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Dr. Mike Fuljenz Honored At 2017 World' Fair of Money

Dr. Mike Fuljenz received medal from ICTA
Dr. Michael Fuljenz received a medal at the World's Fair of Money for his decades of anti-counterfeiting work.
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Summary: Dr. Michael Fuljenz of Universal Coin & Bullion took the pulse of the rare coin and gold bullion markets, and received an award for his anti-counterfeiting work, at the 2017 World’s Fair of Money.


(Denver, Colorado) August 7, 2017 – Rare coin and precious metals expert Dr. Michael Fuljenz, President of Universal Coin & Bullion of Beaumont, Texas (www.UniversalCoin.com), received an important national award at the recent World’s Fair of Money® for his decades of anti-counterfeiting efforts. 

The Industry Council for Tangible Assets (www.ICTAonline.org) presented him with the Al Kreuzer Memorial Award medal for “outstanding contributions in the efforts to combat counterfeit coins and currency.”

Fuljenz is a long-time member of the ICTA Board of Directors and a member of their recently-formed Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force. Since the 1980’s he has taught many counterfeit detection and rare coin authentication seminars for collectors, dealers and law enforcement officers.

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Dr. Mike Fuljenz Honored With Crime Fighting And Writing Awards At World's Fair of Money

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Dr. Michael Fuljenz with two of the numerous awards he received at the 2016 World's Fair of Money.

(Anaheim, California) - Top awards for consumer protection crime-fighting efforts and outstanding numismatic writing were presented to Dr. Michael Fuljenz of Beaumont, Texas at the 2016 American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money.

He received four prestigious honors from two influential organizations, the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) and the (NLG) Numismatic Literary Guild, during awards ceremonies conducted in Anaheim, California, August 8 through 12.
The PNG presented Fuljenz the Sol Kaplan Award for efforts in combatting crimes against the numismatic community and the NLG honored him with three awards for writing, broadcasting and his strong support of the hobby. The PNG is a nonprofit organization composed of many of the country’s top rare coin and currency experts, and the NLG is a nonprofit organization composed of prominent editors and writers in the numismatic community.

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Back To The Gold Standard - Dr. Mike Fuljenz believes it needs a little lead.

Dr. Mike Fuljenz NRA ring of freedom

Down along the coast of Texas there's a Beaumont company, Universal Coin & Bullion, that truly understands that all that glitters is not gold. Both CEO Dr. Mike Fuljenz and his staff say they like to keep their shiny stuff tempered with metal more suited for making bullets. Lead, they explain, is a too often discredited element that keeps gold and silver safe-when it's not protecting several centuries' worth of individual freedoms these southeast Texans hold dear.

Fuljenz has had his eye on silver and gold since childhood in Lake Charles, La. It started when his grandfather gave him a silver dollar for making all A’s on his report card. Mike also used his lawn-mowing money to buy coin books, learn about rare currency and begin collecting. Over time his knowledge and expertise grew…

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Five Things You Must Know About Buying & Selling Gold, According to UCB President Dr. Michael Fuljenz

Dr. Mike Fuljenz about buying and selling coins

The recent significant increase in the price of gold may increase the chances of unwary buyers and sellers becoming victims of dishonest dealers, cautioned Dr. Michael Fuljenz, an award-winning precious metals writer and President of Universal Coin & Bullion, Ltd. (www.UniversalCoin.com). "It happens virtually every time there's a run up in gold and silver prices. Scam artists take advantage of investors and consumers who have not done their homework," warned Fuljenz

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Dr. Mike Fuljenz Latest Gold Coins Book Wins NLG 2015 Book of the Year Award!

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Dr. Mike Fuljenz proudly holds his 2015 Book of the Year Award at the Chicago World's Fair of Money.

The acclaimed gold coins reference book by Dr. Michael Fuljenz, Type Three Double Eagles 1877 – 1907, 2nd Edition, has received the Book of the Year Award from the prestigious Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG). The NLG is a nonprofit organization composed of the country’s leading rare coin hobby/trade marketplace editors and writers - “I’ve received many honors for my writing the past three decades, but this is the first time I’ve received the Book of the Year award. I’m grateful for the recognition given to me by the top literary organization in numismatics citing it as a book with the greatest potential impact on numismatics..

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Dr. Michael Fuljenz, America's Gold Expert®, Honored With Press Club Awards

Dr. Mike Fuljenz Honored With Press Club Awards

Dr. Michael Fuljenz, America’s Gold Expert® was honored with four awards in the 23rd annual Excellence in the Media competition conducted by the Press Club of Southeast Texas. The awards were for Fuljenz' consumer education and protection writings about buying and selling rare coins and precious metals. 

The Press Club presented him with first place awards for the best news release and best electronic newsletter, and third places awards for the best brochure and best guest column. The award ceremony was held in Beaumont, Texas on June 6, 2014.

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Gold Expert Dr. Mike Fuljenz Speaks To Police Agencies on Numismatic Crimes

Dr. Mike Fuljenz Honored With Press Club Awards

(Beaumont, Texas) -- Sandwiched between receiving an award, autographing copies of his book and purchasing gold coins to fulfill his customers' orders, America's Gold Expert® , Dr. Michael Fuljenz, President of Universal Coin & Bullion (www.UniversalCoin.com), recently was a keynote speaker at a special training course for Texas law enforcement personnel on the topic of investigating crimes involving rare coins, bullion and jewelry. 

Fuljenz provided seminar participants with information on where they can promptly get assistance.

"I gave them specific names of experts and organizations to contact when a theft is reported or a recovery is made, and also provided useful case examples of how law enforcement agencies across the nation have successfully handled different types of numismatic crimes," explained Fuljenz.

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A HEART OF GOLD - VIP MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS DR. MIKE FULJENZ

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When Dr. Mike Fuljenz’s grandfather, Jules Lievens, gave his 6-year-old grandson a silver dollar for making the honor roll, he knew he was helping instill respect for hard work. What he couldn’t have foreseen was the profound impact that lone, shiny coin would have.

Today, Fuljenz is a dynamic, passionate man driven to excellence who turned his love affair with coins into the creation of one of the largest coin and bullion companies of America coinage. As president of Universal Coin & Bullion in Beaumont, Fuljenz has a reputation for honesty, integrity and knowledge of numismatics.

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Dr. Mike Fuljenz Comments for NBC News on Counterfeit Gold Bars Discovered in New York City

Dr. Mike Fuljenz Comments for NBC News on Counterfeit Gold Bars Discovered in New York City

Gold expert Dr. Mike Fuljenz, of Universal Coin & Bullion, told NBC News that counterfeiting like this has been going on for a long time. "The people who get hit are not the bigger dealers," Fuljenz said, since they often use machinery to detect counterfeits. However while it's easier to pinpoint counterfeits in thinner materials like coins, Fuljenz said it's more difficult with a big, thick bar.

The issue of counterfeit gold is re-emerging after a reputable merchant in Manhattan discovered he'd bought $100,000 worth of fake gold bars, WNYW reported. When merchant Ibrahim Fadl drilled into several of the gold bars he'd bought from a regular source, he discovered they were actually filled with gray tungsten.

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ICTA Thanks Dr. Mike Fuljenz

ICTA Thanks Dr. Mike Fuljenz

As you probably know, ICTA is the national trade association that is the “watch dog” for the coin/precious metals community, most especially on the federal level. We’re a comparatively very small association and can only do so much with our small staff. When being proactive with in-state dealers to try to achieve a state sales tax exemption on coins and precious metals, they usually hire a lobbyist and then work with ICTA for the education part. We then all work together to first educate the lobbyist who then may find an appropriate legislator to sponsor the bill before going to the next step of educationg the rest of the legislators. This slightly an oversimplification, but you get the idea.

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KFDM-TV Channel 6 Crime Stoppers Interviews Dr. Mike Fuljenz

Dr. Mike Fuljenz Honored With Press Club Awards

KFDM-TV Channel 6 in my hometown of Beaumont,Texas recently did a Crime Stoppers story about a Texas dealer who reportedly paid only $16,000 for nearly $250,000 of coins sent to him by an 82-year old California woman. The interviewer asked me for consumer protection advice so other people can avoid encountering this kind of problem. My suggestion was simply to remember: “It’s important to do your homework before selling or buying gold and silver coins.”

There are easy-to-do precautions you can and should take before you make a purchase or sell to someone you’re not familiar with. Too often I hear horror stories about people who grossly overpaid for what they purchased, never received the merchandise they ordered, or were grossly underpaid — or never paid — for what they sold. In one case I personally helped the news media investigate and expose a traveling “hotel buyer” who claimed in his big advertisements he would “Pay the Highest Prices” but offered only $60 for a gold coin actually worth $10,000.

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