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459-2646 • Universalcoin.Com TABLE of CONTENTS Est. 1994 Board Member: ICTA Member: PCGS, NGC Universal Coin & Bullion, Ltd • 7410 Phelan Blvd • Beaumont, Texas 77706 • (800) 459-2646 • UniversalCoin.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview Introduction to The Select 4 1 Area I Liberty Double Eagles 3 Type II $20 Double Eagles 3 Type III $20 Double Eagles 4 Carson City $20 Double Eagles 5 Area II Indian Head Gold Coins 7 $3 Indian Princess 7 $10 Indian Head Eagle 9 $2.50 Indian Head Quarter Eagle 11 $5 Indian Head Half Eagle 13 Area III Select Rare Gold Commemoratives 15 1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition 15 Quarter Eagle 1926 Independence Sesquicentennial 16 Quarter Eagle Area IV Select American Eagles 17 Silver Eagle 17 $25 Gold Eagle 19 $25 & $50 Platinum Eagle 21 Est. 1994 Board Member: ICTA / Member: PCGS, NGC Universal Coin & Bullion President, Mike Fuljenz is an authoritative voice in the rare coin markets, especially when the topic is rare United States gold and platinum coins. In over two decades of reporting and writing on his favored topics, Mike has received twenty-four (24) Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) Awards. Over that span, his contributions to the body of knowledge on rare coins has provided enlightenment to collectors and dealers alike. In the past year, he wrote a series of articles on the four major areas of rare United States coins that he deems his most select coin recommendations. This Special Issue of our newsletter compiles the original twelve (12) of those expanded coverage articles on the specific coins that make the elite cut within the four major areas. These are the coins Mike most often recommends to anyone seeking to build a serious collection of United States gold, platinum and silver coins. The recommended coins cover a period of American history that spans more than 140 years, during which we have experienced one Over the past decade, Mike has received 24 awards Civil War, two World Wars, the Great Depression, four presidential assassinations, from the NLG for his books, newsletters, media reporting the Cold War,Vietnam, man’s first steps on the moon,Y2K and 9/11, just to mention and Internet articles. His new book on the rare, Augustus but a mere smattering of all the actual history that actually did occur. We hope this Saint-Gaudens designed $10 Indian Head Eagles Special Issue sheds further enlightenment on the history surrounding the coins that could be his next. comprise Mike’s Select 4 Recommendations for 2007. Do You Need A Coin Expert? If you are a buyer of rare United States coins, it is in your best There are literally tens of thousands of different types and grades interest to have a qualified expert on your team. Regardless of your of coins available. With an expert specialist assisting you in sorting level of passion for or knowledge of the coin markets, there is so through the vast body of numismatic details, you could save much to know that having an expert in your corner gives you a much precious time, travel, energy, security worries and money. With needed edge when building your portfolio or collection. Mike Fuljenz Mike Fuljenz’s seasoned and award-winning experience on your is one of today’s leading voices in providing enlightenment and team, you will have reliable expert knowledge in your corner. Then, guidance to anyone seeking to build their portfolio with rare United you may rest easy knowing that you know the expert’s expert on rare States gold, platinum and silver coins. United States gold, platinum and silver coins. What Is the Portfolio Buying Trust? Our Portfolio Buying Trust is a team of professionals with Whether avid or novice collector, one thing is true... no one over sixty years of combined rare coin acquisition experience. likes to pay higher prices, if it can be avoided. In the past, our The members of our Portfolio Buying Trust team personally Portfolio Buying Trust team has established an impressive record inspect and hand-select each and every coin that goes into your for consistently recommending specific coins for acquisition portfolio from among the most elite coins available. By often before their prices trend higher. Following their focusing our deep experience into specialized niches in the rare recommendations, you could potentially save thousands of coin markets, we are able to select and acquire some of the dollars on your portfolio acquisitions, sometimes even on a single finest coins available from within those areas. Our experience coin, while filling those tough holes in your sets. Since our becomes an invaluable asset to you and provides reliable expert Portfolio Buying Trust team specializes in four targeted areas of guidance at every turn when building a portfolio of rare United rare U.S. coins, our seasoned team experience and inside track States gold, platinum and silver coins. knowledge gives a distinct edge to your rare coin portfolio. 1 (800) 459-2646 The Select 4 Portfolio Collection Record Reasons • Our Select 4 recommendations focus on four major coin areas we believe are most likely to see To Become ongoing collector and dealer demand and projected future price increases. We have selected some of the choicest, sight-seen historically important coins available for our Select 4 Portfolio Collection clients over the past five years. Some Select 4 recommendations have experienced A Select 4 dramatic price increases, underscoring the ongoing demand for our Select 4 program coins. Client Today! • For example, select coins from among our four recommended areas saw dramatic price rises in 6 2005 alone! We recommend acquiring certain Select 4 areas before anticipated future price rises make them even less affordable. As your representative which ones are currently targeted. The artistically acclaimed Gold Eagles • Our Buying Trust also designates certain select dates of the $25 Gold Eagles as future rarities. Some are absolutely essential to any rare coin of these selections have since become listed as rare in other dealer’s inventories. Astute buyers will portfolio of U.S. legal tender coins. The want to purchase these today before any further price rises make it more expensive to $25 Gold Eagle is the key coin in the complete their collection or sets. series. Find out which key date $25 Gold Eagles are the most “precious,” and • Since 1997, we have recommended the $25 and $50 Platinum American Eagles for immediate which ones could have higher prices in acquisition every year. Although past prices are not a guarantee of future prices, many Platinum the future. Since 1986, the $25 Gold Eagles have been trending higher due to their rarity and the rising price of platinum. Clients who Eagles have generally had the lowest acted quickly on many of these recommendations were thrilled to save significant money on mintage in the entire series in virtually every single year. acquisition costs before prices shot up. 1 Learn the inside track strategies that will serve you in building a completed What Is A Market Maker And Why Is It Important? portfolio series of the historically unique, incuse design Indian Head Quarter Eagles before prices rise out of reach for the most rare coins in this historic series. A “market maker” is anyone who is actively buying and selling a specific product while providing ongoing research and support to the markets and customer base for Prices2 for the low mintage $50 and $25 such product. There are literally thousands and thousands of different rare coins from Platinum American Eagles are beginning to show strong rising trends again. which to choose. Because we focus our activities in only four major areas of rare coins, Because of their low mintage, historical out of the thousands available, we are able to provide meaningful and sustained market relevance and the strategic importance of support for the coins we recommend in our Select 4 Portfolio. This long-term, platinum, prices for these historically specialized commitment is key to building long-term awareness and demand from distinctive, legal tender American treasures may never be this low again. dealers and collectors. 3 Find out why the heavily marketed Mike Fuljenz continuously adds to the body of information and research available on release of Type I Double Eagles from the every single coin we recommend. Mike’s award-winning contributions to the body of S.S. Central America sent prices higher for the Type II and Type III Double Eagles. knowledge and analysis available to investors, collectors and dealers on the history and Find out which Type II and Type III $20 Libs market conditions of the coins we recommend is, quite simply, without peer. His may be the next to move higher in prices. collector’s guides on Indian Head Quarter Eagles, Type II and Type III Liberty Double Eagles have each won “Book of the Year” awards in a specialized category from the Having our Portfolio Buying Trust experts4 on your team insures you get the prestigious Numismatic Literary Guild. Since their first publication, tens of thousands advance word on important high quality of copies of each of these books have been placed directly in the hands of active coins as they become available. Having a investors, collectors and dealers, which creates and energizes awareness and demand. professional authority on your team enables you to determine what’s what We expect his newly released book on the $10 Indian Head Eagles will similarly create when making coin acquisitions, possibly broad awareness and demand for these exquisite, historical and relatively rare Augustus saving you thousands of dollars on a Saint-Gaudens designed coins. Stimulating increased collector and dealer awareness single coin purchase and filling those and demand is the very function of a market maker.
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