Founded in 1998, American Gold Exchange is a leading precious metals and rare coin company specializing in dealer-to-dealer trading and direct sales to the public. AGE draws upon an immense supplier network in the U.S. and Europe, enabling us reliably to offer highest-quality gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins at remarkably low prices. And customer service, we're proud to say, is our highest priority. Our mission is to help you to build and manage a profitable, private, and enjoyable hard asset portfolio, regardless of how much you plan to invest. Your prosperity is our prosperity; we intend to earn your trust and business for years to come.

Value and performance
We focus on value and performance in the rare coins and hard assets we recommend. Unlike many other dealers, who have dozens of telemarketers pushing "program" coins that are profitable for them, we carefully monitor the changing markets to find coins offering the best value and promise for you. (Please see our definition of value for more information.) We continually analyze gold market and macro-economic trends, and extrapolate from nearly 30 years of experience to present you with the best choices in the metals and coin markets at any given time. And we keep you up-to-date on market trends and opportunities with regular, trenchant analysis in AGE's Gold Market Commentary, which is also available as an emailed newsletter (sign up here). These practices truly set us apart and have earned us our reputation as Your Reliable Hard Asset Advisor.

Highest quality
At AGE, we go to great lengths to carry only the finest coins within any given price range and grade rating. All coins in same grade are not created equal, so we try very hard to find only the best. All of our pieces are hand-selected by Dana Samuelson, AGE’s President and lead numismatist, for superior collector desirability based on technical merit. A grading specialist himself, Dana personally walks the bourse floor of every major coin show in search of top-quality coins. He typically rejects five to ten coins for each one he accepts, thereby ensuring that only pieces with superior eye-appeal and overall quality are offered to our customers. When the time comes to sell your coins, you'll be very happy that we've been so strict in our selection process. Why? Because higher-quality coins in any grade always sell faster, and often at higher premiums, than the typically mediocre (or worse) coins pushed by many telemarketing and webstore dealers.

Huge inventory
Unlike some coin companies with restrictive supplier agreements tying them to a few trading partners, our long presence in the industry and our unsurpassed reputation for reliability enable us to trade immediately with almost all suppliers and dealers. This flexibility lets us offer a virtually unlimited supply of U.S. and World gold coins, silver coins, bullion, and exceptional rarities. And it ensures that we're not locked into any imposed pricing structure. The result for you, plainly put, is a better coin at a better price. If you have a specific or unusual need, call us. Chances are excellent that we either have in stock or can quickly locate the finest pieces, and at a great price.

Superior customer service
Quite simply, we put you first. Our prices are always among the lowest in the industry; we never use high-pressure sales tactics; and our brokers are specifically trained to take as much time as you need in order to be completely comfortable with your purchase. No other major coin dealer, to our knowledge, is set up to provide so much careful, knowledgeable, and discreet service to each client, regardless of portfolio size. As a result, we're pleased to say, an AGE customer is usually a customer for life.

Industry affiliations
American Gold Exchange is an active member of the Professional Numismatic Guild (PNG Member #650), an exclusive nonprofit organization composed of the world's top rare coin and paper money experts, whose primary mission is to make the hobby safe for collectors and investors by maintaining rigid standards of excellence among dealers. We are also active members of the American Numismatic Association (ANA), the Certified Coin Exchange (CCE), and the Industry Council for Tangible Assets (ICTA), all of which help to protect the rights of coin collectors and investors. We are an authorized Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) and Numismatic Guarantee Corporation ( NGC) dealer. Our bank is Chase. Other professional references are available upon request. Please see our Terms and Conditions.

Company Officers

Dana S. Samuelson, President
A professional numismatist since 1980, Dana has personally traded more than $300 million in rare coins and precious metals. Before starting his own business in 1989, Dana occupied key positions in two of the most influential precious metals trading companies in the nation. For nearly a decade he was a personal protege of James U. Blanchard III, one of the true giants of the industry and the individual most responsible for re-legalizing the private ownership of gold in the U.S. Dana’s expertise in numismatics and extensive experience in the metals markets give him a unique and invaluable perspective on the complexities of hard asset investing. Dana holds a B.A. from Washington and Lee University.

William R. Musgrave, Vice President
A coin collector since the age of ten, Bill has held positions in sales, marketing, and management with companies including Procter & Gamble, Ziff-Davis, Lebhar-Friedman, and Miller-Freeman. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.