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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 68399, member: 57463&quot;]Those who know more about the ins and outs of the coin biz can correct any errors here, or can highlight anything I missed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bowers and Merena has not been owned by Q. David Bowers for a couple of years now.&nbsp; They are not the firm they used to be.</p><p><br /></p><p>They were bought by Collectors Universe in 1999, joining PCGS and a couple of other firms under the same corporate umbrella.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Ray Merena had already retired from active coin-guying.)</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of years later -- a couple of years ago, this being mid-2005 -- Q. David Bowers came in to work one morning to find his desk locked and to find himself out of a job.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the shock wore off a bit, Dave founded a new firm, American Numismatic Rarities.&nbsp; ANR is in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where the old firm was.&nbsp; The new Bowers and Merena moved to the West Coast.&nbsp; American Numismatic Rarities hired many of the old hands from the old firm and the new company brought in new people.</p><p><br /></p><p>The new Bowers and Merena is still a fine firm.&nbsp; Their president used to be an officer at Superior Galleries, if I have that right.&nbsp; Their cataloguers, sales people, buyers, etc. all came from within the hobby -- where else do you find numismatists, but in numismatics, right?&nbsp; So, basically, it was musical chairs, as always.&nbsp; The fact remains that &quot;Bowers and Merena&quot; is just the name of the company.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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