Greg Holloway Senior Numismatist
ANA CONFERENCE AUGUST 2022
GREG HOLLOWAY
is very proud to launch his new book
The definitive guide
FIVE GUINEAS AND FIVE POUNDS
"The King of Coins"
53 years a Numismatist
Greg Holloway started collecting coins when he was 7 and at the age of 13 he took his first table at a coin show in Alexandria, Virginia and his career was launched.
In 1971 at the age of 14, he attended his first international show, the American Numismatic Association annual event where he met Bob Riethe, who would shortly thereafter take him under his wing and teach him the world of numismatics. Together, as partners, they opened a coin store together in 1978 in suburban Philadelphia, that still exists to this day. Bob is one of the world’s great coin geniuses and he was privileged to have studied under him.
ONLY BUY THE BEST
Greg learned at 14 the most important principle that would govern every decision that he would make from that point on, to only buy the best. Over the decades that Greg has been buying and selling coins, there has been one very dependable truth, buying the best will always reward the owner in the future.
It was clear at that time to Greg that to the US numismatic dealers acted as if the rest of the world did not exist as it was very unusual to ever see a coin from somewhere else other than the US. In 1977 he met Stephen Fenton for the first time, and his appreciation for European coins began.
Stephen is one of the world’s top experts in English rarities and a contributing editor of this book. Greg remembers being awestruck when he saw a 5 Guineas for the first time and from then on was now hooked on a new type of coin, ‘European rarities.’
Travelling to more than 1300 coin shows with many of them being in Europe. Greg’s appreciation grew for European coins and he eventually ending up living in Europe part time. Over many decades, he has been privileged to have learned at the hands of some of Europe’s top experts.
It is with these many experiences, he now brings decades of passionate research to today’s reader to learn about the greatest of the European Rarities, the 5 Guineas and Pounds: The King of Coins.
THE "KING of SIAM " COIN SET
GREG MAKES NUMISMATIC HISTORY
In 1990, Greg set the world record for the first sale in history for any rare coin to bring over $1 million. Not only did the sale break the $1 million barrier, it shattered the record by selling for $3.3 million. Even more amazing is that this sale took place during a recession, proving once again that rare coins are the ultimate hedge.
It was more than a decade before this record was broken again.
Since this time, Greg has gone on to set many more world records for both US and World coins.
The first OVER $1,000,000 coin purchase The famous 'King of Siam Set"
Greg's relentless pursuit for the ultimate finest known ultra rarities.
Believing that education is the most important part of being a rare coin owner, Greg has given hundreds of seminars and webinars on finance, asset protection, and the history of rare coins to a live audience. Greg is also an author having completed the first ever encyclopedia reference book of the world’s largest regularly made rare gold coin, the 5 Guineas and 5 Pounds.
It is a proven fact that the best out performs average. Therefore, Greg has just one criteria for purchasing rare coins for clients. If it isn’t great enough that he would want to own it himself, he doesn’t buy it. Greg’s unquenchable passion for the best is what drives his relentless pursuit for the ultimate finest known ultra rarities.