U.S. & World Mint visits by Dave Camire

Byers

Dave Camire has visited many Mints around the world. Here is the article in Mint Error News:

https://minterrornews.com/features-4-9-21-david-camire-visiting-mints-around-the-world.html

ricko

Now there is a person who is truly immersed in numismatics.... I wonder what his hobby is?? Cheers, RickO

Zoins

This is very cool!

We have battleships and other US Navy vessels named after people.

I never realized we have US Mint presses named after people too!

Byers

Dave Camire’s bio and picture is on the website of the Royal Mint. Impressive!

https://www.royalmint.com/collect/collect-week/webinars/making-the-grade-coin-grading-and-slabbing-webinar/

Byers

@Zoins said:

“This is very cool!”

Yes. That picture of Dave Camire striking coins at the S.F.Mint is about how good as it gets!

Zoins

What an incredible list of Mints and museums to have visited! I'm so jealous!

Have to remind myself to ask Dave how to get invited to so many Mints!

1. US Mint - Philadelphia
2. US Mint - Denver
3. US Mint - San Francisco
4. Smithsonian - NNC
5. China Banknote Printing And Minting Corp.
6. Iceland Mint Museum
7. Serbian Mint
8. Shanghai Mint
9. South African Mint
10. Thailand Mint

Byers

@Zoins

It’s amazing how many Mints around the world that Dave Camire has been too. And He also assisted/ advised several of the Mints. Very impressive!

Zoins

I decided to check out David Camire on Google this morning and found out some great info!

One of the coolest things is that, among many other things, he's President of NCS and helped restore @crazyhounddog's coins!

Check this out. The before photo reminds me of Ghost Busters for some reason

https://www.coinagemag.com/coinage-confidential-david-j-camire/

Zoins

And I just learned 5 more things about David Camire. We'll have more topics to chat about if we ever meet now!

1. Although Camire loves his Viper, he is a fan of cars, in general, particularly sports cars. “I like all different types of cars,” he says.
2. Camire has been a member of Viper Club of America for eight years.
3. Camire loves that Viper has never created an automatic transmission model. Every generation of Viper cars is manual transmission only.
4. Last year, Camire and his family went to Peru and Bolivia.
5. Camire’s favorite vacation spot, so far, has been Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands.

https://www.yourobserver.com/article/five-things-you-didnt-know-about-dave-camire

Byers

@Zoins

Dave is a full-on car enthusiast. He drove my Lambo when he was at the Long Beach coin show years ago.

Zoins

@Byers said:
Dave is a full-on car enthusiast. He drove my Lambo when he was at the Long Beach coin show years ago.

Awesome! Good to know! I'd love to drive your Lambo one day too!

I have to wonder if those are 5 things his neighbors don't know about him, they must all know he's a coin nut!

Byers

@Zoins said:

“Awesome! Good to know! I'd love to drive your Lambo one day too! “

Zoins- it’s a stick shift. You drive a stick shift right?

It’s fun to open it up just a bit in the open road, but around the Strip (Las Vegas) it’s mostly stop and go…