Always
interested in coinage and history, Jeremy inherited the coin collecting gene
from his maternal grandfather. He began in the hobby as many often do—seeking
out U.S. type coins and reading the Red Book from cover to cover. While in
college, he began working part-time in the brick-and-mortar coin shop that he
had visited throughout his youth. There, he gained valuable experience from the
“other side of the counter,” interacting with the public by selling to and
buying from customers, as well as sorting and cataloging purchases and setting
up at local and regional coin shows.
He
continued his experience in the trade by spending the past 12 years working at
numerous prestigious auction houses and firms, chiefly in charge of cataloging
and presenting ancient and world coins from all areas, as well as researching
exonumia (such as medals and tokens), communicating with customers regarding
the evaluation and placement of their consignments, and serving as a
representative on bourse floors and at
auctions.
He now
brings this wealth of knowledge Stack’s Bowers Galleries, where he is a main
contributor to the cataloging and presentation of ancient coins, world coins,
and medals. He also conducts research for our popular “Coin of the Week” blog
posts. He considers medals to be an unexplored treasure, representing a true “final
frontier” of the hobby, and he enjoys shedding light upon this highly
interesting niche aspect of numismatics.