Georgia Teenager Wins 2008 PNG YN Scholarship
(Fallbrook, California) – An Atlanta area high school freshman, Dustin Reynolds, 15, is this year’s winner of the Professional Numismatist Guild’s (PNG) Young Numismatist Scholarship. The PNG scholarship covers tuition for a one-week session at the American Numismatic Association (ANA) annual Summer Seminar, airfare, meals and six nights of dormitory accommodations on the campus of Colorado College, site of the ANA headquarters.
“I was pretty excited,” said Reynolds, recalling his reaction when he was informed of the scholarship.
Dustin began collecting coins at the age of 13. At that time he was intrigued by Morgan dollars.
“The dollars had belonged to my grandfather and I always enjoyed looking at them. I bought a ‘Red Book’ (A Guide Book of United States Coins) at Barnes & Noble. My Father (Ed Reynolds) and I would visit local flea markets to buy coins.
In July of 2006 my Mom and I attended a coin show in Dalton (Georgia). The show exposed me to coins at a whole new level, and I was very intrigued with the dealers that I met at the show. Now I’m also selling coins, and I really like it,” Reynolds explained.
He had a bourse table at a recent Georgia Numismatic Association show in Dalton.
