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Numismatics (Rare Coins), to the uninitiated, even the word is challenging. The principals at Houston Gold & Silver have been buying and selling rare coins since 1982. Second generation Professional Numismatists, our careers and reputations have been built over the course of varied management positions at notable numismatic businesses, culminating with tenure of our Vice President as Senior Numismatist with the world’s largest rare coin company. Trusted and recognized for his skills within the industry, national trade magazines, auction houses and astute collectors alike frequently seek his assistance in matters of rare coin evaluation, sales and acquisition. With impeccable trade and customer references, Houston Gold and Silver is available to assist you with single coins, comprehensive collections and everything in-between.

We welcome you to arrange a visit to our private, secure offices and let us help you accurately evaluate your:

Proof and Mint sets
United States and world currency
All United States Type Coins
All United States Pattern Coins
Modern Proof and Mint Silver and Gold Commemoratives
Early 20^th Century Commemorative Coins
United States gold coins: $20 St. Gaudens, $20 Liberty type I,
Liberty type II, Liberty type III, $10 Dollar Liberty, $10 Indian, $5 Liberty, $5 Dollar Indian, $4 Dollar Stella, $3 Dollar Indian, $2.5 Dollar Liberty, $2.5 Indians, $1 type 1 Liberty, $1 Type II Liberty, $1 Type III Liberty
Buffalo Nickels
Liberty Nickels
Indian Cents
Lincoln Cents Wheat and Memorial
Bust Halves, Quarters, Dimes and Half Dimes
Twenty Cent Pieces
Tokens and Exonumia
All Seated Liberty Coins
Civil War Store Cards and Tokens
Merchant Tokens
Silver Dollars: Flowing Hair Dollars, Bust Dollars, Seated Liberty Dollars,
Trade Dollars, Morgan and Peace Dollars
Half-dollars, Early type: Bust, Seated, Barber, Walking Liberty,

Franklin and Kennedy Quarter Dollars, Early type: Bust, Seated and Barber type

Standing Liberty and Washington
Dimes, Early Type: Bust, Seated, Barber, Mercury and Roosevelt
half-dimes Early type: Bust and Seated
Nickels, Three Cent Nickel, Shield, Liberty, Buffalo and Jefferson
Three Cent Silver
Two Cent Pieces
Large Cents, Early Type, Chain Cents, Flowing Hair

Additionally, we take a special interest in coins and collections of coins that have original paper holders or firm provenance from the following numismatic dealers and collectors:

o Robert Lovett, Jr.	o Matthew Rothert
o Amon G. Carter, Jr.	o William Ewing DuBois
o James Ross Snowden	o Oscar H. Dodson
o Robert L. Hendershott	o The Goldbergs Superior Galleries
o Harry W. Bass Jr.	o Aubrey E. Bebee
o Adam Eckfeldt	o George D. Hatie
o Q. David Bowers	o Chester L. Krause
o John S. Davenport	o Maurice M. Gould
o M. Vernon Sheldon	o Eva B. Adams
o S. Wolcott Freeman	o Robert Friedberg
o Eric P. Newman	o Margo Russell
o Sheldon S. Carroll	o William T.R. Marvin
o Leonel C. Panosh	o J. Norman Shultz
o Herbert M. Bergen	o Elston G. Bradfield
o J. Douglas Ferguson	o Abe Kosoff
o Robert McLachlan	o Glenn B. Smedley
o Louis S. Werner	o Frederick C.C. Boyd
o Victor D. Brenner	o David M. Bullowa
o Lee F. Hewitt	o J. Henri Ripstra
o Richard S. Yeoman	o Agnes Baldwin Brett
o John W. Haseltine	o Joseph H. Hooper
o B. Max Mehl	o Howard Newcomb
o William Philpott Jr	o Benjamin P. Wright
o Ole P. Ecklund	o Albert R. Frey
o Barclay V. Head	o John M. Henderson
o Lyman H. Low	o Waldo C. Moore
o Stuart Mosher	o Burton H. Saxton
o George H. Blake	o Henry Chapman
o Sylvester S. Crosby	o Lewis M.
o Moritz Wormser	o Edgar H. Adams
o George J. Bauer	o Frank G. Duffield
o George F. Heath	o Edward T. Newell
o Wayte Raymond	o David C. Wismer
o Howland Wood	o Farran Zerbe