F.U.N. Convention TV Presents: Coin Tales From The Bourse Floor With Bill Weikel, PhD
F.U.N. Convention TV Presents:
Coin Tales From The Bourse Floor
Featuring Bill Weikel, PhD Patriot Rare Coins
F.U.N. Convention TV Presents:
Coin Tales From The Bourse Floor
Featuring Bill Weikel, PhD
Patriot Rare Coins & Currency
Click to viewIn this episode of Coin Tales From The Bourse Floor, FUN Convention TV spoke with Bill Weikel, PhD of Patriot Rare Coins. Bill never misses a F.U.N. Convention. I met him in 2007 and we became fast friends. During the 6th Annual Summer FUN Convention Bill took a moment to show me some of his favorite coin and currency pieces from his collection. Bill's business motto is Hold History In Your Hands And indeed you can while viewing his rare numismatic collection
Bill Weikel of Patriot Rare Coin & Currency
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Copyright (c)2012 by Erin Leigh.
In photo (1) Mr. Bill Weikel of Patriot Rare Coins posed with Jason of Jason’s Coins & Bullion at their booth on FUN's bourse floor. Photo 2 Bill has some photo FUN! at the FUN Foto booth.
Bill earned his doctorate in counseling and rehabilitation from the University of Florida in 1975. He then took a job as a professor in Kentucky. Bill started his coin collection at the age of (9) nine. He began to build his coin collection as most youngsters did with Indian Head and Lincoln cents. Bill left the hobby for a period of time. Then one day in 1985 he pulled out his Indian Head cent collection and it revitalized his interest in the hobby. He bought the 1877, 1872, and 1909S finally finishing the set in 1987.
In 1987 he opened Old Kentucky Coin and operated that business until 2002. Bill then retired and moved to Florida. The golden years of retirement left him bored. He missed the numismatic hobby & his coins. So in 2004 he reopened his shop under the name of Patriot Rare Coins & Currency in Florida. His specialty is coppers, early type coins, colonial currency, and obsolete currency .
A Look At The Patriot Rare Coin Collection
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Buy The Book Before The Coin
A word of advice which appears near the end of my conversation with Mr. Weikel, is Buy The Book Before The Coin. This phrase is uttered by most if not all of the professional numismatic dealers I've had the pleasure of interviewing. It is important to take the time to research the era of coin or currency you desire to collect. As reading and studying your area of numismatic interest will help you comprehend and appreciate the pieces within that era or series.
Early Paper Money of America by Eric Newman
A recent surge in this paper money arena provides a ready-made audience for a new edition of this one-of-a-kind book. Top-dollar auctions are putting more Colonial American paper money into collectors' hands, creating a wealth of collectors seeking a new edition of the definitive guide, "The Early Paper Money of America". This is the collectors' best choice, because it: offers 1,100+ detailed, high quality illustrations investors, history enthusiasts, re-enactment groups and educators can turn to for identifying issues; represents the most comprehensive guide to Colonial American paper money and early states issues; and, provides information not readily available to general paper money collectors. This new edition continues a tradition of reliability collectors of early American paper money respect.
Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins
From Q. David Bowers comes a book so comprehensive and authoritative that only the "Dean of American Numismatics" could have created it! Drawing on the expertise of dozens of specialists from around the world, plus Bowers's own vast knowledge of the subject, the Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins includes: Chapter 1: Money in Early America Chapter 2: Minting and Distribution Chapter 3: Collecting Colonial Coins Chapter 4: How to Use This Book Chapter 5: Silver Coins of Massachusetts Chapter 6: British Coins and Tokens for America, Early Issues Chapter 7: American Coins and Tokens from 1783 to 1788 Chapter 8: Other Early American Pieces Chapter 9: European Coins and Tokens for America, Later Issues Chapter 10: Early Washington Coins and Tokens Chapter 11: Unrelated Foreign Coins Chapter 12: 19th Century Colonial Copies and Fantasies
A Guide Book of Flying Eagle and Indian Head Cents: Complete Source for History, Grading, and Prices
100 Greatest American Currency Notes: The Stories Behind The Most Colonial, Confederate, Federal, Obsolete, and Private American Notes
Standard Catalog Of United States Obsolete Bank Notes (1782-1866) By James Haxby
Related Numismatic Clubs Of Interest
The official website of Early American Coppers, Inc
The Flying Eagle and Indian Cent Society ( The Fly-In Club )
Colonial Currency A Project of the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment University of Notre Dame
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The History and Collecting of Large Size Notes & Deuces One of the great collecting areas anyone can become involved in is collecting large size paper money that was issued between 1862 and 1929
The Treasury Story DOCUMENTARY: Gives historical account of establishment. Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of Treasury. It was divided into six bureaus: Bureau of Mint, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Customs, Bureau of Public Debt, Bureau of Accounts. Still pictures of Alexander Hamilton and George Washington. Department of the Treasury. (1789 - )
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