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ACEF seeks nominations for Kreuzer Award
The deadline for nominating a candidate for the 2025 Kreuzer Award is March 31.
Do you know someone who has during the past year actively helped in the fight against counterfeit coins, paper money, and/or fake third-party encapsulation holders? If so, nominate that person for consideration to receive the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation's Alan Kreuzer Memorial Award.The Alan Kreuzer Memorial Award recognizes the anti-counterfeiting efforts of collectors, dealers, law enforcement agents or others who are diligently trying to protect the numismatic marketplace,” said ACEF President John Albanese.
“Previous recipients have included individuals who helped catch counterfeiters or identified suspects selling fakes, or significantly helped combat counterfeiting by generously donating to the foundation,” noted Albanese.
The award is named for the late Alan “Al” Kreuzer, a Castro Valley, California coin dealer who was instrumental in alerting the hobby to help identify counterfeit third-party certification holders and fake insert labels. After his death in 2016, his daughter, Chandra, donated $50,000 to help establish the Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force, now integrated into the work of ACEF.
The deadline for nominating a candidate for the 2025 Kreuzer Award is March 31. The nomination form is available on the ACEF website. Nominations must include the nominee's full name, title and business affiliation, as well as nominee's contact information and, of course, the reason he or she should be considered for the award.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation with Public Charity status that assists law enforcement in investigations dealing with counterfeit coins and paper money being sold in the U.S. marketplace and provides educational information to the collecting public about counterfeiter's who prey on the collecting public.
Among its many accomplishments during the past year, ACEF established a directory of 239 vetted Trusted Experts. One of the features of the directory allows one to locate a knowledgeable and trustworthy dealer within 50 miles of his/her location. ACEF also obtained the necessary equipment and during major coins shows has offered to COPY mark counterfeit coins in compliance with the Hobby Protection Act, in order to identify the fakes and also to make them legal to own.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation is funded entirely by donations. Your tax-deductible donation may be made to the 501(c)(3) non-profit Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation by submitting the online donation form on the ACEF website.
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