Joe Levine/Presidential Coin & Antique Company - going out of business
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I just got the email. 
I know of Joe Levine as a log time dealer and expert in Inaugural medals.
Inventory sell-off is going on now.
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do you have any links or more information??
Joe Levine had proven to be a helpful source for me. sadly, I only came to know him for the last 10-12 years. I found him to be not obly knowledgeable but a good catalogues and helpful with questions. I guess we all knew this was coming since he's had health problems for the past several years that had really stifled his business.
That is sad. In business for a long time, probably 50 years. Do you have a link to the inventory? He always had great stuff.
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"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
One less exonumia dealer. 😞
Joe was one of the best for the better part of 50 years at least. 👍🏻
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I saw this posted on his facebook page:
"We are in the process of going out of business. We have some very large specialized inventories particularly in the field of Presidential items such as
Inaugural medals and police badges and Presidential Xmas cards.
We are very motivated sellers and solicit your want lists. We do not have detailed comprehensive inventories of our own, but are in a position to offer you specific prices on your wants. Feel free to contact us by e-mail (Jlevine968@aol.com) or by phone 571-321-2121
Joe Levine"
Best wishes to them in there future endeavors what ever that is
Thx for posting. That is the text of the email I received.
I emailed him on an item and he got back to me very quickly.
These are scary times with 40 Million Americans out of a job. Glad we can comfort and maybe help some out there.
I wanted to add that he was always a stand up guy.
Once I had a minor complaint that about an Inaugural medal I received. He immediately shipped a replacement out at his own expense and also included a check to cover return postage of the "defective" medal. I ended up keeping both medals and I sent him payment for the second one and I also returned his check uncashed.
Sorry to hear we are losing another great source of material. His reputation is sterling (as noted in comments above). I wish him well... Cheers, RickO
I saw an exhibit of Thomas Elder medals at the 1976 ANA in NY and started collecting them. I got my first 11 pieces from Hank Spangenberger and much of the rest from Joe. I would lid bid $100 on anything I did not have and get it at the next bid over the underbidder. Joe never did me wrong.
Terrific dealer, always honest and fair. His wife told me his parents wanted him to be a lawyer, but he was drawn to coins from a young age. The paths not chosen......I'm glad he chose his own.
Tom
You can say that again. I about a medal from him in one of his auctions that was supposed to be a 19th century product. About five years later I learned that it really a modern medal that had been treated. He gave me a refund, no questions asked.
I sent him my "wish list," but unfortunately none of those pieces were in his inventory.
Always a pleasure to talk to... Extremely knowledgeable and helpful. I suspect he just may want to retire... And that there could be a possible buyer for the company to just keep it intact and going... Sad
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Something unusual and rare that Levine would appreciate
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
I’ve gotten many nice things from Joe’s auctions over the years. I had been wondering if he’d ever have another.
Best wishes to him.
bought a handful or two of items from his catalogs over the years. The catalogs were always a fun read too!
Joe has been a colleague, a mentor in some ways and good friend for 40+ years -- in fact after some trial and error I ended up modeling my former mail auctions on his sales. We split some consignments and he sent others my way as well. He was always available for an identification or valuation when I was drawing a blank.
-- He ran his auctions in conjunction with the pre-Whitman Baltimore show for a number of years, first twice yearly then yearly later on. The floor sales were always fun and the after-auction wet analysis at the old Oriole Lounge in the Hyatt was always a highlight of the weekend.
-- After he retired his live auctions and glossy catalogs he sent short email price lists of quality material (at least 159 of them) to his mailing list. I purchased numerous items including some outstanding counterstamps off of these lists.
-- A visit to his long time storefront on Little River Turnpike in Alexandria, VA was always on the must-do list when visiting the District -- coins & exonumia in the front, antiques & silver stuff in the back.
-- After he closed the shop he moved to the countryside and became a country gentleman of sorts while still keeping a hand and two feet in the business.
-- Way back when he did get his law degree and taught for a time before heading full time into numismatics.
-- His auction catalogs are a great resource and are available and searchable on the Newman Portal. His long run of catalogs are one of the few hard copy sets I have kept.
-- I knew that some of his computerized research databases were available so shrinking the inventory does not come as a surprise. Joe is one of the really good guys.
So sorry to hear this. Thanks to Joe for so capably presenting interesting material for a long period of time. Bought quite a few things out of his sales.