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John West Dannreuther was born on May 5, 1948 in Canton, Mississippi. His father introduced him to coin collecting early in life, persuading him to convert from stamps to coins by gifting him 100 U.S. silver dollars. Soon after, he and his father bought a shoebox full of Indian Head cents from a retired postmaster and his numismatic career began in earnest. Their mail order company, V.J. Dannreuther and Sons, introduced him to the commercial side of numismatics, as they advertised in the coin weeklies.
After graduating college in 1970, Mr. Dannreuther was employed as a professional musician. In 1973, he became a full-time coin dealer and began traveling the numismatic show circuit. He joined New England Rare Coin Galleries of Boston in 1976 as Director of Wholesale. He became the head trader for Numismatic Investments of Florida in 1977 and held that position until he reestablished John Dannreuther Rare Coins (JDRC) in January 1979. That year he moved to Memphis, Tennessee and maintained JDRC there until he relocated to Fullerton, California in the fall of 2017. In 2020, he moved to North Hollywood, California where JDRC is currently located.
In 1985, Mr. Dannreuther was one of the founders of the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) in Newport Beach, California. He worked for ten years as a grader for PCGS and continues as a consultant. He also was instrumental in forming the trading arm of PCGS, called the American Numismatic Exchange or ANE. Although no longer in business, this was the first electronic trading platform for “slabbed” coins and pioneered “sight unseen” and “sight seen” bidding. He helped create the Coin Universe 3000 and was the first pricing editor of the Coin Universe Prices.
Mr. Dannreuther is a member of most numismatic organizations, including the American Numismatic Association, American Numismatic Society (one of 225 elected Fellows), Professional Numismatists Guild, Numismatic Literary Guild, The Rittenhouse Society, The National Coin & Bullion Association, Florida United Numismatists, Central States Numismatic Society, and numerous other collector groups. He has served on the board of directors for PCGS and the PNG.
In addition to numerous articles, Mr. Dannreuther wrote most of the text for the award winning 1997 Random House publication, The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection. A second edition of this work appeared in 2004. He received the Numismatic Literary Guild’s 1997 “Book of the Year” award, as well as their “Best U.S. Coin Book” award for this work. The Professional Numismatist Guild also presented the author their Robert Freidberg award for the grading book. In 2007, the second full-length work by Mr. Dannreuther, Early U.S. Gold Coin Varieties, also won the Numismatic Literary Guild’s “Best U.S. Coin Book.”
In 2015, Mr. Dannreuther was elected to the PCGS CoinFacts Coin Dealer Hall of Fame. The American Numismatic Association named Mr. Dannreuther “Numismatist of the Year in 2007.” In 2008, the Professional Numismatist Guild’s “Lifetime Achievement” award was presented to Mr. Dannreuther. The National Silver Dollar Roundtable presented Mr. Dannreuther with its “Lifetime Achievement” award in 2011.
The first volume issued of his four-volume encyclopedia of United States proof coinage, United States Proof Coins, Volume IV:GOLD received the Numismatic Literary Guild’s 2018 “Book of the Year” and “Best U.S. Coin Book” awards. In 2022, he was awarded “The Clemy,” which is awarded annually by the NLG, the highest honor bestowed by the guild – the equivalent of their lifetime achievement award. His second volume in the four-volume proof encyclopedia, United States Proof Coins, Volume II:NICKEL, was award the Numismatic Literary Guild’s 2023 “Best U.S. Coin Book” award.
Currently, Mr. Dannreuther is working on the third volume of his proof encyclopedia covering United States silver proof coinage of the era 1792 to 1922. Mr. Dannreuther continues as a consultant to the Professional Coin Grading service, as well as partnering in 2023 with Barry Stuppler in the stickering service, PQ Approved.
I manage money. I earn money. I save money . I give away money. I collect money. I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
I know who he is, but it still doesn't have any relevance to the coins I collect.
For the pillar coinage I primarily collect, I consider PCGS to be more consistent than NGC and the coins in their holders to be generally better, in the near equivalent grade. I have also seen many coins in their holders I consider "over graded" or "under graded" where I cannot see how they came up with the assigned grade. Some of it also seems to be "net grading", which is what I think it should be for these coins in most instances versus "details" grading.
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JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHO IS DOING THE ACTUAL APPROVAL CHECK THIS BIO OUT:
John West Dannreuther was born on May 5, 1948 in Canton, Mississippi. His father introduced him to coin collecting early in life, persuading him to convert from stamps to coins by gifting him 100 U.S. silver dollars. Soon after, he and his father bought a shoebox full of Indian Head cents from a retired postmaster and his numismatic career began in earnest. Their mail order company, V.J. Dannreuther and Sons, introduced him to the commercial side of numismatics, as they advertised in the coin weeklies.
After graduating college in 1970, Mr. Dannreuther was employed as a professional musician. In 1973, he became a full-time coin dealer and began traveling the numismatic show circuit. He joined New England Rare Coin Galleries of Boston in 1976 as Director of Wholesale. He became the head trader for Numismatic Investments of Florida in 1977 and held that position until he reestablished John Dannreuther Rare Coins (JDRC) in January 1979. That year he moved to Memphis, Tennessee and maintained JDRC there until he relocated to Fullerton, California in the fall of 2017. In 2020, he moved to North Hollywood, California where JDRC is currently located.
In 1985, Mr. Dannreuther was one of the founders of the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) in Newport Beach, California. He worked for ten years as a grader for PCGS and continues as a consultant. He also was instrumental in forming the trading arm of PCGS, called the American Numismatic Exchange or ANE. Although no longer in business, this was the first electronic trading platform for “slabbed” coins and pioneered “sight unseen” and “sight seen” bidding. He helped create the Coin Universe 3000 and was the first pricing editor of the Coin Universe Prices.
Mr. Dannreuther is a member of most numismatic organizations, including the American Numismatic Association, American Numismatic Society (one of 225 elected Fellows), Professional Numismatists Guild, Numismatic Literary Guild, The Rittenhouse Society, The National Coin & Bullion Association, Florida United Numismatists, Central States Numismatic Society, and numerous other collector groups. He has served on the board of directors for PCGS and the PNG.
In addition to numerous articles, Mr. Dannreuther wrote most of the text for the award winning 1997 Random House publication, The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection. A second edition of this work appeared in 2004. He received the Numismatic Literary Guild’s 1997 “Book of the Year” award, as well as their “Best U.S. Coin Book” award for this work. The Professional Numismatist Guild also presented the author their Robert Freidberg award for the grading book. In 2007, the second full-length work by Mr. Dannreuther, Early U.S. Gold Coin Varieties, also won the Numismatic Literary Guild’s “Best U.S. Coin Book.”
In 2015, Mr. Dannreuther was elected to the PCGS CoinFacts Coin Dealer Hall of Fame. The American Numismatic Association named Mr. Dannreuther “Numismatist of the Year in 2007.” In 2008, the Professional Numismatist Guild’s “Lifetime Achievement” award was presented to Mr. Dannreuther. The National Silver Dollar Roundtable presented Mr. Dannreuther with its “Lifetime Achievement” award in 2011.
The first volume issued of his four-volume encyclopedia of United States proof coinage, United States Proof Coins, Volume IV:GOLD received the Numismatic Literary Guild’s 2018 “Book of the Year” and “Best U.S. Coin Book” awards. In 2022, he was awarded “The Clemy,” which is awarded annually by the NLG, the highest honor bestowed by the guild – the equivalent of their lifetime achievement award. His second volume in the four-volume proof encyclopedia, United States Proof Coins, Volume II:NICKEL, was award the Numismatic Literary Guild’s 2023 “Best U.S. Coin Book” award.
Currently, Mr. Dannreuther is working on the third volume of his proof encyclopedia covering United States silver proof coinage of the era 1792 to 1922. Mr. Dannreuther continues as a consultant to the Professional Coin Grading service, as well as partnering in 2023 with Barry Stuppler in the stickering service, PQ Approved.
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
I know who he is, but it still doesn't have any relevance to the coins I collect.
For the pillar coinage I primarily collect, I consider PCGS to be more consistent than NGC and the coins in their holders to be generally better, in the near equivalent grade. I have also seen many coins in their holders I consider "over graded" or "under graded" where I cannot see how they came up with the assigned grade. Some of it also seems to be "net grading", which is what I think it should be for these coins in most instances versus "details" grading.
Net grading makes a lot more sense than "details" non-grading in many cases.