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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 1991530, member: 57463"]Founded in 1971 by the late R. W. "Bill" Bradford, <a href="http://libertycoinservice.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://libertycoinservice.com/" rel="nofollow">Liberty Coin Service </a>of Lansing, Michigan, has been owned since 1982 by Patrick A. Heller, a member of the Professional Numismatists Guild, as well as the ANA (of course), the Michigan State Numismatic Society, and many other organizations. Liberty Coin Service has 19 people on staff today.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first dealing was with Bill Bradford, sitting on the curb in front of the First State Bank of East Lansing before he opened the retail site. I bought a UK Sovereign. Bill always admired H. L. Mencken; and after making his money in the inflationary precious metals run-up of the 70s, he sold the shop, moved to Port Townsend, Washington, and opened <i>Liberty</i> magazine.</p><p><br /></p><p>He sold the store to Patrick Heller, who grew up in Africa because his father worked for USAID. Pat knew nothing about the Beatles or Elvis until he came to Ann Arbor to attend the University of Michigan.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first two employees Bill hired were Paul Manderscheidt and Allan Beegle, who are both still at the store. Paul has served as an officer in the Michigan Token and Medal Society. Paul also helped me when I got interested in ancients. I learned to depend on his broad view of numismatics outside of US Type.</p><p><br /></p><p>The monthly newsletter, Liberty's Outlook, is free. The front page always announces that the end of the dollar is around the corner. Inside is a table of prices for an array of US and World silver and gold coins, showing the actual metal content, and the mark-up over spot. Also inside each month are one or more special offerings. Pat and his team scour the coin shows and bourse floors to assemble enough inventory to make these special offerings to their customers. Recent examples include:</p><p>Farmers & Merchants Bank of Memphis $5 note</p><p>Republic of Minerva $35 gold-on-silver coin</p><p>1891 $10 Liberty in MS-62</p><p>1885-O and 1886-P Morgan Dollars in MS-66</p><p>Silver denars of 11th and 12th Century Lucca in Italy (NGC certified)</p><p><br /></p><p>The website provides the same table of precious metals prices, current offerings, and other content.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 1991530, member: 57463"]Founded in 1971 by the late R. W. "Bill" Bradford, [URL='http://libertycoinservice.com/']Liberty Coin Service [/URL]of Lansing, Michigan, has been owned since 1982 by Patrick A. Heller, a member of the Professional Numismatists Guild, as well as the ANA (of course), the Michigan State Numismatic Society, and many other organizations. Liberty Coin Service has 19 people on staff today. My first dealing was with Bill Bradford, sitting on the curb in front of the First State Bank of East Lansing before he opened the retail site. I bought a UK Sovereign. Bill always admired H. L. Mencken; and after making his money in the inflationary precious metals run-up of the 70s, he sold the shop, moved to Port Townsend, Washington, and opened [I]Liberty[/I] magazine. He sold the store to Patrick Heller, who grew up in Africa because his father worked for USAID. Pat knew nothing about the Beatles or Elvis until he came to Ann Arbor to attend the University of Michigan. The first two employees Bill hired were Paul Manderscheidt and Allan Beegle, who are both still at the store. Paul has served as an officer in the Michigan Token and Medal Society. Paul also helped me when I got interested in ancients. I learned to depend on his broad view of numismatics outside of US Type. The monthly newsletter, Liberty's Outlook, is free. The front page always announces that the end of the dollar is around the corner. Inside is a table of prices for an array of US and World silver and gold coins, showing the actual metal content, and the mark-up over spot. Also inside each month are one or more special offerings. Pat and his team scour the coin shows and bourse floors to assemble enough inventory to make these special offerings to their customers. Recent examples include: Farmers & Merchants Bank of Memphis $5 note Republic of Minerva $35 gold-on-silver coin 1891 $10 Liberty in MS-62 1885-O and 1886-P Morgan Dollars in MS-66 Silver denars of 11th and 12th Century Lucca in Italy (NGC certified) The website provides the same table of precious metals prices, current offerings, and other content.[/QUOTE]
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