The CoinLink Library is a repository for
archived News and Articles, in addition to information on reference Books,
links to Interviews with important numismatic figures, and our exclusive 2005 -
Year In Review feature
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 An
Interview with Martin Weiss - Founder of Panda America
How did you get into the Panda coin
business? In the early 1980s, a friend offered me the distributorship of
the coins of Macau. I approached a large New York marketing company to see if
they were interested, but they were not. Instead they asked me if I was
interested in distributing coins for China. Understand that at that time there
was virtually no market for modern Chinese coins in the United States or
anywhere else. And for good reasons. The People’s Republic of China had
only issued small denomination coins for circulation before 1979. No
commemoratives … no silver … no gold. |
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Interview
with Petr Sousek - engraver of ANTIQUANOVA
Petr, how did it happen that you became an engraver? As a
young boy I was interested in history and I became very fond of old coins. I
was especially attracted by really old coins – from the ancient times, the
Middle Ages and the Baroque period. I didn‘t know then that they could be
bought - and that even I could own them – so I started to make them by
myself. Petr SousekIt was very natural to me to use the technique of two-side
striking, I engraved the dies into metal and I created the first reproductions
of Czech Denarii when I was just about 10. Byzantine, |
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An
Interview with John Maben
When JOHN MABEN left his employment at NGC, I immediately
saw an opportunity for a great interview. After all, how often has it been that
a professional grader of such esteem and longevity is able to grant me the kind
of penetrating interview I want? Not too often I must tell you, in fact, never
before! Did I get the interview I wanted? Close enough. Among the many
questions I asked John, several were of a rather touchy nature which he
answered carefully and deliberately so as not to raise any contractual
flags. |
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An
Interview with Harry Bass
Harry Bass is a name renowned in numismatic circles for
more than two decades. His collection of U.S. gold by die varieties and die
states is unparalleled in the history of U.S. numismatics. Born into an oil
family in 1927, Harry moved to Dallas when he was five years old. Throughout
his life he has been involved with oil exploration and development. |
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An
Interview With Walter Breen
The legendary Walter Breen has been an umismatic
institution for almost two generations. His name is synonymous Mth archival
research and certification of proof coins. Under his scholarship the science of
numismatics has made tremendous advances. Without any doubt Walter Breen has
done more numismatic research from primary sources, both the coins themselves
and archival materials, than anyone else in the history of U.S.
numismatics |
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An
Interview with David Hall
For years David Hall has played a highly visible role in
the rare coin market. He generously agreed to an interview in which we asked
him about his vision of the rare coin industry of the future, rumors of his
company's going public, and questions concerning possible conflicts of interest
between his rare coin company and grading firm |
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An
Interview with Craig Smith
Swiss America CEO and author, Craig R. Smith was a live
guest on FOR THE PEOPLE, hosted by Chuck Harder. The following is a summary of
the program. |
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An
Interview With Wayne G. Sayles
ACM: Many collectors in the hobby were very excited to
hear about a new book you are writing for Krause Publications, "Classical
Deception: Counterfeits, Forgeries and Reproductions of Ancient Coinage." There
seems to be a lot of concern lately about modern counterfeit ancient coins.
Just how big a problem is it, and if it is a problem, is it getting
worse? |
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An
Interview with Gregg Moore
I'm hoping to not only learn a little about a fellow
collector but to get your perspective as the Conder Token Collector's Club
president on upcoming Conder related activity as well as to maybe get some
insight into your thoughts on where token collecting and the CTCC might be
going in the future. |
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An
Interview with Mark Salzberg
President og Numismatic Guarantee Corporation - You have
been at the helm of NGC for several years now. How pleased are you with NGC's
position and reputation in the numismatic industry? NGC's progress? Successes?
Failures? |
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An
Interview with John Morris
John Morris, Chairman, President, CEO, and co-founder of
Odyssey Marine Exploration discusses the S.S. Republic and his company's
recovery of the gold and silver coins from the depths of the Atlantic with Joe
Battaglia of Goldline International [AUDIO INTERVIEW] |
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Frank
Gasparro (1909-2001): The World's Most Prolific Engraver
taly is renowned for its art and almost
every American has heard of the greatest Italian artist, Michelangelo
Buonarroti (1475-1564). While no American owns a masterpiece by Michelangelo,
everyone unwittingly owns a masterpiece created by the world's most prolific
engraver. Unfortunately, his name is virtually unknown except to coin
collectors. |
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An
Interview With David R. Sear
David Sear was born near London during Hitler's
‘Blitz’ (not good timing!) and Educated at Downer Grammar School in
Queensbury, Middlesex. He joined the staff of B.A. Seaby Ltd. in 1958 as
assistant to Lt. Col. Juliusz Kozolubski, the Seaby specialist in ancient coins
(and co-author with H.A. Seaby of the 1959 edition of “Greek Coins &
Their Values”). |
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An
Interview with Margo Russell
In 1960 J. Oliver Amos made a speculative move. in the
field of hobby publications by founding a weekly newspaper about coins. Many in
the coin industry believed such a move premature or unnecessary but Amos went
ahead with his publishing venture and "borrowed" one of the assistant editors
from another of his newspapers, The Sidney Daily News. |
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An
Interview with Jack Lee
Following are Jack's thoughts on why you should buy the
very best coins you can afford, what makes coin collecting so fulfilling, and
why he decided not to sell his collection through auction. By Pinnacle
Rarities |
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An
Interview With John J. Pittman
Internationally recognized as the "collector's collector
". John J. Pittman has been active innumismatics since the early 1930s. His
collecting interests span the world, but he has placed special emphasis on
assembling collections of rare Canadian, British and Mexican coins in addition
to U.S. |
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An
Interview With John J. Ford Jr. - Part I
John J. Ford Jr. made a name for himself in rare
coin circles in the late 1930s and early 1940s as a "wonder kid." He had firmly
established his reputation by the time he was seventeen by memorizing the
Adams-Woodin text on patterns. Patterns were inexpensive at the time and not
widely understood by dealers, and Ford's command of the topic enabled him to
"cherry-pick" the inventories of New York area dealers. |
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An
Interview With John J. Ford Jr. - Part II
Ford's career began in the late 1930s when he earned the
title "wonder kid" by memorizing theAdams-Woodin text on patterns, enabling him
to cherry-pick local New York dealers'inventories. Before and after World W II
Ford worked forJ.B. andMortonStack. In 1950 he joined Charles Wormser at New
Netherlands Coin Co. and built it into the premier auction house of the l950s
with th e h elp of Walter Breen. |
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An
Interview with Julian Leidman
For the past 20 years Julian Leidman has helped build some
of the pivotal collections in U. S. numismatics. In a buisiness where honesty
can sometimes be a premium commodity Leidman has maintained an untarnished
reputation. His work with the Federal Trade Commission has helped close several
large "boiler room " coin companies over the past four years. By maintaining
high personal and professional standards his trusted counsel has been sought
out by advanced collectors wishing to complete or dispose of their
collections. |
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An
Interview with Elvira Clain-Stefanelli
Elvira Clain-Stefanelli has been the curator of the
National Coin Collection at the Smithsonian Institution for more than a
generation. Beginning in 1956 the two of them embarked upon an ambitious
acquisition program that would last almost twenty years. The results were
nothing less than "miraculous " as she has termed it. In less than twenty years
the collection grew from 67,000pieces to more than 900,000. |
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Reflections
on Walter Breen
by David
Feigenbaum - I don't know if Walter Breen was a genius, but he certainly was
the closest thing the coin world had to a guru. Walter was a real oddball. When
I knew him, he kept his hair long and wild, wore a Hawaiian shirt and always
had a backpack full of books, notes and paper. He would stroll the aisles of a
large show in an absentminded way, usually surrounded by dealers or collectors
wanting his opinion about some piece or other. Walter wrote some great books
and seemed to be an expert on not only all U.S. coinage, from colonial to proof
gold, but also a student of coinage history. His masterwork was "The
Encyclopedia of U.S. And Colonial Coinage." While far from perfect, it is by
far the greatest single book on American coins. |
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Interview
with SILVANO DIGENOVA
SILVANO DIGENOVA, Chief Executive Officer of Superior
Galleries, Inc., began his career in 1977. He was a rare coin prodigy, trading
coins as a dealer while still in grade school. A self-made millionaire in coins
before the age of 21, he left the Whartonm School of Business at the University
of Pennsylvania. Mr. DiGenova is an authority on the rare coin market, grading,
authenticity and appraisals. Mr. DiGenova was co- Founder of the Professional
Coin Grading Service (PCGS), the world's largest and most respected grading
entity. He was instrumental in the design of the PCGS grading set, which is the
standard by which all coins are still graded today. He was also co-Founder of
the American Numismatic Information Exchange, known today as the Certified Coin
Exchange (CCE). |
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