John Dannreuther grew up in the rare coin business. His father ran trade paper ads in the 1950s as V.J. Dannreuther and Sons. After graduating from the University of Mississippi with a degree in chemistry John went back into the coin business becoming a full-time dealer in 1973. Today he is considered one of the top rare coin experts of all time.
In 1986 John was one of the co-founders of Professional Coin Grading Service. In 1997 he was the principal text author of "The Official Guide To Coin Grading And Counterfeit Detection " the Numismatic Literary Guild's "Book Of The Year" award winner for 1998. He was a board member of the Professional Numismatists Guild from 1993 to 2003. |