Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

ONE: They are the Chief Executive Officer and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of Collectors Universe, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”).

TWO: The Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation was originally filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 3, 1999.

THREE: The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on March 5, 1999.

FOUR: The Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation, as heretofore amended and restated, shall be further amended and restated to read in full as follows:

The name of this corporation is COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1013 Centre Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19805, County of New Castle. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at that address is Corporation Service Company.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of shares to be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.” The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 50,000,000 shares. The total number of shares of Common Stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 45,000,000 shares, $0.001 par value per share. The total number of shares of Preferred Stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 5,000,000 shares, $0.001 par value per share. The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law, to provide for the issuance of the shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, and by filing a certificate pursuant to the applicable law of the State of Delaware, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. The authority of the Board with respect to each series shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:

(a) The number of shares constituting that series and the distinctive designation of that series;

(b) The dividend rate on the shares of that series, whether dividends shall be cumulative and, if so, from which date or dates, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of dividends on shares of that series;

(c) Whether that series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;

(d) Whether that series shall have conversion privileges and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion, including provision for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;

(e) Whether or not the shares of that series shall be redeemable and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates;

(f) Whether that series shall have a sinking fund for the redemption or purchase of shares of that series and, if so, the terms and amount of such sinking fund; and

(g) The rights of the shares of that series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of shares of that series.

The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors and elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless otherwise provided in the Bylaws. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors either by a resolution or Bylaw adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors.

Meetings of the stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the Bylaws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the Delaware Statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or by the Bylaws of the Corporation.

A director of this Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of his duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.

This Corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted from time to time under the law of the State of Delaware, indemnify and upon request shall advance expenses to any person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding or claim, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was or has agreed to be a director or officer of this Corporation or while a director or officer is or was serving at the request of this Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorney’s fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with the investigation, preparation to defend or defense of such action, suit, proceeding or claim; provided; however, that the foregoing shall not require this Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf of such person. Such indemnification shall not be exclusive of other indemnification rights arising under any bylaw, agreement, vote of directors or stockholders or otherwise and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of such person. Any person seeking indemnification under this Article 6 shall be deemed to have met the standard of conduct required for such indemnification unless the contrary shall be established.

If the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware is hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further limiting or eliminating the personal liability of directors, then the liability of the directors of the Corporation shall be limited or eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as so amended from time to time. Any repeal or modification of this Article 6 by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

The Board of Directors shall have the power to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provision of this Article 7, the Bylaws may be rescinded, altered, amended or repealed in any respect by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66²/3% of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, voting together as a single class.

In furtherance and not in limitation of the power conferred on the Corporation’s Board of Directors by law, the Board of Directors shall have the power to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

No action shall be taken by the stockholders except at an annual or special meeting of stockholders. The stockholders may not take action by written consent.

Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or by a majority of the

Board of Directors, or by a committee of the Board of Directors which has been duly designated by the Board of Directors and whose powers and authority, as provided in a resolution of the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation, include the power to call such meetings, but such special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons. The stockholders may not call a special meeting.

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred on stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation; provided, however, that no amendment, alteration, change or repeal may be made to Article 5, 8, 9, 10 or 11 without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66²/3% of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, voting together as a single class.

FIVE: The foregoing Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been approved by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 141(i) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

SIX: The foregoing Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been approved by the stockholders of the Corporation by written consent in accordance with Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

SEVEN: The foregoing Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC. has caused this certificate to be signed by the undersigned, and the undersigned has executed this certificate and affirms the foregoing as true and under penalty of perjury this 5th day of, November 1999.


COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC.

By:		/s/ Louis M. Crain
		Louis M. Crain, Chief Executive Officer

ATTEST:

By:		/s/ Ben A. Frydman
		Ben A. Frydman, Assistant Secretary