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  Mike Fuljenz was born in 1954 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He is the author of numerous books on the subject of coin collecting, rare coins, and other numismatic subjects. Michael Fuljenz has also worked on or contributed to other literary projects dealing with American coins. His knowledge of the coin world has made him a sought after coin expert even by other numismatists. Mike’s literary accomplishments have garnered him a litany of Numismatist Literary Awards (NLG) and the esteem of many in the coin world. Mike Fuljenz has contributed to the coin guides of Scott Travers, R.S. Yeoman and others.
Subterfuge Publishing is proud to be associated with Mike Fuljenz and his literary work. Currently, Fuljenz is involved with state legislation to protect consumers from predatory precious metal buying companies. He has also been involved in a series of investigative stories urging consumers to be cautious when selling gold coins and jewelry to itinerant gold buyers. In fact Jerry Jordan, Managing Editor of The Examiner and Mike Fuljenz won five national journalism awards for their reports.
In Mike’s on going campaign to protect the uninformed precious metal seller from predatory buyers he finds himself quoted often.
 The Galveston Daily News wrote an article about gold buyers and quoted Fuljenz numerous times.
One interesting quote was “Fuljenz said he helped investigate one hotel buyer who offered only $60 for a gold coin Fuljenz and independent experts valued at $10,000.” Another quote was “Reputable dealers pay a higher percentage of melt or bullion value, typically between 60 and 80 percent. Hotel buyers pay as low as 10 percent of melt value and rarely more than 50 percent”
You can read the entire article from “The Galveston Daily News”.
Another article from Kathy M. Kristof of the LA Times titled “Gold buyers and sellers should beware of shady dealers” has more quotes from Mike Fuljenz.
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