SCOTT TRAVERS is one of the most influential coin dealers in the world. In 1997, he was elected Vice President of the congressionally chartered, non-profit American Numismatic Association in a hotly contested election. His name is familiar to readers everywhere as the author of three best-selling books on coins, including The Coin Collector's Survival Manual, Travers' Rare Coin Investment Strategy, The Investor's Guide to Coin Trading, and The One-Minute Coin Expert, which has been called "the most important book of its kind ever written." His expert opinion is often sought by such publications as The Wall Street Journal and Business Week, and he has served as a coin valuation consultant to… the Federal Trade Commission. A frequent guest on radio and television programs, Scott Travers has won awards and gained an impressive reputation as a forceful consumer advocate for the coin-buying public. He is president of Scott Travers Rare Coin Galleries, Inc., in New York City.