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| About Dick Osburn |
COLLECTOR
I was born in 1945 and have been collecting coins since I was 10 years old. I've seen a lot of changes in the market over those years, but have never lost my interest in collecting. Like most collectors I began with 20th century coins, gradually expanding into the earlier series. In the late 1970's I narrowed my collecting interest to half dollars. By 1980 I had focused solely on seated halves.
DEALER
By the early 1990's my collection needs and my budget began to diverge, so I started selling my duplicates. I've been a dealer since. My inventory now includes all bust and seated coinage, plus selected rare dates in the three cent silver series. In June of 2003 I retired from my job with the space program to devote full time to my numismatic activities. In addition to my dealing activities I still remain a devoted collector of seated halves.
NUMISMATIST
I've been involved with research on seated half dollars since the mid-1980's. I've written over a dozen articles for the Gobrecht Journal, the journal of the Liberty Seated Collector's Club. I authored the seated half section of Kevin Flynn's book on misplaced dates.
Member of: ANA, LSCC, FUN, CSNS, TNA, PNNA |
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