Big Congrats to Glenn Holsonbake (PonyExpress8)
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Tonight at closing ceremonies for summer seminar Glenn Holsonbake was presented with the Lawrence J. Gentile award for Outstanding Encouragement of Young Numismatists.
For several years now Glenn has put in many hours helping the YN program at Summer Seminar pulling many late nights helping YN's and doing so while either taking classes or teaching them. I know I have seen Glenn just whipped after some long days but he still pulls through and gives it his all. Outside of summer seminar I cant even count the amount of YN's Glenn has had at his table as he does what he can to show them the ropes. Glenn is always welcoming new YN's he has met to learn all they can from him.
While the award was a complete shock for Glenn, it was beyond well deserved and will look great in his new shop he is opening soon.
Please join me in congratulating Glenn!
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added Charmy's pic of Glenn and plaque.
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For several years now Glenn has put in many hours helping the YN program at Summer Seminar pulling many late nights helping YN's and doing so while either taking classes or teaching them. I know I have seen Glenn just whipped after some long days but he still pulls through and gives it his all. Outside of summer seminar I cant even count the amount of YN's Glenn has had at his table as he does what he can to show them the ropes. Glenn is always welcoming new YN's he has met to learn all they can from him.
While the award was a complete shock for Glenn, it was beyond well deserved and will look great in his new shop he is opening soon.
Please join me in congratulating Glenn!
Sorry about the bad indoor phone pic.
added Charmy's pic of Glenn and plaque.
Added the ANA announcement link:
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but seriously- big congrats to Glenn!
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Well done!
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but seriously- big congrats to Glenn! >>
Big congrats to Glenn! Well deserved. I have seen him working with YNs at shows and it's pretty cool.
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No one understands that more than Glenn. I had the pleasure of assisting him in
Colorado Springs for two years co-teaching the Coinage of Charles Barber. When
I couldn't find him in his residence ( he had a room directly across from mine ) I
would find him in the student union building in a conference room, teaching another
group of YN's the finer points of grading. As Todd mentioned, Glenn has pushed him-
self to the point of dragging himself from one obligation to another.
After I retired from my job, I had a lot of spare time on my hands and was able to
accompany Glenn to shows thruout the country to assist him behind his table. In every
state that there was a show - he had a small group of YN's willing and able to help him.
As I manned the table while Glenn was off doing business - our YN's were scurrying around
selling coins to dealers on the bourse floor. Great bunch of kids ( although most are in their
early 20's at this point. )
Each and every YN that helped out at the table had nothing but the highest praise for Glenn.
I remember when I was their age, I also had a mentor who was of great help to me in my
collecting.,it pleased me no end to see Glenn continue this help with the YN's of today.
Congratulations, Glenn Holsonbake. If anyone ever deserved this award it certainly was you !!
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<< <i>Glenn is a class act. Well deserved
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Couldn't put it better myself! Congradulations Glenn!
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<< <i>Glenn is a class act. Well deserved
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That is EXACTLY what I was going to post.
if you have't met Glenn, stop by his table at a show and introduce yourself. One of the classiest, nicest guys in the business.
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Congratulations, Glenn.
Congrats!
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Absolutely a well-deserved award that couldn't go to a kinder person.
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He remembers my son and always asks about him, if he can't make the show with me. When he is with me, Glenn speaks to him like he does to anyone else....directly and respectfully, like an adult. It is very appreciated.
He has also treated my son's friend, another YN, with respect.
All around good guy and well deserving of any award!
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Over the years I have attended Summer Seminar in Colorado, both as a student learning more, and as a teacher, the value of being involved and giving something back to the hobby has become a mission of sorts for me. I started like so many of you, collecting out of circulation at the age of 9. Riding my bike to the bank, exchanging rolls, searching through them with my coin books open, swapping a coin here and there if I found a nicer example then the one in the book. Occasionally finding one I didn't have, that was always exciting. One day I had picked up 10 new rolls of cents and found a 1909 VDB and 1907 Indian Cent, both XF if I recall and nice (the only Indian Cent I found in circulation ever) and jumping around the house so excited. Being a West Coast kid of course I was hoping it was an "S" but it didn't matter it was so exciting.
Growing up I never had or found a mentor in coins. Probably the closest was Don whose last name I don't remember, a coin shop owner off of State St. in Santa Barbara as I lived in Goleta. As a teen, who had a bit of money from a paper route and mowing 3-4 lawns regularly, I rode my bike down to Santa Barbara to the two local coin shops to look at coins, fill a few more holes and enjoy the stories when there was time and the shop wasn't too busy. As I became older I collected off and on, doing different series such as a Commemorative Type set, half dime set and later my Barber Half set. Life also happened so my collecting was sporadic as it is most of us, but I kept coming back to enjoying numismatics. When I started dealing part time, then full time I realized how much I had learned over the years, self taught, but also how much I would never know and the pleasure of always finding something new to learn. Building my library of reference books, exploring, tying into history which is another passion of mine. I also realized how different my life and career might have been if I had the benefit of a mentor as a kid. Mind you I'm not complaining, but I vowed to promote numismatics and be supportive of YN's where I could. Little did I know that my efforts to reach out at coin shows to YN's and parents telling them about the ANA Summer Seminar, passing on knowledge I had acquired, sensing their enthusiasm and passion I had as a kid, and still have today would result in this.
I am humbled and lucky to receive the Larry Gentile award. I received a wonderful email from John K. sharing more of the background of the award which was beautiful. Something I will remember the rest of my days.
The passion and love of numismatics is out there among young people, I see it at shows, occasional club meetings and every year in Colorado. My business partner, Steve, also teaches and has been there every year since he was 13 taking classes or teaching (he's now 29). As we open up our new shop together in Sacramento, we are reminded of how fortunate we are to have the friends in numismatics we enjoy and see when we go back to teach or take a class. We both look forward to "coin camp" each year and letting folks know about it, especially the YN's out there that share the same excitement we both have felt and continue to feel. It would be my wish that more of us mentor, teach and give back to the hobby in whatever way we can.
Thanks again everyone and to all my YN friends for your friendship and kindness as well as the ANA and those who nominated me. It is a great honor I will never forget.
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