Author and Consumer Advocate Mike Fuljenz Honored with Five National Journalism Awards

Aug. 17, 2010 - PRLog -- (Beaumont, Texas) – August 17, 2010-- Mike Fuljenz, President of Universal Coin & Bullion in Beaumont, Texas has been honored with five national awards for excellence in print and broadcast journalism for his writings and reports about gold and the rare coin market.  The five first-place honors established a new record for Fuljenz, and no individual received more awards in this year's competition.

   Respected for writing and broadcasting excellence within the industry, the 2010 awards were presented at the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money in Boston, Massachusetts on August 12, 2010.  The awards were presented by the Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG); a nonprofit organization founded in 1968 that annually presents national awards to recognize outstanding journalism on the diverse subject of money from ancient to modern.  

   According to NLG Executive Director Ed Reiter, Fuljenz received the Best Radio Report (in conjunction with KLVI 560 in Beaumont) and Best Dealer Publication, Investor’s Profit Advisory for his work regarding an on-going series of investigative stories urging consumers to be cautious when selling gold coins and jewelry to some traveling gold buyers. In one instance, a gold buyer who temporarily set up at a hotel offered only $60 for a U.S. gold coin that experts valued at $10,000.  Fuljenz personally assisted in the investigations and will continue to oust those in his industry that would tarnish the integrity of a form of investing and collecting that has been around since the 7th century B.C.
   
In addition, Fuljenz received awards for Best Non-Commercial Video for his educational seminar, “Gold Coin Market Today,” at the Money Show of the Southwest in Houston in December 2009, Best Writer Award for the NLG newsletter and Best Investment Book of the Year for his just-published book and reference guide on an important United States coin series, Indian Gold Coins of the 20th Century.

   Since 1986, Fuljenz has been honored with a total of 35 NLG awards in 10 different categories.  "No one else I can recall has ever won in so many diverse categories over the years," said Reiter.  
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The Examiner newspaper stories can be viewed online: "Treasure Hunters or Gold Diggers" (January 14, 2010) at http://www.theexaminer.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=36... ;
"Illegal" (March 19, 2010) at http://www.theexaminer.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=37... ;
and "Update: Seller Beware" (April 6, 2010) at http://www.theexaminer.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=38....
KBTV Fox 4 television in Beaumont also did two stories about investigations in that community in conjunction with Fuljenz and Jordan.  You can view videos of the Fox 4 "Seller Beware" stories online at these web sites: "Seller Beware: The Great Treasure Hunt Un covered Part One" (March 11, 2010) at http://setxhomepage.com/search-fulltext?&nxd_id=86534; and "Seller Beware: The Great Treasure Hunt Un covered Part Two" (March 12, 2010) at http://setxhomepage.com/search-fulltext?&nxd_id=86684 .


Published by Subterfuge Publishing, Indian Gold Coins of the 20th Century by Mike Fuljenz (ISBN:10-0981948898) has a suggested retail price of $14.95.
Copies are available by calling toll-free at (800) 877-3273.

For more information about Universal Coin & Bullion please visit: www.universalcoin.com

To schedule interviews with Mike Fuljenz, contact Sha Embree Sembree@pgccreative.com or Vickie@universalcoin.com

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