Founded in 1998, American Gold Exchange is a leading national precious metals and rare coin company specializing in dealer-to-dealer trading and direct sales to the public. AGE draws upon an large supplier network in the U.S. and Europe, enabling us reliably to offer high-quality gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins at low prices. 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 spend. Customer service is our highest priority.

Value and expert advice
We focus on value in the rare coins and hard assets we recommend. While some dealers have dozens of telemarketers pushing "program" coins that are profitable for them, we carefully monitor the changing markets for coins offering the best value and promise for you. (Please see our definition of value.) We continually analyze gold market trends and macro-economic changes, and extrapolate from our 30+ years in these markets to present you with the best choices at any given time. And we keep you up-to-date on market trends and opportunities with regular 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, typically rejecting five or more coins for each one he accepts in order to ensure 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
Our long presence in the industry and unsurpassed reputation for reliability enable us to trade immediately with almost all suppliers and dealers. This flexibility allows us to offer you a virtually unlimited supply of U.S. and World gold coins, silver coins, bullion, and exceptional rarities. It also 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 Numismatists Guild (PNG Member #650), 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. We're members in good standing of the Better Business Bureau (BBB Online). 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 AGE, he occupied key positions in some 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 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, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Professional Numismatists Guild, 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.

Dr. William R. Musgrave, Vice President
A coin collector since the age of ten, Bill has held key positions in sales, marketing, and management with companies including Procter & Gamble, Ziff-Davis Publishing, 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 in English from the University of California, Berkeley.