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Article: Trades and conversations aplenty at Castro Valley coin shop
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- September 15, 2008
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CASTRO VALLEY -- If he wanted to, Alan Kreuzer could dump out the
several hundred thousand pieces of change he owns and swim in them,
much like Scrooge McDuck with his vault of gold coins.
But the chances of that actually happening are slim. The currency
he possesses is not your typical parking meter filler. His coins are
from a different time -- a time, he says, when coins were made with
more effort.
"The coins made today are just butt ugly. There's just nothing
there," he says. "But when you take something like an Indian penny
or early gold "... it's just beautiful."
Kreuzer, 65, is a professional numismatist, or collector of coins
and any rare form of currency. His resume boasts more than ...