Richard joined Estate Coin & Jewelry Galleria as an associate coin dealer and paper money dealer. He continues to attend almost every major trade show in the US and overseas. Estate Coin & Jewelry Galleria is very pleased to have Richard as his combined experience and knowledge in the collectibles field is outstanding!

Rick opened his first shop in 1979 in Sioux Falls, SD eventually selling it in 2005 upon moving to Florida. In 2005 Rick moved to Sarasota, Florida to start what is now Paper Money Guaranty (PMG), a sister company of  Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) both which are part of the Certified Collectibles Group (CCG). Rick served as a grading finalizer until 2011.

While at PMG Rick was able to grade and handle many of the highest quality and rarest US and foreign currency known, with several individual pieces being worth over a million dollars. The highlight of his time at PMG was flying out to the American Numismatic Association (ANA)  office to inspect the Aubrey Bebee Collection of US Currency valued at over 30 million dollars and eventually grading it for the ANA. The ANA regularly displays parts of the collection now in PMG holders at ANA shows around the United States each year as well as in the museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Over the past 50 years, Rick has attended over 1,500 coin and currency shows. The list includes every major US show, countless other smaller shows, as well as shows in Europe and Asia. Rick has not only handled coins and currency but has over the years bought and sold stamps, postcards, tokens and small misc. collectibles too numerous to list fully. The Inverted Jenny C3a US Airmail stamp position #7 currently valued in the $300,000 range and an 1870 CC $20 US Gold coin in XF45 valued in the $320,000 range are just two of the many high-profile items he is proud to have personally handled in the past. He is a very seasoned coin and paper money dealer. He is our leading coin buyer.