The Sol Kaplan Award presented to Richard Weaver, President of Delaware Valley Rare Coin Company, Inc.
PNG Executive Director Robert Brueggeman (left) presented the Sol Kaplan award to Richard Weaver.
The Sol Kaplan Award, which recognizes efforts and contributions in combatting crimes against the numismatic community and is jointly presented by the PNG and the Lewis M. Reagan Foundation, was given to Richard Weaver President of Delaware Valley Rare Coin in Broomall, Pennsylvania.
Weaver’s crucial work with the Industry Council for Tangible Assets’ Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force, Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives led to the successful apprehension of a suspect in New Jersey who was allegedly involved in the illegal importation and sale of counterfeit coins and ingots as well as counterfeit certification service holders. It is estimated that if the now confiscated items had been sold to unsuspecting retail customers they would have had a value of more than $48 million.
