**Exhibit      31.1**

**CERTIFICATIONS      OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER **

**UNDER      **

**SECTION      302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT **

| 1. | I                have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Collectors Universe,                Inc.; |
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| 2. | Based                on my knowledge, this Annual 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; |
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| 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; |
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| 4. | The                registrant’s other certifying officer 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 we have: |
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|   | (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; |
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|   | (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; |
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|   | (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 |
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|   | (d) | disclosed                      in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over                      financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent                      fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably                      likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over                      financial reporting; and |
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| 5. | The                registrant’s other certifying officer 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 registrant’s board of                directors (or persons performing the equivalent function): |
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|       | (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 |
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|       | (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.  |
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| Date:     September              13,              2005   |   | /s/                MICHAEL R. HAYNES  |
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|                                                                                        |   | Michael                R. Haynes           |
|                                                                                        |   | Chief                Executive Officer     |