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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 3298242, member: 1886&quot;]Ed Cogan is considered by some to be the very first coin dealer in America. He started out as a book dealer with sidelines in artwork and curios in the 1850&#039;s.&nbsp; When someone offered him 2x face for a coin&nbsp; he&#039;d gotten&nbsp; from a sale, Cogan had another side line. But Cogan also allowed coin collectors to have meetings in his shop after hours. No doubt,&nbsp; he was trying to flip coins to them but so what? Coin collectors were exchanging information with each other which was very important at that time. There were very few books or information about US coins in the 1850&#039;s. Collectors had to learn from each other and the profit motive induced Cogan to let them gather at his place for that purpose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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