Of The World's Best Known Numismatic Experts, Whose Opinion Do You Most Value/trust?

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  1. COIN STASHER

    COIN STASHER Senior Member

    I have been reading lots of numismatic articles and books lately, authored by, among others, David Hall, Q. David Bowers, D. Lawrence, S. Travers, and many Numismatic News writers. All seem to have what appears to be a great deal of knowledge, although some of their opinions may be slanted toward the promotion of one or more of their own services, companies, etc. That sort of thing to me is definitely a conflict of interest.

    I am just curious as to which ones of the so-called numismatic "experts" or authorities that my fellow Coin Talk associates find to be the most reliable, informative and trustworthy in their books and articles. I have gained much from my readings, but to be completely honest I have to say that I continue to learn more RIGHT HERE ON COIN TALK than anywhere! More and more I seem to place a greater degree of trust in the authors of these forums, than I do on any of the "outsiders!" So, THANKS, GUYS!!

    Anyone else?
     
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  3. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    David Lawrence was great with Barbers.
    [We'll all miss him.]

    Bowers is the maven of today's writing.

    (Breen was great, but a pig.)

    And, finally: youse guys.
     
  4. Bonedigger

    Bonedigger New Member

    Steve Herrman, of the BHNC.

    Ben
     
  5. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator


    All of the above. And before someone says hey wait a minute, you always bad mouth David Hall - yeah, I do. But that is because I do not believe in everything he does in his business. But I must give credit where credit is due - the man knows his coins. So while you can take some of what he says to the bank, you must also use common sense and not believe everything you hear.

    And that is the key. It doesn't matter who the person is or how knowledgeable they are about coins. There are some things where opinons come into play instead of facts. So while there are a great, great many skilled numismatists that you can trust 100% with facts, when it comes to opinions - well, everybody's got one.

    And that is where you must make a decision as to whether or not you agree with that person's opinion.
     
  6. Ardatirion

    Ardatirion Où est mon poisson

    Ken Bressett - I was at lunch with him once and he was carrying on a conversation with the person on his right about the difficulties of attributing early Indian coins and the appropriate references, and on his left was talking with someone about the problem of market grading US coins!
     
  7. spock1k

    spock1k King of Hearts

    I am spock and I endorse this message :D. however there are two people whose advise i take other than myself both are part of the forum although one of them is a little difficult to understand
     
  8. Indianhead65

    Indianhead65 Well-Known Member

    I'd have to say that there's been a few that stand out to me over my past 30 yrs of collecting, Dave Bowers and Ken Bressett are two great guys whos opinions I would trust. I have talked to Mr. Bressett a few times over the phone years ago and was very impressed. I also value the opinions of fellow CT members and have decided on many of my purchases with the opinions and comments from the guys and gals in here.
     
  9. earlyrarecoins

    earlyrarecoins New Member

    Bill Bugert for all things concerning seated halves
     
  10. earlyrarecoins

    earlyrarecoins New Member

    Also Gerry Fortin for seated dimes
     
  11. The Virginian

    The Virginian Senior Member

    Greg Heim

    Greg is a dealer and expert in early American type and copper with emphasis on half cents. Greg is as honest as they get and he will let you know the unsugar coated truth good or bad. :hammer:
     
  12. NPCoin

    NPCoin Resident Imbecile

    Bill Fivaz and Q. David Bowers would be two. Not that I would agree with everything either of those two put out, but I find their stuff to be rather ingestive and filling.

    There's another gentleman over the years that I well do not agree with on a number of things, but over the many years of lurking, disagreeing with, and reading his articles/posts, Doug Prather is a very intuitive numismatist, as I'm sure many here would agree. :)
     
  13. rzage

    rzage What Goes Around Comes Around .

    Don't know any of the writers but I do trust the opinions of members of this forum .
    rzage
     
  14. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Thanks NP, I take that as a quite a compliment. But I am not and never will be an expert.
     
  15. Magman

    Magman U.S. Money Collector

    too bad.
    I hereby officially cast in my vote for Doug as "Expert of the Year" :D


    But, to answer the OP's question, I've never met any "expert" - the closest thing I've met is Jack, who sure knows his Lincolns.
     
  16. De Orc

    De Orc Well-Known Member

    Chris Rudd on Celtic coins, Clive over at historiccoinage.com for hammerd, and there are a number of members here that I take what they say very seriously indeed. Doug is one as is Ben and Rickie n Jack :) I could go on with the list as we have a great deal of talent here :smile The thing is though a lot will depend on the type of coin in question.
     
  17. Topher

    Topher New Member

    Didn't see Chuck Daughtery's name mentioned yet. I'd certainly include him on that list.
     
  18. Indianhead65

    Indianhead65 Well-Known Member

    I'll second that.
     
  19. Bonedigger

    Bonedigger New Member

    I'd also like to add my fellow South Dakotan, Alan Hebert. :thumb:
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  20. gocamels

    gocamels Learned Blockhead

    Bob Grellman (late date large cents). I have shared a few emails back and forth with him and he's as nice as he is knowledgeable.

    Also, Hugh Schull has to be on the list for obsolete currency.

    If I had a question about either of their areas of specialty, I'd trust their answers.
     
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