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George Manz (left), the winner of the 2008 Calgary Numismatic Society's Harry Wright Most Congenial Dealer Award, shakes hands with Stan Wright, Harry's son. Holding the trophy is CNS President James Williston. photo: Don Sucha.

My coin collecting philosophy is to collect only coins that you will be happy with. (Stay away from coins that are only graded Good as well as problem coins - those that are bent, have scratches or rim dents). After careful selection, I hand pick only high quality, accurately graded coins with great eye appeal for my collection. I've passed up purchasing thousands of coins because the quality wasn't good enough, or they had problems. I suggest you do the same.

Most of my coins for sale are selling at far below market value. For Canadian coins, prices are based on the most recent issue of Canadian Coin News Trends. For example, most key date and ICCS-graded coins are 10-15 percent below CCN Trends. Many other coins will be 15-25 percent below trends. Foreign coin prices are based on the latest Standard Catalog of World Coins by Krause and Mishler. Canadian paper money prices are based on the latest issue of the Charleton Government Paper Money Catalog. World paper money prices are based on the latest issues of the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, as well as Pick's Specialized Issues catalog.

I started collecting coins in the early 1960s. As a boy, my father gave me some of his extra Canadian small cents and nickels. Of course, he didn't give me any of the key date coins, such as the 1926 Far 6 nickel or the 1921 silver 5 cents.

Now that I'm a lot older, I've got so many coins I want to sell some of them. I've got thousands of coins from all over the world. It doesn't matter what you collect, I've probably got coins that you will want for your collection.

My web site is constantly changing, so log-on regularly to see what I've added.

Enjoy.
George