The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation will honor a collector and a coin dealer for their work in identifying counterfeit coins and educating the public about the dangers of online scams related to fakes during a special awards presentation Friday, Sept. 26, at 11 a.m. in Room 12 of the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL, during the Great American Coin and Collectibles Show.
Don Ketterling, a member of the ACEF Board of Directors, will present the recipients with the Alan Kreuzer Memorial Award, which recognizes the anti-counterfeiting efforts of collectors, dealers, law enforcement agents or others who are diligently trying to protect the numismatic marketplace.
The award is named for the late Alan “Al” Kreuzer, a Castro Valley, California coin dealer who was instrumental in alerting the hobby about 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.
Each award recipient receives a three-inch, antique bronze medal featuring a Heraldic Eagle on the obverse and his name engraved on the reverse.
Immediately following the awards presentation, the award recipients and Kettering will be featured during a special taping of the Coin Show Podcast. The public is invited to attend both the awards presentation and the Coin Show Podcast taping.
On Sept. 26 and 27 ACEF will have a table in the hallway near the entrance of the GACC show offering to COPY stamp counterfeit coins – free of charge — for members of the public who bring fakes to the show that they were duped into buying by online scammers.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation is funded entirely by donations. Tax-deductible donations may be made to the 501(c)(3) non-profit Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation by submitting the online donation form on ACEF’s website.