Nice blurb about Frank Van Valen on the ANR "Focus on People" section of the site

Longacre

Here is a link. I've never dealt with Frank, but from what I hear from others, he is a classy guy.

F V V Link

IGWT

Seems like a nice fellow, but his beads-and-flowers attitude has no place on this forum.

airplanenut

Link's not working for me, but I can say that Frank is a true collector at heart, and one of the most genuine people I've met in my time in the hobby. Really, really nice guy.

ColonialCoinUnion

The link isn't working because its from 1993.

ColonialCoinUnion

That was hyperbole.

09sVDB

Met Frank a number of times. Great stand up coin man.

Pistareen

Who is this Van Halen guy?

He doesn't know anything.

Except everything in the RedBook.
And Canadian.
And pretty much most tokens and medals.
And a good bit about foreign.
And those conder things.

Not to mention records and history and literature and sci fi.

But nothing anyone cares about

Longacre

I totally forgot about this thread. When I read it, I thought it said Van Halen, especially given all of the controversy from yesterday at the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame.

Slightly OT-- how cool is Keith Richards from the Stones? The guy has not combed his hair since 1965.

Pistareen

<< <i> The guy has not combed his hair since 1965. >>



Neither has Frank. He went right from ponytail to "combing" his flat top with a washcloth.

IGWT

Does he walk around the office whistling tunes from this album?

Pistareen

Frank doesn't whistle, he sings. Very well, I might add. Ask him to warble for you sometime.

Better yet, buy him a nice old Grand Marnier first.