Collectors Universe owned Bowers Merena!

Zoins

I was looking at an old Bowers & Merena catalog and noticed that they were owned by none other than our hosts!

keets

if true, it was probably a good idea to separate to avoid any conflict of interest issues.

2ndCharter

So? That was pretty common knowledge back in the day.

BillJones

General Mills, the makers of Wheaties and Cheerios, once owned it too. That was when big corporations thought the endless diversification was a good financial strategy.

ricko

Different financial strategies flow through corporations... diversification, vertically integrated, complimentary relationships.... High finance makes for strange bed fellows... Cheers, RickO

Zoins

@2ndCharter said:
So? That was pretty common knowledge back in the day.

Not all of us were there back in the day.

tokenpro

Although it is a bit dated (2007), this link should catch you up to speed on your original amazement:
https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/worden-coinage0107c.htm