(Fallbrook, California) – A 14-year old Northern Ohio student who enjoys collecting Morgan silver dollars struck at the Carson City Mint and also Peace dollars has been selected as the winner of the 2009 Professional Numismatists Guild Young Numismatist Scholarship.

 Grant Buehrer of Maumee, Ohio will receive airfare, meals, six nights of accommodations and tuition to attend a week-long session of this year’s American Numismatic Association’s Summer Seminar on the campus of Colorado College, site of the ANA headquarters.

"I began collecting when I was nine, but really got into it when I got my Dad’s collection when I was ten," said Buehrer who will enter ninth grade in the fall and is thinking about a career in medicine or biochemical engineering.

There are several ANA Summer Seminar classes he’d like to take: intermediate U.S. coin grading, photography, the art of money, and Morgan silver dollars.  "I also would like to know more about gold," he added.

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(Fallbrook, California) – For the fifth consecutive year, the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) will provide a scholarship to send a deserving young numismatist to the annual American Numismatic Association (ANA) Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

The scholarship will cover airfare, tuition for one of the two week-long Summer Seminar sessions in June or July, meals and six nights of dormitory accommodations on the campus of Colorado College, site of the ANA headquarters.

"We again are inviting all young numismatists between the ages of 13 and 22 to apply for the PNG scholarship.  To be eligible for consideration, entrants must submit a short essay outlining why they should be chosen as the scholarship recipient.  The deadline for receipt of the entries is March 31, 2009," said Robert Brueggeman, PNG Executive Director.

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(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.

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(Fallbrook, California) – The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) again will provide a scholarship to send a deserving young numismatist to the annual American Numismatic Association (ANA) Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2008. 

The scholarship will cover airfare, tuition for one of the two week-long Summer Seminar sessions in June, meals and six nights of dormitory accommodations on the campus of Colorado College, site of the ANA headquarters.

“For the fourth consecutive year, we are inviting all young numismatists between the ages of 13 and 22 to apply for the PNG scholarship.  To be eligible for consideration, entrants must submit a short essay outlining why they should be chosen as the scholarship recipient.  The deadline for receipt of the entries is March 31, 2008,” said Robert Brueggeman, PNG Executive Director.

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