Zachary Tate
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Credentials
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ANA Summer Seminar- School of Numismatics "Coinage of the Roman Civil Wars (88-30 BC)"
American Numismatic AssociationJun, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
ANA Summer Seminar * School of Numismatics Seminar Colorado Springs CO "Coins of the Roman Republic"
American Numismatic AssociationJun, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
ANA Summer Seminar * School of Numismatics Seminar Colorado Springs CO "National Bank Notes: The Big picture"
American Numismatic AssociationJun, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
ANA 51st Summer Seminar * School of Numismatics Seminar Colorado Springs CO "Detection of Counterfeit and Altered Coins"
American Numismatic AssociationJul, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
ANA 51st Summer Seminar * School of Numismatics Seminar Colorado Springs CO "Conder Tokens: A Study of the History,Care and Grading of Tokens of Late 18th Century Britian"
American Numismatic AssociationJun, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Certificate of Completion - Numismatic Apprenticeship Training Program 2018
APMEX, Inc.Jul, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
ANA 50th Annual Summer Seminar Session 2 Grading United States Coins, Part 2
American Numismatic AssociationJun, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
ANA 50th Annual Summer Seminar Session 2 Seminar "Some Intresting Mexican Coins: 1536-1822"
American Numismatic AssociationJun, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
ANA 48th Annual Summer Seminar Session I Ducats to Dollars: Trade Coins From The End Of The Middle Ages Until The 20TH Century
American Numismatic AssociationJun, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
ANA 48th Annual Summer Seminar Session I Mini-Seminar From Offa To Edward The-500 Year Reign Of The English Silver Penny
American Numismatic AssociationJun, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
ANA 48th Annual Summer Seminar Session II An Introduction To Byzantine And Associated Dark Age Coinage
American Numismatic AssociationJun, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
ANA 48th Annual Summer Seminar Session II Mini-Seminar Two Hundred Years Of Mexican Cobs (1536-1734)
American Numismatic AssociationJun, 2016- Nov, 2024
Experience
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APMEX, Inc.
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United States
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Retail
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100 - 200 Employee
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Numismatist
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Jul 2020 - Present
Numismatist- Directly managed all Ancient, World Gold and Silver coinage for APMEX. Also directly supervised and managed Junior Numismatists in charge of all Product Lines involving Vintage Canadian Coinage, World Currency and Stocks and Bonds. - Worked with National Dealers to continue widening selection of Vintage, Bullion and Numismatic Collectible coins this included Shipwreck coins, Near Eastern and Asian Coinages, Medieval & Ancient coinages and Coin Jewelry. - Attended local and regional/national level coin shows acting as a buyer, established new vendor relationships and strengthened existing consignment relationships with dealers. - Took on directly managed and developed skills of Numismatic apprentices, taught general product management skills and how to research and price World and Ancient coins. Taught and oversaw development of counterfeit detection skills and Technical Grading for Numismatic Apprentices. Helped develop individual development plans and assist the Director of Numismatics in recommending additional training and necessity for new hires.- Assisted Sales and Marketing in the development of initiatives to grow the World and Ancient business for APMEX. This included helping to design webpage banners, email blasts and informational and advertising cards. Assisted marketing in researching demographic age ranges of Collectors of World and Ancient coins and helped identify emerging collector bases on Youtube, Instagram and Facebook. Show less
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Junior Numismatist
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Jul 2019 - Jul 2020
Junior Numismatist- Worked to develop and strengthen consignment/retail relationships with Auction houses including Heritage/Classical Numismatic Group and Stack and Bowers.- Grew Ancients and World Product lines adding over 2,500 individual listings for specific coins. Grew generics business and created attribution process to better sell individual coins to maximize profit on specific numismatic coins. - Assisted in the continued growth of the Companies Third Party Inventory Program. Taught Numismatic Apprentice basic SKU creation and research skills to assist in growth and development of the program. Added additional vendors throughout the year. - Attended Local and National coin shows acted as a buyer, purchasing inventory to expand product lines. Created and developed business relationships with major and minor Specialized World and Ancient dealers. - Directly managed over $10,000,000 in yearly rare coins and currency sales. Show less
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Numismatic Apprentice
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Aug 2018 - Jun 2019
Numismatic Apprentice- Taught how to sort and upgrade 90% Silver, how to look for dates and market grade U.S. Junk Silver to maximize profit. - Taught how to Technically grade multiple series of United States coinage from Morgan Dollars to Lincoln Cents. - Responsible for the continued attribution and profit maximization of World and Ancient coins.- Reported directly to the director of Numismatics on topics of widening assortment and maximizing profit of Worlds and Ancient coins, given control of the Vintage World and Ancient numismatic product lines on January 1st, 2019. Grew Sales and added additional types of specialized collector coinage. - Attended National coin shows adding new and specialized Ancient and World coin dealers.- Accelerated World and Ancient TPI/Consignment program by working with national dealers to offer a broader selection of coins to specialized collectors. - Received additional specialized training courses in grading, pricing and attributing Colonial, Confederate and United States Type Currency. Show less
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Numismatic Intern
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May 2018 - Aug 2018
Numismatic Intern- Offered a Numismatic Internship following the completion of College- Taught basic product management and inventory control methods for rare coins and currency. - Researched, Priced and created SKU's for misc. Ancient, Foreign and Colonial coins.- Enrolled into the APMEX Numismatic Apprentice Program from May to July 2018. Taught how to technically and market grade U.S, coins to APMEX retail standards.- Attended ANA Summer Seminar - Offered Numismatic Apprenticeship completion of Internship. Show less
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Hartwick College
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United States
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Higher Education
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300 - 400 Employee
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Museum Assistant
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Sep 2014 - May 2018
Yager Musuem of Art and Culture - Duties included helping the museum to identify a collection of various medals and numismatic items relating to the establishment and history of Hartwick College. -Assisted collections manager with the valuation, display and curation of several collections of United States Classic Commemorative Albums and other misc U.S. and foregin coins for insurance purposes. -Gave tours of the Renaissance Art Room and recorded records of guest experiences at the museum. -Assisted College with preparation and planning of events and board meetings held at the museum. Show less
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eBay
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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700 & Above Employee
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eBay Store Operator -Coins, Collectibles etc.
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Feb 2011 - May 2018
Operated a retail/wholesale numismatic and trading card business which included - attending local estate/police auctions to source rare coins and currency. - responding to calls to appraise and purchase coin and currency collections. - worked with regional coin dealers to source and trade inventory. - attended regional coin shows to purchase and resell inventory. - researched and created Ebay listings for coins, currency and trading cards. -packaged and shipped rare coins, currency and trading cards, Show less
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Town of Morris
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Morris, New York
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Field Archaeologist
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Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
Assisted in the excavation, conservation and retrieval or artifacts from the site of the A.S. Avery Photo Gallery at 161 Main St. Morris NY. Circa 1860-1870. - Duties included helping to plot and dig test pits, measuring removing soil and assisting with the retrieval and conservation of artifacts including cloth hat fragments, pipe fragments, coins, pottery and earthenware goods and other objects. - Discovered the original basement foundation and walls a of Avery's father cabinet shop which was established around 1828. - Earliest Coin that was discovered was an 1806 Large Cent on the site of the Cabinet Shops foundation. Show less
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Education
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2014 - 2018
Hartwick College
Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration and Management, General -
2014 - 2018
Hartwick College
Bachelor of Arts - BA, History -
2010 - 2014
Laurens Central School
High School Diploma
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