About Douglas Winter Numismatics
Douglas Winter Numismatics was founded in 1985 by Doug Winter. This company specializes in buying and selling choice and rare examples of United States coins struck between 1795 and 1933.
Doug Winter is a keen student of numismatic history and has sought to establish a world-class numismatic firm which embraces technology and current market trends with old-time numismatic values.
The “Mission Statement” of Douglas Winter Numismatics is simple. This company does not seek to be the “biggest” or the “most diversified” numismatic firm in America. Instead, Douglas Winter Numismatics seeks to be the best at what it knows how to do best: buying, selling and trading rare United States coins.
What Can DWN Do for Me?
Douglas Winter Numismatics helps collectors and investors make sound, informed decisions about potential coin purchases.
It is imperative for any collector or investor to establish a close working relationship with a specialist in the area in which he has decided to collect. If you have decided to focus on choice and rare 18th, 19th and 20th century United States gold coins, Douglas Winter Numismatics can be an invaluable ally. We’ve been told that we are an easy company to do business with. This is no accident. We treat people the way we want to be treated in a business relationship: with fairness, courtesy, integrity and complete trust. Most of our new customers are referrals from satisfied current customers.
The services which Douglas Winter Numismatics offers include the following:
- Suggesting collecting and investing directions and goals. As you are getting started in numismatics, we can help match a series of type of coin with your budget and your sense of aesthetics.
- Selling coins to you via private treaty sale. Unlike most dealers, we are not brokers. We maintain a $1 million+ inventory of rare gold coins which is constantly changing. We generally work on a buy/sell spread of 15%. We do not employ salesmen and are opposed to hard-sell tactics. We are always happy to repurchase coins we sell and will often give extremely liberal trade-ins on pieces purchased from us which are being used for upgrade purposes.
- Representing you at auction. For a fee of 5%, we will bid on any coin of interest to you. We attend every major sale held in the United States and frequently purchase coins for clients. Before the sale, we will view the coins which interest you and call you with an accurate verbal condition report.
- Selling your coins via outright purchase, consignment or through auction. When it comes time to sell your coins, Douglas Winter Numismatics will be actively involved. We will either make an offer to purchase your coins directly from you (we bought over $100 million worth of coins from 2000 to 2007 from our client base) or take them on consignment. If you would rather place your coins in an auction, we can help you negotiate very favorable terms with any of the major firms.
- Timely advice and open lines of communication. Rare coins are the only business which Douglas Winter Numismatics is engaged in. We attend every major convention and auction and are in constant communication with all of the “players” in the wholesale and retail arenas. We know what is going on in the market and we would like to share this information with you. We are easily reachable and are known for providing blunt, honest answers about coins and the market in general.
About Douglas Winter
Doug Winter has spent much of his life in the field of numismatics. He began collecting coins at the age of seven and by the time he was ten years old, he was buying and selling coins at conventions in the New York area. He joined the American Numismatic Association in 1972 at the age of thirteen and took his first table at a coin show before his fourteenth birthday.
After graduating from college with a degree in English, Winter joined a large numismatic firm in Texas. From 1982 through 1985, he served as the Director of Research. He was responsible for writing auction catalogs, producing fixed price lists, researching rare and unusual coins in stock and selling rarer date coins. It was at this time that he became especially interested in rare 18th and 19th century United States gold coins.
Winter left this company in 1985 to begin his own firm: Douglas Winter Consulting.
This company specialized in performing research for other coin companies. Some of its clients included Sotheby’s, Superior, Christie’s, Mid American Rare Coin Auctions and R.M. Smythe.
In 1989, Winter founded Douglas Winter Numismatics. This firm specializes in buying and selling choice and rare United States gold coins. By 1997, it was recognized as one of the leading specialized numismatic firms in the area. Doug Winter has a long and varied background in numismatics. He has been a contributor to the following reference books:
“A Guidebook of United States Coins” (also known as the “Redbook”). Winter has been a contributor since 1983.
Walter Breen’s “Encyclopedia of United States and Colonial Coins”.
Q. David Bowers’ “Encyclopedia of United States Silver Dollars”.
Andrew Pollack’s “United States Pattern and Related Issues”.
Winter is very well-known within the numismatic community and has the following professional affiliations:
- Professional Numismatists Guild: Member #399. Winter became a member of this organization in 1989.
- American Numismatic Association: Member #76321. Doug Winter has been a member since 1973. He was an instructor at the ANA Summer Conference in 1998 and again in 2000 and 2003 (teaching a class on United States gold coins).
- Doug Winter was awarded a Presidential Certifcate of Appreciation by the ANA in 1996 in recognition of his work for the organization.
- Winter is a major supporter of the ANA’s Young Numismatist Program and has sponsored annual scholarships to the Summer Conference since 1995.
- American Numismatic Society: Winter has been a member since 1981.
- Numismatic Literary Guild: Winter has been a member since 1983. He won NLG’s “Best United States Coin Book” award in 1997 for “Gold Coins of the Dahlonega Mint, 1838-1861″ and was presented with the NLG’s “Award for Extraordinary Merit” in 1999.
- Numismatic Guaranty Corporation: Winter is a charter member and is dealer #502.
- Professional Coin Grading Service: Winter has been a member since 1991 and is dealer #350.
- CAC: Winter is a charter member.
- Regional Numismatic Clubs and Societies: Winter is a member of many organizations including the Florida United Numismatists (FUN), Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS), Texas Numismatic Association (TNA) and Liberty Seated Collectors Club.
