OCEANSIDE COIN

Lieutenant Craig Petersen is a native from Everett, WA and joined the Coast Guard in 1986 as a third generation "Coastie". After recruit training in Cape May, NJ, Seaman Apprentice Petersen was assigned to the 95-foot patrol boat USCGC CAPE CORWIN in Maui, HI. After attending Machinery Technician School in Yorktown, VA, he was assigned as a Third Class Petty Officer on the USCGC IRIS, a 180-foot World War II-era buoy tender in Astoria, OR... Craig began his love for coins when his grandfather gave him a precious family heirloom of a 1613 Danish Mark; a coin he still has to this day. While in the military, Craig not only completed his Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree but also put together the first complete PCGS XF45 Barber Half Dollar Set; a set that world renowned numismatist Q. David Bowers told him in person would be impossible to put together. It took 10-years to put together but he did it. He also had at one time the #2 All-Time Best PCGS Eisenhower Dollar Set. Not satisfied..

Primary location: Oceanside United States