Most intelligent coin professionals?
Torrero
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I have met a lot of successful dealers over the past few years. Some have struck me as being way smart. Who do you think are the most intelligent coin people in the business? People who probably could have become rocket scientists if they chose? So base your answer on suspected IQ and not necessarily on accomplishment.
Jay
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<< <i>Some have struck me as being way smart. >>
What does this mean?
Way! Totally.
<< <i>Somehow the name Dick Osburn comes to mind. Oh, and by the way, he was a rocket scientist before he became a dealer. Really. >>
First name I thought of too. This comes from Dick's web site (www.dickosburn.com):
In June of 2003 I retired from my job with the space program to devote full time to my numismatic activities
<< <i>So base your answer on suspected IQ and not necessarily on accomplishment. >>
On that basis, the hands down winner has got to be James Taylor. That is, if flaminio's hypothesis is correct.
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
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Rather than butt heads with Steve Ivy for another decade they teamed up. His former company went to hell in a hand basket withing a few years after he left. I'd give him credit for training the largest and most successful group of coin professionals in the business, probably about a dozen or more. Most are still active in one way or another. Tom Noe might be his first to go dark side.
Another one of his protege's, Mark Emory, is a pretty well educated Renaissance man as well.
Jim Halperin's proteges: Lee Bellisario, Russ Vaughn, Chris Tracey, Jay Miller, James DeGeorgia, Tom Noe, Mark Emory, John Dannreuther, Warren Mills, Charlie Browne (thanks Mark for the last 3)....and my memory is failing me, please help....there are a number more. When you spin off that many successfull dealers, you have to be darn smart.
roadrunner
these i know from experience, i am sure i forgot some too!
mark feld!!!!!!!!!!
dave mccarthy!!!!!!!!!1 of kagins
our own pistereen!!!!!!!! on here that works for anrcoins.com
todd imhof!!!!!!!
dave wnuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! over at earlycoins.com also his partner john
scott schechter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! who now works for ngccoin.com this guy has the eye!!!!!!!
katy at pinnacle
andy lustig from smythe
harry laibstain
tony terranova
bob grellman
that eac large cent guy that looks like a cartusian monk
david lange
Frank Van Valen
jeremy airplanenut
No, seriously, the most intellectual dealers I've met were world coin dealers, particularly the ones who deal in ancient coins. Folks like Allen Berman come to mind.
I suppose the nature of their specialty brings them a lot of crosscultural and historical knowledge you don't find as often among US coin dealers. Which isn't to say there aren't some highly intelligent professionals in US coin specialties. Some of those EAC folk strike me as particularly brainy. And the guys who sell numismatic literature. The ones who only sell books. Goes with the territory, I suppose.
Louis Armstrong
<< <i>Russ! >>
You gotta be kiddin'!