While here at the 2024 ANA Summer Seminar, I was awarded the 1st Place Kenneth E. Bressett YN Literary Award for the 2nd time in a row by the American Numismatic Association while attending the 2024 Summer Seminar, for my article “Inspiration In Your Pockets: The History Of Circulating U.S. Coin Programs” which describes the history and facts about many of the circulating coin programs created by the United States Mint to help inspire a younger generation of coin collectors. Along with this award, I was also awarded $500 from Whitman Publishing which went towards the purchase of 40 Red Books which will all be donated to all of the 40 young numismatists attending this year’s Witter Coin University in San Francisco in July. I would like to thank the ANA (@americanumismatic) for this award, and I would also like to thank Seth Chandler (@wittercoin) for the incredible opportunity to attend Witter Coin University last year.

I had a great time viewing the awesome 2024 Solar Eclipse out here in Dallas, Texas. #solareclipse

As I get ready to head out to Dallas for Heritage Auctions, I would like to give a special thanks to Marc Crane of Marc One Numismatics (@marc1coin) out here in Rancho Mirage, California, for mentoring me and helping me improve my skills about grading, and dealing in rare coins. I had a great time working alongside him and Madison, I would like to wish both of you very well in your future endeavors. I would also like to give a special thanks to the NexGen program (@nexgencts) hosted by the Professional Numismatists Guild for selecting Marc as my mentor and getting me in touch with him. If you’re a young person interested in becoming involved in numismatics, or a young numismatist looking to expand your knowledge and skills in numismatics and have a great head start in your career, I definitely recommend signing up for the PNG NexGen program at www.pngdealers.org. #coin #coins #money #history #hobby #hobbies #numismatics #kids #rarecoins #career #youngnumismatist #youngnumismatists #coindealer #mentor #mentorship #coincollecting #coinshop

Hello Fellow Numismatists, I’m very happy to announce that I have recently been recruited by Heritage Auctions out in Dallas, Texas, where I’ll eventually be working as a Junior Numismatist within their incredible Numismatic Team. I would like to thank Heritage Auctions for this incredible opportunity, I would also like to say thank you very much to all of my friends and family for all of the support. #coin #coins #coincollecting #numismatics #auction #heritageauctions #money #youngnumismatist

I had an awesome time here at the 2024 FUN convention hanging out with friends, meeting numismatic heavy hitters, buying cool coins, and making memories. #coin #coins #coincollecting #rarecoins #youngnumismatist #youngnumismatists #pcgscoin #numismatics #coinshow

Today, I had a pretty great day at the North County Monthly Coin Show here in Anaheim, CA. I purchased several cool coins including my first ever trade dollar. In fact, this show was the first ever coin show I’ve ever been to, back in August of 2017. Just out of curiosity, I’d like to ask you guys, what was the first coin show you guys ever attended? Feel free to comment about! #coin #coins #coinshow #coincollecting #youngnumismatist #money #convention #numismatics #numismatist

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Here’s a quick video of the 1880 Proof Set on display at the Sept. 2023 Long Beach Expo in Long Beach, California.