a lifelong passion into a business?
A coin collector since the age of
eight, Gregg Coburn branched
out into collecting paper currency
and other items. This past June,
he decided to launch his various
collections into a business--and
A*R*T Coins & Treasure was born.
Station in New Baltimore, the shop
boasts an incredible range of coins
and paper money from all over
the world. In addition to state and
national park quarters, presidential
dollars, and a wide variety of U.S.
countries whose names begin with
every letter of the alphabet except
X--many of which you've heard of
(Albania, Brazil, Cambodia), as well
as several of which you probably
course he has an impressive
collection of old coins--from the
1600s and after--including those
from individual countries within the
European Union before the euro
was launched.
in ancient currency, Gregg has
a fascinating conversation piece
on hand in the shop: two widow's
mites. As the Gospels of Mark and
Luke describe it, when Jesus taught
at the Temple in Jerusalem and
observed crowd members putting
money into the treasury, a poor
widow put in
t w o s m a l l
coins (mites),
worth just a
few cents,
a n d y e t i t
was all she
had. These
coins date
b a c k t w o
t h o u s a n d
years!
Gregg has an impressive collection
of diecast model vehicles--lots of
Hot Wheels--as well as various
sports memorabilia. One of his most
a ticket stub from
the 1912 World
Series between the
Boston Red Sox
and the New York
Giants, stemming
from one of the
g a m e s h e l d i n
New York at the
Polo Grounds, a
for yourself! To learn more,
call (540) 272-1524.