it becomes probable that we will achieve the financial performance goals.

Restricted Stock Awards 

In connection with the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) adopted by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in fiscal 2013 and as previously disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2015, we did not achieve Performance Goal #2 in fiscal 2015. Nevertheless we still consider it probable that we will achieve that goal prior to the expiration of the LTIP in fiscal 2018. Therefore, we are accruing the remaining stock-based compensation expense for Performance Goal #2 on a prospective basis, through the expected later vesting date.

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At this time, it is considered too early to determine if it is probable that the Company will achieve additional Performance Goals beyond Performance Goal #2 in fiscal 2016 or future periods. We will continue to reassess at each reporting date whether it has become probable that any additional performance goals will be achieved. If additional shares are expected to vest, additional stock-based compensation expense will be recognized based on the expected vesting period.

Stock-based compensation in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 was $140,000 and $291,000, respectively, as compared to $433,000 and $1,365,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014.

Concentrations

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable.

Financial Instruments and Cash Balances. At December 31, 2015 we had cash and cash equivalents totaling approximately $12,794,000, of which approximately $10,112,000 was invested in money market accounts, and the balance of $2,682,000 was in non-interest bearing bank accounts for general day-to-day operations. Cash in overseas bank accounts was approximately $1,359,000 at December 31, 2015.

Substantially all of our cash is deposited at two FDIC insured financial institutions. We maintained cash due from banks, inclusive of cash in overseas accounts, in excess of the bank’s FDIC insured deposit limits of approximately $12,352,000 at December 31, 2015.

Accounts Receivable. A substantial portion of accounts receivable are due from collectibles dealers. One individual customer’s accounts receivable balance accounted for 10% of the Company’s total gross accounts receivable balances at December 31, 2015. There were no customers whose accounts receivable balance accounted for 10% of the Company’s gross accounts receivable balances as June 30, 2015. We perform an analysis of the expected collectability of accounts receivable based on several factors, including the age and extent of significant past due accounts and economic conditions or trends that may adversely affect the ability of debtors to pay their account receivable balances. Based on that review, we establish an allowance for doubtful accounts, when deemed necessary. The allowance for doubtful accounts receivable was $30,000 and $33,000 at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, respectively. Ultimately, we will write-off accounts receivable balances when it is determined that there is no possibility of collection.

Coin Revenues. The authentication, grading and sales of collectible coins, related services and product sales accounted for approximately 65% of our net revenues for six months ended December 31, 2015, and 69% of our net revenues for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014.

Customers. Five of our coin authentication and grading customers, in the aggregate, accounted for approximately 13% and 14% of our total net revenues in the six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Inventories

Our inventories consist primarily of (i) coins which we have purchased pursuant to our coin authentication and grading warranty program and (ii) consumable supplies and special inserts that we use in our continuing authentication and grading businesses. Coin collectibles inventories are recorded at the lower of cost or estimated market value using the specific identification method. Consumable supplies are recorded at the lower of cost (using the first-in first-out method) or market. Inventories are periodically reviewed to identify slow-moving items, and an allowance for inventory losses is recognized, as considered necessary. It is possible that our estimates of market value of collectible coins in inventory could change due to market conditions in the various collectibles markets served by the Company, which could require us to increase that allowance for inventory losses.

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Capitalized Software

We capitalize certain costs incurred in the development and upgrading of our software, either from internal or external sources, as part of intangible assets and we amortize these costs on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software of three years. In the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 we capitalized approximately $169,000 and $371,000, respectively of software development cost as compared to $16,000 and $34,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014, respectively. In the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, we recorded approximately $63,000 and $104,000, respectively as amortization expense for capitalized software as compared to $39,000 and $78,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014. Planning, training, support and maintenance costs incurred either prior to or following the implementation phase are recognized as expense in the period in which they occur. We evaluate the carrying value of capitalized software for possible impairment, and, if necessary, an impairment loss is recorded in the period in which any impairment is determined to have occurred.

Warranty Costs

We offer a limited warranty covering the coins and trading cards that we authenticate and grade. Under the warranty, if any collectible coin or trading card that was previously authenticated and graded by us is later submitted to us for re-grading and either (i) receives a lower grade upon that re-submittal or (ii) is determined not to have been authentic, we will offer to purchase the collectible or, in the alternative, at the customer’s option, pay the difference in value of the item at its original grade, as compared with its lower grade. However, this warranty is voided if the collectible, upon re-submittal to us, is not in the same tamper-resistant holder in which it was placed at the time we last graded it. We accrue for estimated warranty costs based on historical trends and related experience. We monitor the adequacy of our warranty reserves on an ongoing basis for significant claims resulting from resubmissions receiving lower grades, or deemed not to be authentic.

Dividends

In accordance with the Company’s current quarterly dividend policy, we paid quarterly cash dividends of $0.35 per share of common stock in the second quarter of fiscal 2016. The declaration of cash dividends in the future is subject to final determination each quarter by the Board of Directors based on a number of factors, including the Company’s financial performance and its available cash resources, its cash requirements and alternative uses of cash that the Board may conclude would represent an opportunity to generate a greater return on investment for the Company.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2015, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-16, on Business Combinations and Simplifying the Accounting for measurement-period adjustments. Under this guidance an acquirer is required to recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The guidance requires that the acquirer record, in the same period’s financial statements, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects, if any, as a result of the change to the provisional amounts, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. In addition, the guidance requires an entity to present separately on the face of the income statement or disclose in the notes, the portion of the amount recorded in current-period earnings by line item that would have been recorded in previous reporting periods if the adjustment to the provisional amounts had been recognized as of the acquisition date. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015 and interim periods thereafter.

In November 2015, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-17, on Income Taxes and the Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. Under this updated guidance, deferred tax assets and liabilities are required to be classified as noncurrent asset or liabilities in the Company’s balance sheet. The guidance is effective for financial years beginning after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within those annual periods. Earlier adoption is permitted and the updated guidance, may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company plans to implement this guidance at June 30, 2016 and will retrospectively restate its comparable balance sheet at June 30, 2015 at that time. Had the Company adopted this guidance as of December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, deferred tax assets of $1,599,000 classified as part of current assets would have been reclassified to noncurrent deferred tax assets, such that noncurrent deferred tax assets would have been increased from $1,945,000 to $3,544,000 at both December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 and total current assets at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 would have been reduced to $17,640,000 and $22,273,000, respectively. There would have been no change to total assets at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 arising from this guidance.

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2. INVENTORIES

Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):
	December 31,			June 30,
	2015			2015
Coins	$	525		$	504
Other collectibles		155			168
Grading raw materials consumable inventory		1,700			1,560
		2,380			2,232
Less inventory reserve		(615	)		(613	)
Inventories, net	$	1,765		$	1,619

The inventory reserve represents a valuation allowance on certain items of our coins, other collectibles and consumable inventories based upon our review of the current market value of such coins and collectibles and the usage of consumables.

The estimated value of coins can be subjective and can vary depending on market conditions for precious metals, the number of qualified buyers for a particular coin and the uniqueness and special features of a particular coin.

3. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):
	December 31,			June 30,
	2015			2015
Coins grading reference sets	$	263		$	263
Computer hardware and equipment		2,745			2,301
Computer software		1,191			1,148
Equipment		4,595			4,465
Furniture and office equipment		1,080			1,079
Leasehold improvements		1,055			1,024
Trading card reference library		52			52
		10,981			10,332
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(8,325	)		(8,006	)
Property and equipment, net	$	2,656		$	2,326

4. ACCRUED LIABILITIES

Accrued liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
	December 31,		June 30,
	2015		2015
Warranty reserves	$	1,450	$	1,492
Other		1,529		1,406
	$	2,979	$	2,898

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The following table presents the changes in the Company’s warranty reserve during the six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	Six Months Ended December 31,
	2015			2014
Warranty reserve beginning of period	$	1,492		$	1,569
Provision charged to cost of revenues		224			241
Payments		(266	)		(214	)
Warranty reserve, end of period	$	1,450		$	1,596

5. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

During fiscal 2009, the Board of Directors authorized the divesture and sale of the jewelry businesses and the currency grading business, the remaining assets and liabilities of which have been reclassified as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015.

The operating results of the discontinued businesses that are included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations were not material.

At December 31, 2015, one of the lease obligations expired. The balance of our remaining lease related obligation in connection with the fiscal 2009 disposal of our jewelry business was $1,069,000 at December 31, 2015, of which $628,000 was classified as a current liability, and $441,000 was classified as a non-current liability in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2015. We will continue to review and, if necessary, make adjustments to the lease obligation accruals on a quarterly basis.

6. INCOME TAXES

In both the six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we recognized provisions for income taxes based upon estimated annual effective tax rates of approximately 39% and such provisions include valuation allowances established against losses of foreign subsidiaries.

7. NET INCOME PER SHARE

The following table presents the changes in the Company’s weighted average shares outstanding for the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended December 31,				Six Months Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Weighted average shares outstanding: Basic		8,441		8,339		8,438		8,333
Dilutive effect of stock options		-		-		-		3
Dilutive effect of restricted shares		108		180		103		175
Weighted average shares outstanding: Diluted		8,549		8,519		8,541		8,511

A total of 30,000 unvested restricted shares of common stock were excluded from the computation of diluted income per share, in the three months ended December 31, 2015, as they would have been anti-dilutive. There were no anti-dilutive options or restricted shares of common stock in either the three or the six months ended December 31, 2014.

In addition, approximately 261,000 and 256,000 of unvested performance-based restricted shares of common stock were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, respectively, as compared to 262,000 and 257,000 of unvested performance based shares in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014, respectively, because we had not achieved the related performance goals required for those shares to vest.

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8. BUSINESS SEGMENTS

Operating segments are defined as the components or “segments” of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the Company’s chief operating decision maker, or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources to and in assessing performance of those components or “segments”. The Company’s chief operating decision-maker is its Chief Executive Officer. The Company’s operating segments are organized based on the respective services that they offer to customers. Similar operating segments have been aggregated to reportable operating segments based on having similar services, types of customers, and other criteria.

For our continuing operations, we operate principally in three reportable service segments: coins, trading cards and autographs and other collectibles. Services provided by these segments include authentication, grading, publications, advertising and commissions earned, subscription-based revenues and product sales. The other collectibles segment is comprised of CCE, Coinflation.com, Collectors.com and our collectibles trade show business.

We allocate operating expenses to each service segment based upon each segment’s activity level. The following tables set forth on a segment basis, including a reconciliation with the condensed consolidated financial statements, (i) external revenues, (ii) amortization and depreciation, (iii) stock-based compensation expense, and (iv) operating income for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Net identifiable assets are provided by business segment as of December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, respectively (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	December 31,						December 31,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Net revenues from external customers:
Coins	$	8,285		$	9,777		$	17,598		$	20,883
Trading cards and autographs		3,575			3,653			7,572			7,482
Other		776			718			2,084			1,961
Consolidated total revenue	$	12,636		$	14,148		$	27,254		$	30,326
Amortization and depreciation:
Coins	$	124		$	123		$	262		$	252
Trading cards and autographs		57			50			112			100
Other		122			83			219			167
Total		303			256			593			519
Unallocated amortization and depreciation		56			73			106			152
Consolidated amortization and depreciation	$	359		$	329		$	699		$	671
Stock-based compensation:
Coins	$	22		$	88		$	45		$	261
Trading cards and autographs		3			41			5			156
Other		2			29			4			107
Total		27			158			54			524
Unallocated stock-based compensation		113			275			237			841
Consolidated stock-based compensation	$	140		$	433		$	291		$	1,365
Operating income:
Coins	$	2,328		$	3,041		$	5,601		$	6,636
Trading cards and autographs		623			755			1,516			1,527
Other		(222	)		179			(5	)		512
Total		2,729			3,975			7,112			8,675
Unallocated operating expenses		(1,040	)		(1,329	)		(2,227	)		(3,003	)
Consolidated operating income	$	1,689		$	2,646		$	4,885		$	5,672

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	December 31,		June 30,
	2015		2015
Identifiable Assets:
Coins	$	5,813	$	5,961
Trading cards and autographs		1,366		1,436
Other		3,211		2,859
Total		10,390		10,256
Unallocated assets		17,696		21,946
Consolidated assets	$	28,086	$	32,202
Goodwill:
Coins	$	515	$	515
Other		1,568		1,568
Consolidated goodwill	$	2,083	$	2,083

9. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, an adult member of the immediate family of Mr. David Hall, the President of the Company, paid grading and authentication fees to us of $188,000 and $1,005,000, respectively, as compared to $269,000 and $649,000 for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014. At December 31, 2015, the amount owed to the Company for these services was approximately $119,000, as compared to $145,000 at June 30, 2015.

An associate of Richard Kenneth Duncan Sr., who as of July 2015 was the beneficial owner of approximately 5% of our outstanding shares, paid us grading and authentication fees of $233,000 and $566,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, respectively, as compared to $213,000 and $541,000, respectively, in the same three and six months of fiscal 2015. At December 31, 2015, the amount owed to the Company for these services was approximately $107,000, as compared to $118,000 at June 30, 2015.

In each case, these authentication and grading fees were comparable in amount to the fees which we charge, in the ordinary course of our business, for similar authentication and grading services we render to unaffiliated customers.

10. CONTINGENCIES

The Company is named from time to time, as a defendant in lawsuits and disputes that arise in the ordinary course of business. We believe that none of the lawsuits or disputes currently pending against the Company is likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On January 25, 2016, the Company announced that, in accordance with its dividend policy the Board of Directors had approved a third quarter cash dividend of $0.35 per share of common stock and such dividend will be paid on February 26, 2016 to stockholders of record on February 17, 2016. 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Forward-Looking Statements

The discussion in this Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Report”) includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”). Those Sections of the 1933 Act and 1934 Act provide a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their expected future financial performance so long as they provide cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause their actual results to differ from projected or anticipated results. Other than statements of historical fact, all statements in this Report and, in particular, any projections of or statements as to our expectations or beliefs concerning our future financial performance or financial condition or as to trends in our business or in our markets, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements often include the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate," "project," or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," or "may." Our actual financial performance in future periods may differ significantly from the currently expected financial performance set forth in the forward-looking statements contained in this Report due to the risks to which our business is subject and other circumstances or occurrences which are not presently predictable and over which we do not have control. Consequently, the forward-looking statements and information contained in this Report are qualified in their entirety by, and readers of this Report are urged to read the risk factors that are described in Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 (the “Fiscal 2015 10-K”), which we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 27, 2015, and the section, entitled “Factors that Can affect our Results of Operations or Financial Position,” below in this Item 2.

Due to these and other possible uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements that are contained or recent trends that we describe in this Report, which speak only as of the date of this Report, or to make predictions about our future financial performance based solely on our historical financial performance. We also disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this Report or in our Fiscal 2015 10-K or any of our other prior filings with the SEC, except as may be required by applicable law or applicable NASDAQ rules.

Our Business

Collectors Universe, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”, or the “Company”) provides authentication and grading services to dealers and collectors of high-value coins, trading cards, event tickets, autographs, sports and historical memorabilia. We believe that our authentication and grading services add value to these collectibles by providing dealers and collectors with a high level of assurance as to the authenticity and quality of the collectible they seek to buy or sell; thereby enhancing their marketability and providing increased liquidity to the dealers, collectors and consumers that own, buy and sell such collectibles.

We principally generate revenues from the fees paid for our authentication and grading services. To a lesser extent, we generate revenues from other related services which consist of: (i) revenues from sales of advertising placed and commissions earned on our websites; (ii) sales of printed publications and collectibles price guides and sales of advertising in our publications; (iii) sales of membership subscriptions in our Collectors Club, which is designed primarily to attract interest in high-value collectibles among new collectors; (iv) sales of subscriptions to our CCE dealer-to-dealer Internet bid-ask market for coins that have been authenticated and graded (or “certified”) and to our CoinFacts™ website, which offers a comprehensive one-stop source for historical U.S. numismatic information and value-added content; and (v) the management and operation of collectibles trade shows and conventions. We also generate revenues from sales of our collectibles inventory, which is comprised primarily of collectible coins that we have purchased under our coin grading warranty program; however, such product sales are neither the focus nor an integral part of our on-going revenue generating activities.

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Overview of Three and Six Months ended December 31, 2015 Operating Results

The following table sets forth comparative financial data for the three and six months ended December, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended December 31,												Six Months Ended December 31,
	2015						2014						2015						2014
	Amount			% of Net Revenues			Amount			% of Net Revenues			Amount			% of Net Revenues			Amount			% of Net Revenues
Net Revenues:
Grading authentication and related services	$	12,636			100.0	%	$	14,148			100.0	%	$	27,249			100.0	%	$	30,317			100.0	%
Product sales		-			-			-			-			5			-			9			-
		12,636			100.0	%		14,148			100.0	%		27,254			100.0	%		30,326			100.0	%
Cost of Revenues:
Grading authentication and related services		5,006			39.6	%		5,048			35.7	%		10,145			37.2	%		10,827			35.7	%
Product sales		4			-			19			-			11			(220.0	%)		36			(400.0	%)
		5,010			39.6	%		5,067			35.8	%		10,156			37.3	%		10,863			35.8	%
Gross Profit:
Services		7,630			60.4	%		9,100			64.3	%		17,104			62.8	%		19,490			64.3	%
Product sales		(4	)		-			(19	)		-			(6	)		(120.0	%)		(27	)		(300.0	%)
		7,626			60.4	%		9,081			64.2	%		17,098			62.7	%		19,463			64.2	%
Selling and marketing expenses		2,040			16.2	%		2,147			15.2	%		4,209			15.4	%		4,514			14.9	%
General & administrative expenses		3,897			30.8	%		4,288			30.3	%		8,004			29.4	%		9,277			30.6	%
Operating income		1,689			13.4	%		2,646			18.7	%		4,885			17.9	%		5,672			18.7	%
Interest and other income, net		(15	)		(0.2	%)		(7	)		-			(42	)		(0.1	%)		(2	)		-
Income before provision for income taxes		1,674			13.2	%		2,639			18.7	%		4,843			17.8	%		5,670			18.7	%
Provision for income taxes		679			5.3	%		971			6.9	%		1,906			(7.0	%)		2,220			7.3	%
Income from continuing operations		995			7.9	%		1,668			11.8	%		2,937			10.8	%		3,450			11.4	%
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes		(6	)		(0.1	%)		(13	)		(0.1	%)		(17	)		(0.1	%)		9			-
Net income	$	989			7.8	%	$	1,655			11.7	%	$	2,920			10.7	%	$	3,459			11.4	%
Net income per diluted share:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.12					$	0.20					$	0.34					$	0.41
Loss from discontinued operations		-						(0.01	)					-						-
Net income	$	0.12					$	0.19					$	0.34					$	0.41

Service revenues were $12.6 million and $27.3 million in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, respectively, as compared to $14.1 million and $30.3 million in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014. The decreases in services revenues of $1.5 million or 11% in the second quarter and $3.1million or 10% in the first six months of this fiscal year, were attributable to declines of $1.5 million or 15% and $3.3 million or 16% in coin service revenues in this year’s second quarter and first six months, respectively. The revenue decreases are discussed in more detail under Net Revenues below.

As set out in the table above, operating income declined to $1.7 million and $4.9 million for the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, respectively, as compared to $2.6 million and $5.7 million in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014. Operating income includes: (i) losses attributable to the start-up of Collectors.com of $0.5 million and $0.8 million in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, respectively, as compared to $0.1 million in both the three and six months ended December 31, 2014 and (ii) non-cash stock- based compensation expenses of $0.1 million and $0.3 million in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, respectively, as compared to $0.4 million and $1.4 million in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014 (see Critical Accounting Policies: Restricted Stock Awards).

These, as well as other factors affecting our operating results in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, are described in more detail below. See “Factors that Can Affect our Operating Results and Financial Position” and “Results of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended December, 2015, as compared to the Three and Six Months Ended December 31, 2014”, below.

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Factors That Can Affect our Operating Results and Financial Position

Factors That Can Affect our Revenues and Gross Profit Margins. Authentication and grading fees accounted for approximately 85% of our service revenues in the six months ended December 31, 2015. The amount of those fees and our gross profit margins are primarily driven by the volume and mix of coin and collectibles sales and purchase transactions by collectibles dealers and collectors, because our authentication and grading services generally facilitate sales and purchases of coins and other high value collectibles by providing dealers and collectors with a high level of assurance as to the authenticity and quality of the collectibles they seek to sell or buy. Consequently, dealers and collectors most often submit coins and other collectibles to us for authentication and grading at those times when they are in the market to sell or buy coins and the other high-value collectibles, that we authenticate and grade.

In addition, our coin authentication and grading and revenues are impacted by the volume of modern coin submissions, which can be volatile, primarily depending on the timing and size of modern coin marketing programs by the United States Mint and by customers or dealers who specialize in sales of such coins.

Our authentication and grading revenues and gross profit margins are affected by (i) the volume and mix of authentication and grading submissions among coins and trading cards; (ii) in the case of coins and trading cards, the turnaround times requested by our customers, because we charge higher fees for faster service times; and (iii) the mix of authentication and grading submissions between vintage or “classic” coins and trading cards, on the one hand, and modern coins and trading cards, on the other hand, because dealers generally request faster turnaround times for vintage or classic coins and trading cards than they do for modern submissions, as vintage or classic collectibles generally are of significantly higher value than modern coins and trading cards; and (iv) as discussed above, the volume and timing of marketing programs for modern coins. Furthermore, because a significant proportion of our costs of revenues are relatively fixed in nature in the short term, our gross profit margin is also affected by the overall volume of collectibles that we authenticate and grade in any period.

Our revenues and gross profit margin are also affected by the number of coin authentication and grading submissions we receive at collectibles trade shows where we provide on-site authentication and grading services to show attendees, because show attendees typically request higher priced same-day turnaround for the coins they submit to us for authentication and grading at those shows. The number of trade show submissions varies from period to period depending upon a number of factors, including the number and the timing of the shows in each period and the volume of collectible coins that are bought and sold at those shows by dealers and collectors. In addition, the number of such submissions and, therefore, the revenues and gross profit margin we generate from the authentication and grading of coins at trade shows can be impacted by dealer and collectors sentiment arising from short-term changes in the prices of gold that may occur around the time of shows, because short-term changes in gold prices can affect the willingness of dealers and collectors to sell and purchase coins at the shows.

Five of our coin authentication and grading customers accounted, in the aggregate, for approximately 12% and 13% of our total net revenues in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015. As a result, the loss of any of those customers, or a significant decrease in the volume of grading submissions from any of them to us, could cause our net revenues to decline and, therefore, could adversely affect our results of operations.

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The following tables provide information regarding the respective numbers of coins, trading cards and autographs that we authenticated and graded in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, and their estimated values, which are the amounts at which those coins and trading cards were declared for insurance purposes by the dealers and collectors who submitted them to us for grading and authentication:

	Units Processed Three Months Ended December 31,								Declared Value (000s) Three Months Ended December 31,
	2015				2014				2015				2014
Coins		443,700	53.2	%		457,600	51.1	%	$	430,465	92.1	%	$	507,599	93.2	%
Trading cards and autographs (1)		390,600	46.8	%		438,000	48.9	%		36,722	7.9	%		36,768	6.8	%
Total		834,300	100.0	%		895,600	100.0	%	$	467,187	100.0	%	$	544,367	100.0	%

	Units Processed Six Months Ended December 31,								Declared Value (000s) Six Months Ended December 31,
	2015				2014				2015				2014
Coins		877,200	51.4	%		973,700	53.0	%	$	974,977	92.5	%	$	1,009,354	93.2	%
Trading cards and autographs (1)		831,000	48.6	%		863,400	47.0	%		79,570	7.5	%		73,066	6.8	%
Total		1,708,200	100.0	%		1,837,100	100.0	%	$	1,054,547	100.0	%	$	1,082,420	100.0	%

⁽¹⁾     Consists of trading card units authenticated and graded by our PSA trading card authentication and grading business and autographs certified by our PSA/DNA autograph authentication and grading business.

Impact of Economic Conditions on our Financial Performance. As discussed above, our operating results are affected by the number of collectibles transactions by collectibles dealers and collectors which, in turn, is primarily affected by (i) the cash flows generated by collectibles dealers and their confidence about future economic conditions, which affect their willingness and the ability of such dealers to purchase collectibles for resale; (ii) the availability and cost of borrowings because collectibles dealers often rely on borrowings to fund their purchases of collectibles, (iii) the disposable income available to collectors and their confidence about future economic conditions, because high-value collectibles are generally purchased with disposable income; (iv) prevailing and anticipated rates of inflation and the strength or weakness of the U.S. dollar, and uncertainties regarding the strength of the economy in the United States, Western Europe and China, because conditions and uncertainties of this nature often lead investors and consumers to purchase or invest in gold and silver coins as a hedge against inflation or reductions in the purchasing power of the U.S. currency; and as an alternative to investments in government bonds and other treasury instruments; and (v) the performance and volatility of the gold and other precious metals markets, which can affect the level of purchases and sales of collectible coins, because investors and consumers will often increase their purchases of gold coins, as well as other hard assets if they believe that the market prices of those assets will increase. As a result, the volume of collectibles transactions and, therefore, the demand for our authentication and grading services, generally increase during periods characterized by increases in disposable income and the availability of lower cost borrowings, on the one hand, or increases in inflation or in gold prices, economic uncertainties and declines in business and consumer confidence or a weakening of the U.S. dollar on the other hand. By contrast, collectibles transactions and, therefore, the demand for our services generally decline during periods characterized by economic downturns or recessions, declines in consumer and business confidence, an absence of inflationary pressures, or periods of stagnation or a downward trend in the market prices of gold. However, these conditions can sometimes counteract each other as it is not uncommon, for example, for investors to shift funds from gold to other investments during periods of economic growth and growing consumer and business confidence and from stocks and other investments to gold during periods of economic uncertainties and decreases in disposable income and consumer and business confidence.

Factors That Can Affect our Liquidity and Financial Position. A substantial number of our authentication and grading customers pay our authentication and grading fees when they submit their collectibles to us for authentication and grading or prior to the shipment of the collectible back to them. As a result, historically, we have been able to rely on internally generated cash and have never incurred borrowings to fund our continuing operations. We currently expect that internally generated cash flows and current cash and cash equivalent balances will be sufficient to fund our continuing operations at least through the end of fiscal 2016.

In addition to the operating performances of our businesses, and in particular our coin business, our overall financial position can also be affected by the dividend policy adopted by the Board of Directors from time to time, the Company’s decisions to invest in and to fund the acquisition of established and/or early stage businesses and any capital raising activities or stock repurchases. In addition, our financial position is impacted by the Company’s tax position. As previously disclosed, the Company has fully utilized all of its federal net operating loss carry forwards and other tax attributes, and therefore we pay federal income taxes at a rate of 35% of taxable income on an annual basis. The Company continues to have net operating losses and other tax credits available for state income tax purposes in California, which should allow us to pay taxes at minimum levels in California for the foreseeable future.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Except as discussed below, during the six months ended December 31, 2015 there were no changes in our critical accounting policies or estimates which are described in Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015. Readers of this report are urged to read that Section of the Annual Report for a more complete understanding and detailed discussion of our critical accounting policies and estimates.

Goodwill

We test the carrying value of goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets at least annually on their respective acquisition anniversary dates, or more frequently if indicators of impairment are determined to exist. When testing for impairment, in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-08, we consider qualitative factors, and where determined necessary, we proceed to the two-step goodwill impairment test. When applying the two-step impairment test, we apply a discounted cash flow model or an income approach in determining a fair value that is used to estimate the fair value of the reporting unit on a total basis, which is then compared to the carrying value of the reporting unit. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the reporting unit, no impairment of goodwill exists as of the measurement date. However, if the fair value is less than the carrying value, then there is the possibility of goodwill impairment and further testing and re-measurement of goodwill is required.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2015, we completed the annual goodwill impairment assessment with respect to the goodwill acquired in our fiscal year 2006 purchases of CCE and CoinFacts. We assessed qualitative factors, including the significant excess of their fair values over carrying value in prior years, and any material changes in the estimated cash flows of the reporting units, and determined that it was more likely than not that the fair values of CCE and CoinFacts were greater than their respective carrying values, including goodwill, and therefore, it was not necessary to proceed to the two-step impairment test.

Stock-Based Compensation

We recognize stock-based compensation attributable to service-based equity grants over the service period based on the grant date fair value. For performance-based equity grants with financial performance goals, we begin recognizing compensation expense based on the grant date fair value when it becomes probable that we will achieve the financial performance goals.

Restricted Stock Awards 

In connection with the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) adopted by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in fiscal 2013 and as previously disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2015, we did not achieve Performance Goal #2 in fiscal 2015 but nevertheless we still consider it probable that we will achieve that goal prior to the expiration of the Company’s LTIP in fiscal 2018. Therefore, we are accruing the remaining stock-based compensation expense for Performance Goal #2 on a prospective basis, through the expected later vesting date.

At this time, it is considered too early to determine if it is probable that the Company will achieve additional Performance Goals beyond Performance Goal #2 in fiscal 2016 or future periods. We will continue to reassess at each reporting date whether it has become probable that any additional performance goals will be achieved. If, additional shares are expected to vest, additional stock-based compensation expense will be recognized based on the expected vesting period.

Stock-based compensation for the three months ended December 31, 2015 was $140,000 and $291,000, respectively, as compared to $433,000 and $1,365,000 for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014. The reductions of $293,000 and $1,074,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 as compared to respective periods of the prior year, primarily related to lower stock-based compensation expense recognized for LTIP related shares due to (i) the Threshold and Performance Goal #1 shares being fully vested at June 30, 2015 whereas in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014, expense of $113,000 and $225,000, respectively was recognized and (ii) lower expense of $141,000 and $780,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, respectively, required to be recognized for the Performance Goal #2 shares, as it was determined that it had become probable that Performance Goal #2 would be achieved in the three months ended September 30, 2014.

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Results of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the Three and Six Months Ended December 31, 2014

Net Revenues

Net revenues consist primarily of fees that we generate from the authentication and grading of high-value collectibles, including coins, trading cards and autographs, and related special inserts, if applicable. To a lesser extent, we generate collectibles related service revenues (which we refer to as “other related revenues”) from advertising and commissions earned on our websites and in printed publications and collectibles price guides; subscription/membership revenues related to our CCE (dealer-to-dealer Internet bid-ask market for certified coins), CoinFacts and Collectors Club; and fees earned from promoting, managing and operating collectibles trade shows. Net revenues also include, to a significantly lesser extent, revenues from the sales of products, which consist primarily of coins that we purchase under our coin authentication and grading warranty policy. We do not consider such product sales to be an integral part of our ongoing revenue generating activities.

The following table sets forth the information regarding our net revenues for the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended December 31,
	2015					2014					Increase (Decrease)
	Amount		% of Net Revenues			Amount		% of Net Revenues			Amount			% of Net Revenues
Authentication and grading fees	$	10,933		86.5	%	$	12,466		88.1	%	$	(1,533	)		(12.3%	)
Other related services		1,703		13.5	%		1,682		11.9	%		21			1.2	%
Total service revenues		12,636		100.0	%		14,148		100.0	%		(1,512	)		(10.7%	)
Product sales		-		-			-		-			-			-
Total net revenues	$	12,636		100.0	%	$	14,148		100.0	%	$	(1,512	)		(10.7%	)

	Six Months Ended December 31,
	2015					2014					Increase (Decrease)
	Amount		% of Net Revenues			Amount		% of Net Revenues			Amount			% of Net Revenues
Authentication and grading fees	$	23,278		85.4	%	$	26,409		87.1	%	$	(3,131	)		(11.9%	)
Other related services		3,971		14.6	%		3,908		12.9	%		63			1.6	%
Total service revenues		27,249		100.0	%		30,317		100.0	%		(3,068	)		(10.1%	)
Product sales		5		-			9		-			(4	)		(44.4%	)
Total net revenues	$	27,254		100.0	%	$	30,326		100.0	%	$	(3,072	)		(10.1%	)

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The following table sets forth certain information regarding the increases (decreases) in net revenues in our larger markets (which are inclusive of revenues from our other related services) and in the number of units authenticated and graded in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended December 31,
											2015 vs. 2014
	2015					2014					Increase (Decrease)
			% of Net					% of Net			Revenues						Units Processed
	Amount		Revenues			Amount		Revenues			Amounts			%			Number			%
Coins	$	8,285		65.6	%	$	9,777		69.1	%	$	(1,492	)		(15.3	%)		(13,900	)		(3.0	%)
Cards and autographs (1)		3,575		28.3	%		3,653		25.8	%		(78	)		(2.1	%)		(47,400	)		(10.8	%)
Other (2)		776		6.1	%		718		5.1	%		58			8.1	%		-			-
Product sales		-		-			-		-			-			-			-			-
	$	12,636		100.0	%	$	14,148		100.0	%	$	(1,512	)		(10.7	%)		(61,300	)		(6.8	%)

	Six Months Ended December 31,
											2015 vs. 2014
	2015					2014					Increase (Decrease)
			% of Net					% of Net			Revenues						Units Processed
	Amount		Revenues			Amount		Revenues			Amounts			%			Number			%
Coins	$	17,598		64.6	%	$	20,874		68.8	%	$	(3,276	)		(15.7	%)		(96,500	)		(9.9	%)
Cards and autographs (1)		7,567		27.8	%		7,482		24.7	%		85			1.1	%		(32,400	)		(3.8	%)
Other (2)		2,084		7.6	%		1,961		6.5	%		123			6.3	%		-			-
Product sales		5		-			9		-			(4	)		(44.4	%)		-			-
	$	27,254		100.0	%	$	30,326		100.0	%	$	(3,072	)		(10.1	%)		(128,900	)		(7.0	%)

(1) Consists of revenues from our trading card and our autograph authentication and grading businesses.

(2) Includes CCE subscription fees, Coinflation.com revenues and revenues earned from our Expos convention business.

For the three months ended December 31, 2015, our total service revenues decreased by $1,512,000, or 10.7%, to $12,636,000 and comprised a decrease of $1,533,000, or 12.3%, in authentication and grading fees partially offset by an increase of $21,000, or 1.2%, in other related services. The decrease in authentication and grading fees was attributable to a $1,416,000, or 15.5%, decrease in coin fees and a $117,000, or 3.5%, decrease in cards and autograph fees.

For the six months ended December 31, 2015, our total service revenues decreased by $3,068,000, or 10.1%, to $27,249,000 and comprised a decrease of $3,131,000, or 11.9%, in authentication and grading fees partially offset by an increase of $63,000 or 1.6%, in other related services. The decrease in authentication and grading fees was attributable to a $3,187,000, or 16.3% decrease in coin fees partially offset by a $56,000, or 0.8%, increase in cards and autograph fees.

The decreases in coin authentication and grading fees in the second quarter and six months ended December 31, 2015 reflected (i) lower modern fees of $982,000 or 35.5% in the quarter and $2,781,000 or 40.7% in the six months, due to the absence of significant commemorative coin programs and in particular, revenues earned from the Baseball Hall of Fame and 50^th Anniversary Kennedy modern coin programs that benefited the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2015, (ii) lower world coin fees of $359,000 or 20.7% in the quarter and $407,000 or 13.9% in the six months, reflecting less grading events and a change in mix of coins graded in our overseas offices primarily, during this year’s second quarter and (iii) lower vintage coin fees of $376,000 or 11.3% in the quarter and $298,000 or 4.7% in the six months, due to the absence in this year’s second quarter of revenues earned from the authentication and grading of one customer’s coin collection that benefited last year’s second quarter. These reductions were partially offset by an increase in coin trade show revenues of $301,000 or 23.5% in the quarter and $299,000 or 8.8% in the six months, reflecting increased revenues on a per show basis and despite staging one less show in this year’s second quarter.

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As discussed above under “Factors That Can Affect our Revenues and Gross Profit Margin”, and “Impact of Economic Conditions on our Financial Performance”, the level of modern coin and trade show revenues can be volatile.

Revenues from our trading cards and autographs business declined by 2.1% in the second quarter, but increased by 1.1% in the first half of the current year. The second quarter decrease reflected lower autograph authentication revenues, which can vary due to the level of submissions from individual customers, in any quarter. Prior to the revenue reduction in the second quarter, our cards and autographs business had quarter-on-quarter revenue growth for 21 successive quarters.

As previously disclosed, our third fiscal quarter is typically our seasonally strongest quarter of the year, due to the release of Gold and Silver Eagles by the US Mint in that quarter. To stimulate increased demand for our services effective January 1, 2016, the Company has implemented more competitive programs for our modern coin business. It is our expectation that the effect of these programs will be offset by increased submissions of modern coins in calendar year 2016. However, it is too early to determine the impact of these programs and other market conditions on the level of revenues, we will generate in the third quarter and the second half of fiscal 2016.

Despite the reduction in our coin authentication and grading revenues in the first half of the year, our coin business represented approximately 65% of total service revenues in the first half of the current year, as compared to 69% of total service revenues for the same period of the prior year, and reflects the continued importance of our coin authentication and grading business to our overall financial performance.

Gross Profit

Gross profit is calculated by subtracting the cost of revenues from net revenues. Gross profit margin is gross profit stated as a percent of net revenues. The costs of authentication and grading revenues consist primarily of labor to authenticate and grade collectibles, production costs, credit card fees, warranty expense and occupancy, security and insurance costs that directly relate to providing authentication and grading services. Cost of revenues also includes printing, other direct costs of the revenues generated by our other non-grading related services and the costs of product revenues, which represent the carrying value of the inventory of products (primarily collectible coins) that we sold and any inventory related reserves, considered necessary.

Set forth below is information regarding our gross profit in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended December 31,												Six Months Ended December 31,
	2015						2014						2015						2014
	Amount			% of Revenues			Amount			% of Revenues			Amounts			% of Revenues			Amounts			% of Revenues
Gross profit-services	$	7,630			60.4	%	$	9,100			64.3	%	$	17,104			62.8	%	$	19,490			64.3	%
Gross profit–product sales		(4	)		-			(19	)		-			(6	)		(120.0	%)		(27	)		(300	%)
Total	$	7,626			60.4	%	$	9,081			64.2	%	$	17,098			62.7	%	$	19,463			64.2	%

As indicated in the above table, our services gross profit margin was 60.4% and 62.8% for the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, respectively, as compared to 64.3% for both the three and six months ended December 31, 2014. The lower gross profit margin that arose in this year’s second quarter was related to our coin business, and reflected the lower revenues for that business and a lower average service price earned due to a change in the mix of coin authenticated and graded in the quarter. As discussed in prior filings, there can be variability in the services gross profit margin due to the mix of revenue in any quarter and the seasonality of our business that can impact the level of revenues generated in any given quarter. During the three years ended June 30, 2015, our quarterly services gross profit varied between 59% and 64%.

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Selling and Marketing Expenses

Selling and marketing expenses include advertising and promotions costs (including costs associated with Collectors.com), trade-show related expenses, customer service personnel costs, business development incentives, depreciation and outside services. Set forth below is information regarding our selling and marketing expenses in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	December 31,						December 31,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Selling and marketing expenses	$	2,040		$	2,147		$	4,209		$	4,514
Percent of net revenue		16.2	%		15.2	%		15.4	%		14.9	%

Selling and marketing expenses decreased by $107,000 and $305,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, respectively, as compared to the same respective periods of the prior year and primarily reflected (i) lower salary and business development incentives of $170,000 in the second quarter and $473,000 in the first six months, due to the lower modern coin revenues and the resignation of our Vice President of Business Development and (ii) lower trade show and international travel costs of $179,000 in the second quarter and $226,000 in the first six months, due to fewer domestic trade shows and lower management international travel costs in support of our overseas offices. These savings were partially offset by selling and marketing expenses of $283,000 in the second quarter and $376,000 in the six months for Collectors.com, primarily representing promotional costs incurred since the launch of the Collectors.com website at the end of August 2015.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses are comprised primarily of compensation paid to general and administrative personnel, including executive management, finance and accounting and information technology personnel, non-cash stock-based compensation, facilities management costs, depreciation, amortization and other miscellaneous expenses, and G&A expenses of Collectors.com. Set forth below is information regarding our G&A expenses in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	December 31,						December 31,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
General and administrative expenses	$	3,897		$	4,288		$	8,004		$	9,277
Percent of net revenue		30.8	%		30.3	%		29.4	%		30.6	%

G&A expenses decreased by $391,000 and $1,273,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, respectively, as compared to the same periods of fiscal 2015 and primarily reflected (i) lower G&A non-cash stock based compensation of $287,000 in the second quarter and $1,061,000 in the first six months of the current year, due to lower LTIP costs recognized, as discussed under Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates: Stock-Based Compensation and Restricted Stock Award and (ii) lower litigation related fees incurred of $238,000 in the second quarter and $518,000 in the first six months, due to two lawsuits that were active and went to trial in the corresponding periods of fiscal 2015. These savings were partially offset by higher G&A costs incurred for Collectors.com of $160,000 in the second quarter and $379,000 in the first six months of the current year.

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Stock-Based Compensation

As discussed in Note 1, Stock-Based Compensation Expense to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements, included elsewhere in this report, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense (in thousands), as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	December 31,				December 31,
Included In:	2015		2014		2015		2014
Cost of authentication, grading and related services	$	11	$	11	$	22	$	23
Selling and marketing expenses		8		14		16		28
General and administrative expenses		121		408		253		1,314
	$	140	$	433	$	291	$	1,365

See Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates: Stock-Based Compensation and Restricted Stock Awards for a discussion of the change in stock-based compensation in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the same period in the prior year.

The following table sets forth unrecognized non-cash stock-based compensation expense totaling $717,000 related to unvested stock-based awards at December 31, 2015 and represents the expense expected to be recognized through fiscal year 2019, on the assumption that the holders of the equity awards will remain in the Company’s service through fiscal 2019 and the Company will achieve Performance Goal #2 by June 30, 2017. The amounts do not include the costs or effects of (i) possible grant of additional stock-based compensation awards in the future or, (ii) the cost of achieving any additional Financial Performance Goals under the Company’s LTIP (in thousands):

Fiscal Year Ending June 30,	Amount
2016 (remaining 6 months)	$	308
2017		254
2018		135
2019		20
	$	717

Income Tax Expense

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	December 31,				December 31,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
	(In Thousands)
Provision for income taxes	$	679	$	971	$	1,906	$	2,220

The income tax provisions in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, were determined based on estimated annual effective tax rates of approximately 41% and 39%, respectively as compared to 37% and 39% in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014, respectively. Such provisions include valuation allowances for losses incurred in our foreign operations and changes in the level of losses and valuation allowances for our foreign offices can result in changes in our annual effective tax rate.

Discontinued Operations

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	December 31,						December 31,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
	(In Thousands)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$	(6	)	$	(13	)	$	(17	)	$	9

The income (losses) from discontinued operations (net of income taxes) for both the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, related to accretion expense associated with the Company’s ongoing obligations for the New York City facilities, formerly occupied by our discontinued jewelry businesses, offset by royalty income in the six months ended December 31, 2014, realized from our discontinued currency business.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash and Cash Equivalent Balances 

Historically, we have been able to rely on internally generated funds, rather than borrowings, as our primary source of funds to support our operations, because many of our authentication and grading customers pay our fees at the time they submit their collectibles to us for authentication and grading or prior to the shipment of their collectibles back to them.

At December 31, 2015, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $12,794,000, as compared to cash and cash equivalents of $17,254,000 at June 30, 2015.

Cash Flows

Cash Flows from Continuing Operations. During the six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, our operating activities from continuing operations generated cash of $2,440,000 and $3,963,000, respectively. The lower cash provided by operating activities in the six months ended December 31, 2015, reflected lower operating income before non-cash stock based compensation partially offset by changes in working capital.

Cash Flows of Discontinued Operations. Discontinued operations used cash of $199,000 and $313,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, primarily related to payments for our ongoing obligations for the New York facilities, formerly occupied by our discontinued jewelry businesses.

Cash generated or used by Investing Activities. Investing activities used cash of $680,000 and $437,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. In the six months ended December 31, 2015 we used $371,000 for capitalized software for Collectors.com and $292,000 for capital expenditures. In the six months ended December 31, 2014, we used of $273,000 net, for capital expenditures, $200,000 for the purchase of the business assets of IQ and $34,000 for capitalized software.

Cash used in Financing Activities. In the six months ended December 31, 2015, financing activities used cash of $6,021,000 to fund cash dividends paid to our stockholders. In the six months ended December 31, 2014 financing activities used $5,972,000 of which $5,468,000 was used to fund dividends to our stockholders and $504,000 was used for the repurchase of common stock to satisfy employee tax withholdings, on the vesting of restricted shares.

Outstanding Financial Obligations

Continuing Operations. The following table sets forth the amounts of our financial obligations, consisting primarily of rent expense, and sublease income, under operating leases for our continuing operations, in each of the years indicated below (in thousands):

Fiscal Year	Gross Amount		Sublease Income		Net
2016(remaining 6 months)	$	878	$	41	$	837
2017		1,870		84		1,786
2018		1,766		87		1,679
2019		1,185		67		1,118
2020		136		-		136
Thereafter		106		-		106
	$	5,941	$	279	$	5,662

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Discontinued Operations. At December 31, 2015, one of the facility obligations, related to our discontinued jewelry businesses, expired. The following table sets forth our expected remaining minimum base payment obligation in respect of the remaining facility. The obligation, which is payable in monthly installments is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2017.

Fiscal Year	Remaining Obligation
2016(remaining 6 months)	$	259
2017		470
2018		245
	$	974
Less: Discounted estimated fair value of lease payments		(893	)
Accretion expense to be recognized in future periods	$	81

The accrual for this facility-related obligation includes an estimate of the minimum lease payments of $893,000 and an estimate of the operating expenses related to the leased properties of $81,000.

With the exception of facility obligations for continuing and discontinued operations, we do not have any material financial obligations, such as long-term debt, capital leases or purchase obligations.

Dividends. Our current dividend policy calls for us to pay quarterly cash dividends of $0.35 per share of common stock to our stockholders, for an expected total annual cash dividend of $1.40 per common share.

The declaration of cash dividends in the future, pursuant to our current dividend policy, is subject to determination each quarter by the Board of Directors based on a number of factors, including the Company’s financial performance (and in particular the on-going performance to the Company’s coin business), its available cash resources, its cash requirements and alternative uses of cash that the Board may conclude would represent an opportunity to generate a greater return on investment for the Company. For these reasons, as well as others, there can be no assurance that the Board of Directors will not decide to reduce the amount, or suspend or discontinue the payment, of cash dividends in the future.

Share Buyback Program. In December 2005, our Board of Directors approved a common stock buyback program that authorized up to $10,000,000 of stock repurchases in open market or privately negotiated transactions, in accordance with applicable SEC rules, when opportunities to make such repurchases, at attractive prices, become available. At December 31, 2015, we continued to have $3.7 million available under this program. However, no open market repurchases of common stock have been made under this program since the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008.

Future Uses and Sources of Cash. We plan to use our cash resources, consisting of available cash and cash equivalent balances, together with internally generated cash flows, (i) to introduce new collectibles related services and initiatives (including Collectors.com); for our existing customers and other collectibles customers (ii) to fund the international expansion of our business; (iii) to fund working capital requirements; (iv) fund acquisitions; (v) to fund the payment of cash dividends; (vi) to pay the remaining obligations for the facility formerly occupied by our discontinued jewelry businesses; and (vii) for other general corporate purposes which may include additional repurchases of common stock under our stock buyback program.

Although we have no current plans to do so, we also may seek borrowings or credit facilities and we may issue additional shares of our stock to finance the growth of our collectibles businesses. However, there is no assurance that we would be able to obtain such borrowings or raise additional capital on terms acceptable to us, if at all.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements 

In September 2015, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-16, on Business Combinations and Simplifying the Accounting for measurement-period adjustments. Under this guidance an acquirer is required to recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The guidance requires that the acquirer record, in the same period’s financial statements, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects, if any, as a result of the change to the provisional amounts, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. In addition, the guidance requires an entity to present separately on the face of the income statement or disclose in the notes, the portion of the amount recorded in current-period earnings by line item that would have been recorded in previous reporting periods if the adjustment to the provisional amounts had been recognized as of the acquisition date. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015 and interim periods thereafter.

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In November 2015, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-17, on Income Taxes and the Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. Under this updated guidance, deferred tax assets and liabilities are required to be classified as noncurrent asset or liabilities in the Company’s balance sheet. The guidance is effective for financial years beginning after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within those annual periods. Earlier adoption is permitted and the updated guidance, may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company plans to implement this guidance at June 30, 2016 and will retrospectively restate its comparable balance sheet at June 30, 2015 at that time. Had the Company adopted this guidance as of December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, deferred tax assets of $1,599,000 classified as part of current assets would have been reclassified to noncurrent deferred tax assets, such that noncurrent deferred tax assets would have been increased from $1,945,000 to $3,544,000 at both December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 and total current assets at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 would have been reduced to $17,640,000 and $22,273,000, respectively. There would have been no change to total assets at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 arising from this guidance.

ITEM 3.   QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact our financial position, results of operations or cash flows due to adverse changes in financial market prices, including interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk and other relevant market rate or price risks.

Due to the cash and cash equivalent balances that we maintain, we are exposed to risk of changes in short-term interest rates. At December 31, 2015, we had $12,794,000 in cash and cash equivalents, of which, $10,112,000 was invested in money market accounts, and the balance was held in non-interest bearing accounts. Reductions in short-term interest rates could result in reductions in the amount of income we are able to generate on available cash. However, any adverse impact on our operating results from reductions in interest rates is not expected to be material.

Cash balances overseas at December 31, 2015 were approximately $1,359,000. We do not engage in any activities that would expose us to significant foreign currency exchange rate risk.

Item 4.   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our CEO and CFO, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognized that any system of controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, as ours are designed to do, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

In accordance with SEC rules, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the effectiveness, as of December 31, 2015, of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2015, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports that we file under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2015, that has materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes in the risk factors previously disclosed in Item 1A of Part 1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 that we filed with the SEC on August 27, 2015.

ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None

ITEM 6. Exhibits

Exhibit 31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer Under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 32.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer Under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
Exhibit 101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
Exhibit 101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC.
Date:February 4, 2016	By:	/s/ ROBERT G. DEUSTER
		Robert G. Deuster
		Chief Executive Officer

		COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC.
Date:February 4, 2016	By:	/s/ JOSEPH J. WALLACE
		Joseph J. Wallace
		Chief Financial Officer

S-1

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.	Description
Exhibit 31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer Under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 32.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer Under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
Exhibit 101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
Exhibit 101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

E-1

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

UNDER

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

I, Robert G. Deuster, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Collectors Universe, Inc. for the quarter ended December 31, 2015.

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:       February 4, 2016	By:	/s/ ROBERT G. DEUSTER
		Robert G. Deuster
		Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

UNDER

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

I, Joseph J. Wallace, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Collectors Universe, Inc. for the quarter ended December 31, 2015.

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:     February 4, 2016	By:	/s/ JOSEPH J. WALLACE
		Joseph J. Wallace
		Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

UNDER

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC.

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

For the quarter ended December 31, 2015

The undersigned, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Collectors Universe, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certifies that (i) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2015, as filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Quarterly Report”), to which this Certification is an Exhibit, fully complies with the applicable requirements of Section 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and (ii) the information contained in this Quarterly Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:     February 4, 2016	By:	/s/ ROBERT G. DEUSTER
		Robert G. Deuster
		Chief Executive Officer
		A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Collectors Universe, Inc. and will be retained by Collectors Universe, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

UNDER

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC.

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

For the quarter ended December 31, 2015

The undersigned, who is the Chief Financial Officer of Collectors Universe, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certifies that (i) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2015, as filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Quarterly Report”), to which this Certification is an Exhibit, fully complies with the applicable requirements of Section 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and (ii) the information contained in this Quarterly Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:     February 4, 2016	By:	/s/ JOSEPH J. WALLACE
		Joseph J. Wallace
		Chief Financial Officer
		A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Collectors Universe, Inc. and will be retained by Collectors Universe, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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Document And Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2016
Entity Registrant Name	COLLECTORS UNIVERSE INC
Entity Central Index Key	0001089143
Trading Symbol	clct
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--06-30
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		8,898,104
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Amendment Flag	false

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 12,794,000	$ 17,254,000
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $30 and $33 at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, respectively	2,090,000	2,460,000
Inventories, net	1,765,000	1,619,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	991,000	940,000
Deferred income tax assets	1,599,000	1,599,000
Total current assets	19,239,000	23,872,000
Property and equipment, net	2,656,000	2,326,000
Goodwill	2,083,000	2,083,000
Intangible assets, net	1,707,000	1,558,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Net, Noncurrent	1,945,000	1,945,000
Other assets	377,000	236,000
Non-current assets of discontinued operations	79,000	182,000
Total assets	28,086,000	32,202,000
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	1,816,000	1,961,000
Accrued liabilities	2,979,000	2,898,000
Accrued compensation and benefits	2,166,000	3,890,000
Income taxes payable	905,000	521,000
Deferred revenue	2,914,000	2,621,000
Current liabilities of discontinued operations	695,000	778,000
Total current liabilities	11,475,000	12,669,000
Deferred rent	394,000	422,000
Non-current liabilities of discontinued operations	$ 441,000	$ 642,000
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $.001 par value; 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding
Common stock, $.001 par value; 20,000 shares authorized; 8,898 and 8,882 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, respectively.	$ 9,000	$ 9,000
Additional paid-in capital	80,136,000	79,848,000
Accumulated deficit	(64,369,000)	(61,388,000)
Total stockholders’ equity	15,776,000	18,469,000
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 28,086,000	$ 32,202,000

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (Parentheticals) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015
Account receivable, allowance	$ 30	$ 33
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	3,000,000	3,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	0	0
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	20,000,000	20,000,000
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)	8,898,000	8,882,000
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	8,898,000	8,882,000

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Net revenues	$ 12,636	$ 14,148	$ 27,254	$ 30,326
Cost of revenues	5,010	5,067	10,156	10,863
Gross profit	7,626	9,081	17,098	19,463
Operating expenses:
Selling and marketing expenses	2,040	2,147	4,209	4,514
General and administrative expenses	3,897	4,288	8,004	9,277
Total operating expenses	5,937	6,435	12,213	13,791
Operating income	1,689	2,646	4,885	5,672
Interest income and other expense, net	(15)	(7)	(42)	(2)
Income before provision for income taxes	1,674	2,639	4,843	5,670
Provision for income taxes	679	971	1,906	2,220
Income from continuing operations	995	1,668	2,937	3,450
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(6)	(13)	(17)	9
Net income	$ 989	$ 1,655	$ 2,920	$ 3,459
Net income per basic share
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.12	$ 0.20	$ 0.35	$ 0.41
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)				0.01
Net income per basic share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.12	$ 0.20	$ 0.35	0.42
Net income per diluted share
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.12	0.20	$ 0.34	$ 0.41
Income (loss) from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		(0.01)
Net income per diluted share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.12	$ 0.19	$ 0.34	$ 0.41
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic (in shares)	8,441	8,339	8,438	8,333
Diluted (in shares)	8,549	8,519	8,541	8,511
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.35	$ 0.325	$ 0.70	$ 0.65

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$ 2,920,000	$ 3,459,000
Discontinued operations	17,000	(9,000)
Income from continuing operations	2,937,000	3,450,000
Adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization expense	699,000	671,000
Stock-based compensation expense	291,000	$ 1,365,000
Provision for bad debts	1,000
Provision for inventory write-down	42,000	$ 151,000
Provision for warranty	224,000	241,000
Gain on sale of property and equipment	$ (2,000)	(1,000)
Loss on sale of business		1,000
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	$ 362,000	(448,000)
Inventories	(188,000)	(381,000)
Prepaid expenses and other	(51,000)	464,000
Other assets	(141,000)	21,000
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(657,000)	(480,000)
Accrued compensation and benefits	(1,724,000)	(1,434,000)
Income taxes payable	382,000	(88,000)
Deferred revenue	293,000	444,000
Deferred rent	(28,000)	(13,000)
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations	2,440,000	3,963,000
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued businesses	(199,000)	(313,000)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$ 2,241,000	3,650,000
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		2,000
Proceeds from sale of business	$ 9,000	80,000
Purchase of business		(200,000)
Capital expenditures	$ (292,000)	(275,000)
Capitalized software	(371,000)	(34,000)
Patents and other intangibles	(26,000)	(10,000)
Net cash used in investing activities	(680,000)	(437,000)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Dividends paid to common stockholders	$ (6,021,000)	(5,468,000)
Payments for retirement of common stock		(504,000)
Net cash used in financing activities	$ (6,021,000)	(5,972,000)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(4,460,000)	(2,759,000)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	17,254,000	19,909,000
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 12,794,000	$ 17,150,000
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Interest paid during the period
Income taxes paid during the period	$ 1,513,000	$ 2,305,000

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Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes to Financial Statements

Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

1. SUMMARY OF Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Collectors Universe, Inc. and its operating subsidiaries (the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). At December 31, 2015, our operating subsidiaries were Certified Asset Exchange, Inc. (“CAE”), Collectors Universe (Hong Kong) Limited, Collectors Universe (Shanghai) Limited, and Expos, LLC. (“Expos”), all of which are ultimately 100% owned by Collectors Universe, Inc. All significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation.

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim financial reporting. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments and accruals) necessary to present fairly the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the periods presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Operating results for the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending June 30, 2016 or for any other interim period during such year. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, as filed with the SEC (our “Fiscal 2015 10-K”). Amounts related to disclosure of June 30, 2015 balances within these interim condensed consolidated financial statements were derived from the aforementioned audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto.

Reclassification

s

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Revenue Recognition Policies

 

We record revenue at the time of shipment of the authenticated and graded collectible to the customer, net of any taxes collected. Due to the insignificant delay between the completion of our authentication and grading services and the shipment of the collectible or high-value asset back to the customer, the time of shipment corresponds to the completion of our authentication and grading services. We recognize revenue for the sale of special coin inserts at the time the customer takes legal title to the insert. Many of our authentication and grading customers prepay our authentication and grading fees when they submit their collectibles to us for authentication and grading. We record those prepayments as deferred revenue until the collectibles have been authenticated and graded and shipped back to them. At that time, we record the revenues from the authentication and grading services we have performed for the customer and deduct this amount from deferred revenue. For certain dealers to whom we extend open account privileges, we record revenue at the time of shipment of the authenticated and graded collectible to the dealer. With respect to our Expos trade show business, we recognize revenue from each show in the period in which the show takes place.

A portion of our net revenues are comprised of subscription fees paid by customers for one year memberships in our Collectors Club. Those membership subscription fees entitle members to access our on-line and printed publications and, in some cases, to receive limited life vouchers for free grading services. We recognize revenue attributable to free grading vouchers on a specific basis and classify those revenues as part of authentication and grading fees. The balance of the membership fee is recognized over the life of the membership on a time-apportioned basis.

We recognize product sales when items are shipped to customers. Product revenues consist primarily of sales of collectible coins that we purchase pursuant to our coin authentication and grading warranty program. However, those sales are not considered an integral part of the Company’s ongoing revenue generating activities.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results from continuing and discontinued operations could differ from results expected on the basis of those estimates, and such differences could be material to our future results of operations and financial condition. Examples of such estimates that could be material include determinations made with respect to the capitalization and recovery of software development costs, the valuation of stock-based compensation awards and the timing of the recognition of related stock-based compensation expense, the valuation of coin inventory, the amount and assessment of goodwill for impairment, the sufficiency of warranty reserves, the provision or benefit for income taxes and related valuation allowances, and adjustments to the fair value of remaining lease obligations for our discontinued jewelry businesses.

Goodwill and Other Long-Lived

Assets

We evaluate the carrying value of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets at least annually, or more frequently if facts and circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred. Qualitative factors are considered in performing our goodwill impairment assessment, including the significant excess of fair value over carrying value in prior years, and any material changes in the estimated cash flows of the reporting unit. We also evaluate the carrying values of all other tangible and intangible assets for impairment if circumstances arise in which the carrying values of these assets may not be recoverable on the basis of future undiscounted cash flows. We determined that no impairment of goodwill or other long-lived assets existed as of December 31, 2015.

Foreign Currency

The Company has determined that the U.S. Dollar is the functional currency for its French branch office and its Hong Kong and China subsidiaries. Based on this determination, the Company’s foreign operations are re-measured by reflecting the financial results of such operations as if they had taken place within a U.S. dollar-based economic environment. Fixed assets and other non-monetary assets and liabilities are re-measured from foreign currencies to U.S. dollars at historical exchange rates; whereas cash, accounts receivable and other monetary assets and liabilities are re-measured at current exchange rates. Gains and losses resulting from those re-measurements, which are included in income for the current period, were not material.

Stock-Based

Compensation

We recognize stock-based compensation attributable to service-based equity grants over the service period based on the grant date fair value. For performance-based equity grants with financial performance goals, we begin recognizing compensation expense based on the grant date fair value when it becomes probable that we will achieve the financial performance goals.

Restricted Stock Awards

In connection with the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) adopted by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in fiscal 2013 and as previously disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2015, we did not achieve Performance Goal #2 in fiscal 2015. Nevertheless we still consider it probable that we will achieve that goal prior to the expiration of the LTIP in fiscal 2018. Therefore, we are accruing the remaining stock-based compensation expense for Performance Goal #2 on a prospective basis, through the expected later vesting date.

At this time, it is considered too early to determine if it is probable that the Company will achieve additional Performance Goals beyond Performance Goal #2 in fiscal 2016 or future periods. We will continue to reassess at each reporting date whether it has become probable that any additional performance goals will be achieved. If additional shares are expected to vest, additional stock-based compensation expense will be recognized based on the expected vesting period.

Stock-based compensation in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 was $140,000 and $291,000, respectively, as compared to $433,000 and $1,365,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014.

Concentrations

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable.

Financial Instruments and Cash Balances.

At December 31, 2015 we had cash and cash equivalents totaling approximately $12,794,000, of which approximately $10,112,000 was invested in money market accounts, and the balance of $2,682,000 was in non-interest bearing bank accounts for general day-to-day operations. Cash in overseas bank accounts was approximately $1,359,000 at December 31, 2015.

Substantially all of our cash is deposited at two FDIC insured financial institutions. We maintained cash due from banks, inclusive of cash in overseas accounts, in excess of the bank’s FDIC insured deposit limits of approximately $12,352,000 at December 31, 2015.

Accounts Receivable.

 A substantial portion of accounts receivable are due from collectibles dealers. One individual customer’s accounts receivable balance accounted for 10% of the Company’s total gross accounts receivable balances at December 31, 2015. There were no customers whose accounts receivable balance accounted for 10% of the Company’s gross accounts receivable balances as June 30, 2015. We perform an analysis of the expected collectability of accounts receivable based on several factors, including the age and extent of significant past due accounts and economic conditions or trends that may adversely affect the ability of debtors to pay their account receivable balances. Based on that review, we establish an allowance for doubtful accounts, when deemed necessary. The allowance for doubtful accounts receivable was $30,000 and $33,000 at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, respectively. Ultimately, we will write-off accounts receivable balances when it is determined that there is no possibility of collection.

Coin Revenues

. The authentication, grading and sales of collectible coins, related services and product sales accounted for approximately 65% of our net revenues for six months ended December 31, 2015, and 69% of our net revenues for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014.

Customers.

Five of our coin authentication and grading customers, in the aggregate, accounted for approximately 13% and 14% of our total net revenues in the six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Inventories

Our inventories consist primarily of (i) coins which we have purchased pursuant to our coin authentication and grading warranty program and (ii) consumable supplies and special inserts that we use in our continuing authentication and grading businesses. Coin collectibles inventories are recorded at the lower of cost or estimated market value using the specific identification method. Consumable supplies are recorded at the lower of cost (using the first-in first-out method) or market. Inventories are periodically reviewed to identify slow-moving items, and an allowance for inventory losses is recognized, as considered necessary. It is possible that our estimates of market value of collectible coins in inventory could change due to market conditions in the various collectibles markets served by the Company, which could require us to increase that allowance for inventory losses.

Capitalized Software

We capitalize certain costs incurred in the development and upgrading of our software, either from internal or external sources, as part of intangible assets and we amortize these costs on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software of three years. In the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 we capitalized approximately $169,000 and $371,000, respectively of software development cost as compared to $16,000 and $34,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014, respectively. In the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, we recorded approximately $63,000 and $104,000, respectively as amortization expense for capitalized software as compared to $39,000 and $78,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014. Planning, training, support and maintenance costs incurred either prior to or following the implementation phase are recognized as expense in the period in which they occur. We evaluate the carrying value of capitalized software for possible impairment, and, if necessary, an impairment loss is recorded in the period in which any impairment is determined to have occurred.

Warranty Costs

We offer a limited warranty covering the coins and trading cards that we authenticate and grade. Under the warranty, if any collectible coin or trading card that was previously authenticated and graded by us is later submitted to us for re-grading and either (i) receives a lower grade upon that re-submittal or (ii) is determined not to have been authentic, we will offer to purchase the collectible or, in the alternative, at the customer’s option, pay the difference in value of the item at its original grade, as compared with its lower grade. However, this warranty is voided if the collectible, upon re-submittal to us, is not in the same tamper-resistant holder in which it was placed at the time we last graded it. We accrue for estimated warranty costs based on historical trends and related experience. We monitor the adequacy of our warranty reserves on an ongoing basis for significant claims resulting from resubmissions receiving lower grades, or deemed not to be authentic.

Dividends

In accordance with the Company’s current quarterly dividend policy, we paid quarterly cash dividends of $0.35 per share of common stock in the second quarter of fiscal 2016. The declaration of cash dividends in the future is subject to final determination each quarter by the Board of Directors based on a number of factors, including the Company’s financial performance and its available cash resources, its cash requirements and alternative uses of cash that the Board may conclude would represent an opportunity to generate a greater return on investment for the Company.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2015, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-16, on Business Combinations and Simplifying the Accounting for measurement-period adjustments. Under this guidance an acquirer is required to recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The guidance requires that the acquirer record, in the same period’s financial statements, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects, if any, as a result of the change to the provisional amounts, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. In addition, the guidance requires an entity to present separately on the face of the income statement or disclose in the notes, the portion of the amount recorded in current-period earnings by line item that would have been recorded in previous reporting periods if the adjustment to the provisional amounts had been recognized as of the acquisition date. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015 and interim periods thereafter.

In November 2015, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-17, on Income Taxes and the Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. Under this updated guidance, deferred tax assets and liabilities are required to be classified as noncurrent asset or liabilities in the Company’s balance sheet. The guidance is effective for financial years beginning after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within those annual periods. Earlier adoption is permitted and the updated guidance, may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company plans to implement this guidance at June 30, 2016 and will retrospectively restate its comparable balance sheet at June 30, 2015 at that time. Had the Company adopted this guidance as of December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, deferred tax assets of $1,599,000 classified as part of current assets would have been reclassified to noncurrent deferred tax assets, such that noncurrent deferred tax assets would have been increased from $1,945,000 to $3,544,000 at both December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 and total current assets at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 would have been reduced to $17,640,000 and $22,273,000, respectively. There would have been no change to total assets at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 arising from this guidance.

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Note 2 - Inventories

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes to Financial Statements

Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]

2. INVENTORIES

Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):
	December 31 ,			June 30,
	2015			201 5
Coins	$	525		$	504
Other collectibles		155			168
Grading raw materials consumable inventory		1,700			1,560
		2,380			2,232
Less inventory reserve		(615	)		(613	)
Inventories, net	$	1,765		$	1,619

The inventory reserve represents a valuation allowance on certain items of our coins, other collectibles and consumable inventories based upon our review of the current market value of such coins and collectibles and the usage of consumables.

The estimated value of coins can be subjective and can vary depending on market conditions for precious metals, the number of qualified buyers for a particular coin and the uniqueness and special features of a particular coin.

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Note 3 - Property and Equipment

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes to Financial Statements

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

3. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):
	December 31,			June 30,
	2015			2015
Coins grading reference sets	$	263		$	263
Computer hardware and equipment		2,745			2,301
Computer software		1,191			1,148
Equipment		4,595			4,465
Furniture and office equipment		1,080			1,079
Leasehold improvements		1,055			1,024
Trading card reference library		52			52
		10,981			10,332
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(8,325	)		(8,006	)
Property and equipment, net	$	2,656		$	2,326

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Note 4 - Accrued Liabilities

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes to Financial Statements

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Disclosure [Text Block]

4. ACCRUED LIABILITIES

Accrued liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
	December 31 ,		June 30,
	2015		201 5
Warranty reserves	$	1,450	$	1,492
Other		1,529		1,406
	$	2,979	$	2,898

The following table presents the changes in the Company’s warranty reserve during the six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	Six Months Ended December 31 ,
	2015			2014
Warranty reserve beginning of period	$	1,492		$	1,569
Provision charged to cost of revenues		224			241
Payments		(266	)		(214	)
Warranty reserve, end of period	$	1,450		$	1,596

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Note 5 - Discontinued Operations

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes to Financial Statements

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

5. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

During fiscal 2009, the Board of Directors authorized the divesture and sale of the jewelry businesses and the currency grading business, the remaining assets and liabilities of which have been reclassified as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015.

The operating results of the discontinued businesses that are included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations were not material.

At December 31, 2015, one of the lease obligations expired. The balance of our remaining lease related obligation in connection with the fiscal 2009 disposal of our jewelry business was $1,069,000 at December 31, 2015, of which $628,000 was classified as a current liability, and $441,000 was classified as a non-current liability in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2015. We will continue to review and, if necessary, make adjustments to the lease obligation accruals on a quarterly basis.

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Note 6 - Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes to Financial Statements

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

6. INCOME TAXES

In both the six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we recognized provisions for income taxes based upon estimated annual effective tax rates of approximately 39% and such provisions include valuation allowances established against losses of foreign subsidiaries.

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Note 7 - Net Income Per Share

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes to Financial Statements

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

7. NET INCOME PER SHARE

The following table presents the changes in the Company’s weighted average shares outstanding for the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended December 31,				Six Months Ended December 31,
	2015		20 14		2015		2014
Weighted average shares outstanding: Basic		8,441		8,339		8,438		8,333
Dilutive effect of stock options		-		-		-		3
Dilutive effect of restricted shares		108		180		103		175
Weighted average shares outstanding: Diluted		8,549		8,519		8,541		8,511

A total of 30,000 unvested restricted shares of common stock were excluded from the computation of diluted income per share, in the three months ended December 31, 2015, as they would have been anti-dilutive. There were no anti-dilutive options or restricted shares of common stock in either the three or the six months ended December 31, 2014.

In addition, approximately 261,000 and 256,000 of unvested performance-based restricted shares of common stock were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, respectively, as compared to 262,000 and 257,000 of unvested performance based shares in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014, respectively, because we had not achieved the related performance goals required for those shares to vest.

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Note 8 - Business Segments

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes to Financial Statements

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

8. BUSINESS SEGMENTS

Operating segments are defined as the components or “segments” of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the Company’s chief operating decision maker, or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources to and in assessing performance of those components or “segments”. The Company’s chief operating decision-maker is its Chief Executive Officer. The Company’s operating segments are organized based on the respective services that they offer to customers. Similar operating segments have been aggregated to reportable operating segments based on having similar services, types of customers, and other criteria.

For our continuing operations, we operate principally in three reportable service segments: coins, trading cards and autographs and other collectibles. Services provided by these segments include authentication, grading, publications, advertising and commissions earned, subscription-based revenues and product sales. The other collectibles segment is comprised of CCE, Coinflation.com, Collectors.com and our collectibles trade show business.

We allocate operating expenses to each service segment based upon each segment’s activity level. The following tables set forth on a segment basis, including a reconciliation with the condensed consolidated financial statements, (i) external revenues, (ii) amortization and depreciation, (iii) stock-based compensation expense, and (iv) operating income for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Net identifiable assets are provided by business segment as of December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, respectively (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	December 31,						December 31,
	20 15			20 14			20 15			20 14
Net revenues from external customers:
Coins	$	8,285		$	9,777		$	17,598		$	20,883
Trading cards and autographs		3,575			3,653			7,572			7,482
Other		776			718			2,084			1,961
Consolidated total revenue	$	12,636		$	14,148		$	27,254		$	30,326
Amortization and depreciation:
Coins	$	124		$	123		$	262		$	252
Trading cards and autographs		57			50			112			100
Other		122			83			219			167
Total		303			256			593			519
Unallocated amortization and depreciation		56			73			106			152
Consolidated amortization and depreciation	$	359		$	329		$	699		$	671
Stock-based compensation:
Coins	$	22		$	88		$	45		$	261
Trading cards and autographs		3			41			5			156
Other		2			29			4			107
Total		27			158			54			524
Unallocated stock-based compensation		113			275			237			841
Consolidated stock-based compensation	$	140		$	433		$	291		$	1,365
Operating income:
Coins	$	2,328		$	3,041		$	5,601		$	6,636
Trading cards and autographs		623			755			1,516			1,527
Other		(222	)		179			(5	)		512
Total		2,729			3,975			7,112			8,675
Unallocated operating expenses		(1,040	)		(1,329	)		(2,227	)		(3,003	)
Consolidated operating income	$	1,689		$	2,646		$	4,885		$	5,672

	December 31,		June 30,
	2015		2015
Identifiable Assets:
Coins	$	5,813	$	5,961
Trading cards and autographs		1,366		1,436
Other		3,211		2,859
Total		10,390		10,256
Unallocated assets		17,696		21,946
Consolidated assets	$	28,086	$	32,202
Goodwill:
Coins	$	515	$	515
Other		1,568		1,568
Consolidated goodwill	$	2,083	$	2,083

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Note 9 - Related-party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes to Financial Statements

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

9. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, an adult member of the immediate family of Mr. David Hall, the President of the Company, paid grading and authentication fees to us of $188,000 and $1,005,000, respectively, as compared to $269,000 and $649,000 for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014. At December 31, 2015, the amount owed to the Company for these services was approximately $119,000, as compared to $145,000 at June 30, 2015.

An associate of Richard Kenneth Duncan Sr., who as of July 2015 was the beneficial owner of approximately 5% of our outstanding shares, paid us grading and authentication fees of $233,000 and $566,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, respectively, as compared to $213,000 and $541,000, respectively, in the same three and six months of fiscal 2015. At December 31, 2015, the amount owed to the Company for these services was approximately $107,000, as compared to $118,000 at June 30, 2015.

In each case, these authentication and grading fees were comparable in amount to the fees which we charge, in the ordinary course of our business, for similar authentication and grading services we render to unaffiliated customers.

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Note 10 - Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes to Financial Statements

Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

10. CONTINGENCIES

The Company is named from time to time, as a defendant in lawsuits and disputes that arise in the ordinary course of business. We believe that none of the lawsuits or disputes currently pending against the Company is likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

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Note 11 - Subsequent Events

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes to Financial Statements

Subsequent Events [Text Block]

11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On January 25, 2016, the Company announced that, in accordance with its dividend policy the Board of Directors had approved a third quarter cash dividend of $0.35 per share of common stock and such dividend will be paid on February 26, 2016 to stockholders of record on February 17, 2016. 

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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Consolidation, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Collectors Universe, Inc. and its operating subsidiaries (the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). At December 31, 2015, our operating subsidiaries were Certified Asset Exchange, Inc. (“CAE”), Collectors Universe (Hong Kong) Limited, Collectors Universe (Shanghai) Limited, and Expos, LLC. (“Expos”), all of which are ultimately 100% owned by Collectors Universe, Inc. All significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation.

Basis of Accounting, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim financial reporting. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments and accruals) necessary to present fairly the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the periods presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Operating results for the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending June 30, 2016 or for any other interim period during such year. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, as filed with the SEC (our “Fiscal 2015 10-K”). Amounts related to disclosure of June 30, 2015 balances within these interim condensed consolidated financial statements were derived from the aforementioned audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto.

Reclassification, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Reclassification

s

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Revenue Recognition, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Revenue Recognition Policies

 

We record revenue at the time of shipment of the authenticated and graded collectible to the customer, net of any taxes collected. Due to the insignificant delay between the completion of our authentication and grading services and the shipment of the collectible or high-value asset back to the customer, the time of shipment corresponds to the completion of our authentication and grading services. We recognize revenue for the sale of special coin inserts at the time the customer takes legal title to the insert. Many of our authentication and grading customers prepay our authentication and grading fees when they submit their collectibles to us for authentication and grading. We record those prepayments as deferred revenue until the collectibles have been authenticated and graded and shipped back to them. At that time, we record the revenues from the authentication and grading services we have performed for the customer and deduct this amount from deferred revenue. For certain dealers to whom we extend open account privileges, we record revenue at the time of shipment of the authenticated and graded collectible to the dealer. With respect to our Expos trade show business, we recognize revenue from each show in the period in which the show takes place.

A portion of our net revenues are comprised of subscription fees paid by customers for one year memberships in our Collectors Club. Those membership subscription fees entitle members to access our on-line and printed publications and, in some cases, to receive limited life vouchers for free grading services. We recognize revenue attributable to free grading vouchers on a specific basis and classify those revenues as part of authentication and grading fees. The balance of the membership fee is recognized over the life of the membership on a time-apportioned basis.

We recognize product sales when items are shipped to customers. Product revenues consist primarily of sales of collectible coins that we purchase pursuant to our coin authentication and grading warranty program. However, those sales are not considered an integral part of the Company’s ongoing revenue generating activities.

Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results from continuing and discontinued operations could differ from results expected on the basis of those estimates, and such differences could be material to our future results of operations and financial condition. Examples of such estimates that could be material include determinations made with respect to the capitalization and recovery of software development costs, the valuation of stock-based compensation awards and the timing of the recognition of related stock-based compensation expense, the valuation of coin inventory, the amount and assessment of goodwill for impairment, the sufficiency of warranty reserves, the provision or benefit for income taxes and related valuation allowances, and adjustments to the fair value of remaining lease obligations for our discontinued jewelry businesses.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Goodwill and Other Long-Lived

Assets

We evaluate the carrying value of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets at least annually, or more frequently if facts and circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred. Qualitative factors are considered in performing our goodwill impairment assessment, including the significant excess of fair value over carrying value in prior years, and any material changes in the estimated cash flows of the reporting unit. We also evaluate the carrying values of all other tangible and intangible assets for impairment if circumstances arise in which the carrying values of these assets may not be recoverable on the basis of future undiscounted cash flows. We determined that no impairment of goodwill or other long-lived assets existed as of December 31, 2015.

Foreign Currency Transactions and Translations Policy [Policy Text Block]

Foreign Currency

The Company has determined that the U.S. Dollar is the functional currency for its French branch office and its Hong Kong and China subsidiaries. Based on this determination, the Company’s foreign operations are re-measured by reflecting the financial results of such operations as if they had taken place within a U.S. dollar-based economic environment. Fixed assets and other non-monetary assets and liabilities are re-measured from foreign currencies to U.S. dollars at historical exchange rates; whereas cash, accounts receivable and other monetary assets and liabilities are re-measured at current exchange rates. Gains and losses resulting from those re-measurements, which are included in income for the current period, were not material.

Share-based Compensation, Option and Incentive Plans Policy [Policy Text Block]

Stock-Based

Compensation

We recognize stock-based compensation attributable to service-based equity grants over the service period based on the grant date fair value. For performance-based equity grants with financial performance goals, we begin recognizing compensation expense based on the grant date fair value when it becomes probable that we will achieve the financial performance goals.

Restricted Stock Awards

In connection with the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) adopted by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in fiscal 2013 and as previously disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2015, we did not achieve Performance Goal #2 in fiscal 2015. Nevertheless we still consider it probable that we will achieve that goal prior to the expiration of the LTIP in fiscal 2018. Therefore, we are accruing the remaining stock-based compensation expense for Performance Goal #2 on a prospective basis, through the expected later vesting date.

At this time, it is considered too early to determine if it is probable that the Company will achieve additional Performance Goals beyond Performance Goal #2 in fiscal 2016 or future periods. We will continue to reassess at each reporting date whether it has become probable that any additional performance goals will be achieved. If additional shares are expected to vest, additional stock-based compensation expense will be recognized based on the expected vesting period.

Stock-based compensation in the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 was $140,000 and $291,000, respectively, as compared to $433,000 and $1,365,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014.

Concentration Risk, Credit Risk, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Concentrations

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable.

Financial Instruments and Cash Balances.

At December 31, 2015 we had cash and cash equivalents totaling approximately $12,794,000, of which approximately $10,112,000 was invested in money market accounts, and the balance of $2,682,000 was in non-interest bearing bank accounts for general day-to-day operations. Cash in overseas bank accounts was approximately $1,359,000 at December 31, 2015.

Substantially all of our cash is deposited at two FDIC insured financial institutions. We maintained cash due from banks, inclusive of cash in overseas accounts, in excess of the bank’s FDIC insured deposit limits of approximately $12,352,000 at December 31, 2015.

Accounts Receivable.

 A substantial portion of accounts receivable are due from collectibles dealers. One individual customer’s accounts receivable balance accounted for 10% of the Company’s total gross accounts receivable balances at December 31, 2015. There were no customers whose accounts receivable balance accounted for 10% of the Company’s gross accounts receivable balances as June 30, 2015. We perform an analysis of the expected collectability of accounts receivable based on several factors, including the age and extent of significant past due accounts and economic conditions or trends that may adversely affect the ability of debtors to pay their account receivable balances. Based on that review, we establish an allowance for doubtful accounts, when deemed necessary. The allowance for doubtful accounts receivable was $30,000 and $33,000 at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, respectively. Ultimately, we will write-off accounts receivable balances when it is determined that there is no possibility of collection.

Coin Revenues

. The authentication, grading and sales of collectible coins, related services and product sales accounted for approximately 65% of our net revenues for six months ended December 31, 2015, and 69% of our net revenues for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014.

Customers.

Five of our coin authentication and grading customers, in the aggregate, accounted for approximately 13% and 14% of our total net revenues in the six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Inventory, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Inventories

Our inventories consist primarily of (i) coins which we have purchased pursuant to our coin authentication and grading warranty program and (ii) consumable supplies and special inserts that we use in our continuing authentication and grading businesses. Coin collectibles inventories are recorded at the lower of cost or estimated market value using the specific identification method. Consumable supplies are recorded at the lower of cost (using the first-in first-out method) or market. Inventories are periodically reviewed to identify slow-moving items, and an allowance for inventory losses is recognized, as considered necessary. It is possible that our estimates of market value of collectible coins in inventory could change due to market conditions in the various collectibles markets served by the Company, which could require us to increase that allowance for inventory losses.

Research, Development, and Computer Software, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Capitalized Software

We capitalize certain costs incurred in the development and upgrading of our software, either from internal or external sources, as part of intangible assets and we amortize these costs on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software of three years. In the three and six months ended December 31, 2015 we capitalized approximately $169,000 and $371,000, respectively of software development cost as compared to $16,000 and $34,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014, respectively. In the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, we recorded approximately $63,000 and $104,000, respectively as amortization expense for capitalized software as compared to $39,000 and $78,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014. Planning, training, support and maintenance costs incurred either prior to or following the implementation phase are recognized as expense in the period in which they occur. We evaluate the carrying value of capitalized software for possible impairment, and, if necessary, an impairment loss is recorded in the period in which any impairment is determined to have occurred.

Standard Product Warranty, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Warranty Costs

We offer a limited warranty covering the coins and trading cards that we authenticate and grade. Under the warranty, if any collectible coin or trading card that was previously authenticated and graded by us is later submitted to us for re-grading and either (i) receives a lower grade upon that re-submittal or (ii) is determined not to have been authentic, we will offer to purchase the collectible or, in the alternative, at the customer’s option, pay the difference in value of the item at its original grade, as compared with its lower grade. However, this warranty is voided if the collectible, upon re-submittal to us, is not in the same tamper-resistant holder in which it was placed at the time we last graded it. We accrue for estimated warranty costs based on historical trends and related experience. We monitor the adequacy of our warranty reserves on an ongoing basis for significant claims resulting from resubmissions receiving lower grades, or deemed not to be authentic.

Stockholders' Equity, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Dividends

In accordance with the Company’s current quarterly dividend policy, we paid quarterly cash dividends of $0.35 per share of common stock in the second quarter of fiscal 2016. The declaration of cash dividends in the future is subject to final determination each quarter by the Board of Directors based on a number of factors, including the Company’s financial performance and its available cash resources, its cash requirements and alternative uses of cash that the Board may conclude would represent an opportunity to generate a greater return on investment for the Company.

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2015, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-16, on Business Combinations and Simplifying the Accounting for measurement-period adjustments. Under this guidance an acquirer is required to recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The guidance requires that the acquirer record, in the same period’s financial statements, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects, if any, as a result of the change to the provisional amounts, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. In addition, the guidance requires an entity to present separately on the face of the income statement or disclose in the notes, the portion of the amount recorded in current-period earnings by line item that would have been recorded in previous reporting periods if the adjustment to the provisional amounts had been recognized as of the acquisition date. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015 and interim periods thereafter.

In November 2015, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-17, on Income Taxes and the Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. Under this updated guidance, deferred tax assets and liabilities are required to be classified as noncurrent asset or liabilities in the Company’s balance sheet. The guidance is effective for financial years beginning after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within those annual periods. Earlier adoption is permitted and the updated guidance, may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company plans to implement this guidance at June 30, 2016 and will retrospectively restate its comparable balance sheet at June 30, 2015 at that time. Had the Company adopted this guidance as of December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, deferred tax assets of $1,599,000 classified as part of current assets would have been reclassified to noncurrent deferred tax assets, such that noncurrent deferred tax assets would have been increased from $1,945,000 to $3,544,000 at both December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 and total current assets at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 would have been reduced to $17,640,000 and $22,273,000, respectively. There would have been no change to total assets at December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 arising from this guidance.

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Note 2 - Inventories (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes Tables

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):
	December 31 ,			June 30,
	2015			201 5
Coins	$	525		$	504
Other collectibles		155			168
Grading raw materials consumable inventory		1,700			1,560
		2,380			2,232
Less inventory reserve		(615	)		(613	)
Inventories, net	$	1,765		$	1,619

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Note 3 - Property and Equipment (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes Tables

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):
	December 31,			June 30,
	2015			2015
Coins grading reference sets	$	263		$	263
Computer hardware and equipment		2,745			2,301
Computer software		1,191			1,148
Equipment		4,595			4,465
Furniture and office equipment		1,080			1,079
Leasehold improvements		1,055			1,024
Trading card reference library		52			52
		10,981			10,332
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(8,325	)		(8,006	)
Property and equipment, net	$	2,656		$	2,326

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Note 4 - Accrued Liabilities (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes Tables

Schedule of Accrued Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Accrued liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
	December 31 ,		June 30,
	2015		201 5
Warranty reserves	$	1,450	$	1,492
Other		1,529		1,406
	$	2,979	$	2,898

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block]

	Six Months Ended December 31 ,
	2015			2014
Warranty reserve beginning of period	$	1,492		$	1,569
Provision charged to cost of revenues		224			241
Payments		(266	)		(214	)
Warranty reserve, end of period	$	1,450		$	1,596

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Note 7 - Net Income Per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes Tables

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended December 31,				Six Months Ended December 31,
	2015		20 14		2015		2014
Weighted average shares outstanding: Basic		8,441		8,339		8,438		8,333
Dilutive effect of stock options		-		-		-		3
Dilutive effect of restricted shares		108		180		103		175
Weighted average shares outstanding: Diluted		8,549		8,519		8,541		8,511

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Note 8 - Business Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes Tables

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	December 31,						December 31,
	20 15			20 14			20 15			20 14
Net revenues from external customers:
Coins	$	8,285		$	9,777		$	17,598		$	20,883
Trading cards and autographs		3,575			3,653			7,572			7,482
Other		776			718			2,084			1,961
Consolidated total revenue	$	12,636		$	14,148		$	27,254		$	30,326
Amortization and depreciation:
Coins	$	124		$	123		$	262		$	252
Trading cards and autographs		57			50			112			100
Other		122			83			219			167
Total		303			256			593			519
Unallocated amortization and depreciation		56			73			106			152
Consolidated amortization and depreciation	$	359		$	329		$	699		$	671
Stock-based compensation:
Coins	$	22		$	88		$	45		$	261
Trading cards and autographs		3			41			5			156
Other		2			29			4			107
Total		27			158			54			524
Unallocated stock-based compensation		113			275			237			841
Consolidated stock-based compensation	$	140		$	433		$	291		$	1,365
Operating income:
Coins	$	2,328		$	3,041		$	5,601		$	6,636
Trading cards and autographs		623			755			1,516			1,527
Other		(222	)		179			(5	)		512
Total		2,729			3,975			7,112			8,675
Unallocated operating expenses		(1,040	)		(1,329	)		(2,227	)		(3,003	)
Consolidated operating income	$	1,689		$	2,646		$	4,885		$	5,672

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

	December 31,		June 30,
	2015		2015
Identifiable Assets:
Coins	$	5,813	$	5,961
Trading cards and autographs		1,366		1,436
Other		3,211		2,859
Total		10,390		10,256
Unallocated assets		17,696		21,946
Consolidated assets	$	28,086	$	32,202
Goodwill:
Coins	$	515	$	515
Other		1,568		1,568
Consolidated goodwill	$	2,083	$	2,083

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Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member] | Authentication and Grading Services [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Five Customers [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage			13.00%	14.00%
Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member] | Authentication and Grading Services [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk Number of Customers			5	5
Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member] | Coins [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage		69.00%	65.00%	69.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk Number of Customers			1			0
Deferred Tax Assets, Current to Noncurrent Reclassification [Member] | Pro Forma [Member] | Quarter Ended December 31, 2015 [Member]
Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment			$ 1,599,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Current to Noncurrent Reclassification [Member] | Pro Forma [Member] | Year Ended June 30, 2015 [Member]
Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment			1,599,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Current to Noncurrent Reclassification [Member] | Pro Forma [Member]
Deferred Tax Assets, Net, Noncurrent	$ 3,544,000		3,544,000		$ 3,544,000
Assets, Current	17,640,000		$ 17,640,000		17,640,000	$ 22,273,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Current to Noncurrent Conversion [Member] | Pro Forma [Member]
Deferred Tax Assets, Net, Noncurrent						3,544,000
Computer Software, Intangible Asset [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life			3 years
Deferred Tax Assets, Net, Noncurrent	1,945,000		$ 1,945,000		1,945,000	1,945,000
Goodwill and Intangible Asset Impairment					0
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	140,000	$ 433,000	291,000	$ 1,365,000
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	12,794,000	17,150,000	12,794,000	17,150,000	12,794,000	17,254,000	$ 19,909,000
Money Market Funds, at Carrying Value	10,112,000		10,112,000		10,112,000
Other Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	2,682,000		2,682,000		2,682,000
Cash	1,359,000		1,359,000		1,359,000
Cash, Uninsured Amount	12,352,000		12,352,000		12,352,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable, Current	30,000		30,000		30,000	33,000
Capitalized Computer Software, Additions	169,000	16,000	371,000	34,000
Capitalized Computer Software, Amortization	$ 63,000	$ 39,000	104,000	$ 78,000
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Cash Paid | $ / shares	$ 0.35
Assets, Current	$ 19,239,000		$ 19,239,000		$ 19,239,000	$ 23,872,000

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Note 2 - Inventories (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015
Coins [Member]
Inventory, gross	$ 525	$ 504
Other Collectibles [Member]
Inventory, gross	155	168
Grading Raw Materials Consumable [Member]
Inventory, gross	1,700	1,560
Inventory, gross	2,380	2,232
Less inventory reserve	(615)	(613)
Inventories, net	$ 1,765	$ 1,619

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Note 3 - Property and Equipment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015
Coins Grading Reference Sets [Member]
Property and equipment, gross	$ 263	$ 263
Computer Equipment [Member]
Property and equipment, gross	2,745	2,301
Computer Software [Member]
Property and equipment, gross	1,191	1,148
Equipment [Member]
Property and equipment, gross	4,595	4,465
Furniture and Office Equipment [Member]
Property and equipment, gross	1,080	1,079
Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Property and equipment, gross	1,055	1,024
Trading Card Reference Library [Member]
Property and equipment, gross	52	52
Property and equipment, gross	10,981	10,332
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(8,325)	(8,006)
Property and equipment, net	$ 2,656	$ 2,326

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Note 4 - Accrued Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015
Warranty reserves	$ 1,450	$ 1,492
Other	1,529	1,406
Accrued liabilities	$ 2,979	$ 2,898

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Note 4 - Warranty Reserve Activity (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Warranty reserve beginning of period	$ 1,492	$ 1,569
Provision charged to cost of revenues	224	241
Payments	(266)	(214)
Warranty reserve, end of period	$ 1,450	$ 1,596

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Note 5 - Discontinued Operations (Details Textual) - Jewelry Businesses [Member]	6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Lease Obligations, Expired, Number	1
Total Accrual Related to Remaining Lease Obligations	$ 1,069,000
Accrued Rent, Current	628,000
Accrued Rent, Noncurrent	$ 441,000

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Note 6 - Income Taxes (Details Textual)	6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	39.00%	39.00%

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Note 7 - Net Income Per Share (Details Textual) - shares	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Stock Options and Unvested Restricted Shares [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	30,000	0		0
Performance Shares [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	261,000	262,000	256,000		257,000

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Note 7 - Computation of Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Common Share (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Dilutive effect of shares (in shares)				3
Restricted Stock [Member]
Dilutive effect of shares (in shares)	108	180	103	175
Weighted average shares outstanding: Basic (in shares)	8,441	8,339	8,438	8,333
Weighted average shares outstanding: Diluted (in shares)	8,549	8,519	8,541	8,511

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Note 8 - Business Segments (Details Textual)	6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015
Number of Reportable Segments	3

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Note 8 - Segment Reporting Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Coins [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Net revenues	$ 8,285,000	$ 9,777,000	$ 17,598,000	$ 20,883,000
Depreciation and amortization	124,000	123,000	262,000	252,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	22,000	88,000	45,000	261,000
Operating income	2,328,000	3,041,000	5,601,000	6,636,000
Trading Cards and Autographs [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Net revenues	3,575,000	3,653,000	7,572,000	7,482,000
Depreciation and amortization	57,000	50,000	112,000	100,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	3,000	41,000	5,000	156,000
Operating income	623,000	755,000	1,516,000	1,527,000
Other Segments [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Net revenues	776,000	718,000	2,084,000	1,961,000
Depreciation and amortization	122,000	83,000	219,000	167,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	2,000	29,000	4,000	107,000
Operating income	(222,000)	179,000	(5,000)	512,000
Operating Segments [Member]
Depreciation and amortization	303,000	256,000	593,000	519,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	27,000	158,000	54,000	524,000
Operating income	2,729,000	3,975,000	7,112,000	8,675,000
Segment Reconciling Items [Member]
Depreciation and amortization	56,000	73,000	106,000	152,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	113,000	275,000	237,000	841,000
Operating income	(1,040,000)	(1,329,000)	(2,227,000)	(3,003,000)
Net revenues	12,636,000	14,148,000	27,254,000	30,326,000
Depreciation and amortization	359,000	329,000	699,000	671,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	140,000	433,000	291,000	1,365,000
Operating income	$ 1,689,000	$ 2,646,000	$ 4,885,000	$ 5,672,000

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Note 8 - Reconciliation of Assets to Consolidated from Segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015
Operating Segments [Member] | Coins [Member]
Identifiable Assets:
Assets	$ 5,813	$ 5,961
Goodwill:
Goodwill	515	515
Operating Segments [Member] | Trading Cards and Autographs [Member]
Identifiable Assets:
Assets	1,366	1,436
Operating Segments [Member] | Other Segments [Member]
Identifiable Assets:
Assets	3,211	2,859
Goodwill:
Goodwill	1,568	1,568
Operating Segments [Member]
Identifiable Assets:
Assets	10,390	10,256
Segment Reconciling Items [Member]
Identifiable Assets:
Assets	17,696	21,946
Assets	28,086	32,202
Goodwill:
Goodwill	$ 2,083	$ 2,083

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Note 9 - Related-party Transactions (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015
Grading and Authentication Fees [Member] | Mr. Hall's Immediate Family Member [Member]
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party	$ 188,000	$ 269,000	$ 1,005,000	$ 649,000
Accounts Receivable, Related Parties, Current	119,000		119,000			$ 145,000
Grading and Authentication Fees [Member] | Associate of Richard Kenneth Duncan Sr [Member]
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party	233,000	$ 213,000	566,000	$ 541,000
Accounts Receivable, Related Parties, Current	$ 107,000		$ 107,000			$ 118,000
Associate of Richard Kenneth Duncan Sr [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners					5.00%

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Note 11 - Subsequent Events (Details Textual) - $ / shares		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 25, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Subsequent Event [Member]
Dividends Payable, Date Declared	Jan. 25, 2016
Dividends Payable, Date to be Paid	Feb. 26, 2016
Dividends Payable, Date of Record	Feb. 17, 2016
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared	$ 0.35
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared		$ 0.35	$ 0.325	$ 0.70	$ 0.65