The Vault Blog

Andy A., The Coin Vault Television Host/Limited Shareholder

As the oldest of the Abel brothers, Andy officially began his full-time tenure at SilverTowne in March of 2005. With a small time period in between where he stepped away to pursue other interests, he returned full steam ahead in April of 2011 when silver hit nearly $50 an ounce and the business needed every bit of help it could garner. Although his “official” time here at SilverTowne has been influential to say the least, he has grown up in this...read more

Brock Abel, Chief Executive Officer

As of late January 2019, Brock Abel was named as the new Chief Executive Officer at SilverTowne.

One of eight grandchildren to the late founder Leon Hendrickson, Brock has grown up in the business since day one and has now found himself in one of the most important positions to date.

“I’ve worked hard for the last 14 years to get where I am,” he said. “I have great...read more

Perhaps one of the most popular of commemorations happening right now in the numismatic hobby is that of the 1969 moon landing. With the three man crew of Apollo 11 (including most famously Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” E. Aldrin, Jr.) making their literal prints on the moon, the space race was commanded and finished with success as the United States was and still is the only country to have done such remarkable things within science and engineering. But perhaps also worth mentioning is the aforementioned space race being started by that of President John F. Kennedy in 1961.

As important as Kennedy is within our nation’s history as well as within the numismatic business, he himself has been commemorated on numerous...read more