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Long Island Rare Coins

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Address
577A Broadway, Massapequa
Rating
5.0 on GoogleGoogle's number, not ours, and it covers the shop rather than what they pay for coins.
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About this shop

A retail and wholesale dealer in United States coins and paper money, including dollars, gold coins and certified material such as an ANACS-graded 1928 $1 note. The business also handles bullion and precious metals, covering gold, silver, platinum and palladium. It serves as a submission center for PCGS and NGC, a role it has held for more than 30 years. Owner Buddy Alleva has worked as a wholesaler in the numismatic trade for decades and supplies collectors with the same material he has wholesaled.

  • Alleva has belonged to the Professional Numismatists Guild since 1989 and joined the PNG Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force at its founding in November 2018.
  • He has held membership in the American Numismatic Association, Florida United Numismatists and the Central States Numismatic Society for 35 years.
  • Alleva contributes to "A Guide Book of United States Coins," known as the Red Book.
  • He received the Sol Kaplan Award for work against crimes targeting the numismatic community and has assisted federal law enforcement in identifying counterfeit coins as part of ACEF's Expert Network.

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