Barry Stuppler

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Barry Stuppler
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Stuppler in 2007
Born (1944-12-23) December 23, 1944 (age 80)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationCoin Dealer
Years active1960–present
Known forServing as President of the American Numismatic Association
Serving on the 2003 California State Quarter Commission
Board member of American Numismatic Association, Industry Council for Tangible Assets, and Professional Numismatists Guild
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Website www.mintstategold.com/investor-education

Barry Stuppler (born December 23, 1944) [1] is an American coin dealer, consumer protection advocate, and a former President of the American Numismatic Association (ANA). In 2003, he served on the California State Quarter Commission that created the California State Quarter.

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Career

Stuppler has been a coin dealer for over 50 years; he is the founder of Barry Stuppler and Co. Inc. and its subsidiaries, Mint State Gold, CoinStats, and PQ Approved. [2]

In 1989, Stuppler made a bid to purchase the Berlin Wall. He bid $50 million and stated that he had planned to sell the pieces. At the time, he was also the President of the Gold and Silver Financial Group. [3]

Stuppler was a member of Governor Gray Davis' 20-person California State Quarter Commission in 2003. [4] The commission created 5 concepts from which Arnold Schwarzenegger chose the final design. [5]

Stuppler joined the American Numismatic Association in 1968. He served on its board from 2001 to 2005 and served as vice-president from 2005 to 2007. In 2007, he became president of the ANA and served in that position until 2009. [2]

Stuppler serves as Chairman of the Gold & Silver Political Action Committee, a PAC founded in 2010. [6]

He co-founded and serves on the board of the Industry Council for Tangible Assets. [2] He also served on the board of the Professional Numismatists Guild, [2] and in July 2017 was elected to a two-year term as President of the PNG 10. He is also President of the California Coin and Bullion Merchants Association. [2] Stuppler served as Vice President of the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation in 2023 and became President of the organization in 2025.

Awards

In 2004, he received the Century Club Award from the American Numismatic Association (ANA) for recruiting new members [2] and the Professional Numismatists Guild's Abe Kosoff Founder's Award. [7] He received the Exemplary Service Award in 2011 for going "above and beyond" the call of his duties for the ANA. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Pete. "American Numismatic Biographies". Washington University in St. Louis . Retrieved June 16, 2022.[ dead link ]
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Barry Stuppler receives ANA Exemplary Service Award". Coin World. August 20, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2012.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Los Angeles man wants Berlin Wall". The Modesto Bee . November 12, 1989. Retrieved June 14, 2012.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "John Muir-Yosemite California State Quarter". Sierra Club. Retrieved June 21, 2012.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "State Quarter". California State Library. Archived from the original on January 5, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  6. ↑ "PNG honors Bowers, Milas & Brueggeman With Major Awards". Professional Numismatists Guild. August 17, 2004. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
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