ABOUT JACOB LIPSON
Jacob Lipson has been a professional numismatist since 2010, serving as both a dealer in Canadian and American coins, tokens, and medals and as an independent numismatic cataloguer for a major U.S. auction house. In that role, he has handled many rarities, including nearly half of the 100 Greatest U.S. Coins, and has worked with some of the most notable collections to have come to market in recent years, including those of Eric Newman, Eugene Gardner, Donald Partrick, Bob Simpson, and Harry W. Bass, Jr. Jacob was also the lead cataloger of the Michael Joffre Collection of Canadian Historical Medals. He is an active member of numerous numismatic organizations in Canada and the United States, and is co-editor and publisher of Occasional Numismatic Papers.
Professional Affiliations
President of the Ottawa Numismatic Society
Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
Medal Collectors of America (Board Member)
Numismatic Literary Guild
Montreal Numismatic Society
“Jacob Lipson is one of Canada’s foremost dealers in medals and tokens. His cataloguing is superb, his descriptions accurate and well researched and he has access to some of North America’s top experts. I recommend him highly for his honesty and integrity.”
Printed Works
Contributor, Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles: As Illustrated by the Phillip H. Morse and Stephen Duckor Collections by Roger W. Burdette, March 2018. Winner of the 2018 Numismatic Literary Guild’s Book of the Year.
April 2018: “Bryan Money and the Fight for Free Silver,” The Heritage Blog.
August 2018: “The McGill University Hiram Mills Award Medal,” The Canadian Numismatic Journal, vol. 63, no. 5, pp 210-214.
Columnist, Dawson Creek Mirror, 2017-2018
April 2019: “The American Art-Union and C.W. Wright’s John Trumbull Medal,” The Numismatist, Official publication of the American Numismatic Association.
March 2021: “The ‘1829’ U.S.-Canada Arbitration Medal,” Medal Collectors of America Advisory, vol. 24, no. 1, pp 26-30.
April 2022: “The St. Amant Mystery and McLachlan’s Hoard of Canadian Coppers,” Occasional Numismatic Papers, no. 1, pp 8-17. Written in partnership with Christopher Faulkner.
October 2022: “LeRoux-1233: The Collège Saint-Laurent Medal,” Occasional Numismatic Papers, no. 2, pp 9-14.
Media
Jacob has been interviewed by the CBC Radio, Journal de Montreal, Auction Central News, and the Associated Press. He is regularly called upon to provide commentary for Canadian Coin News.
Lecturer at libraries and coin club meetings on topics ranging from coin collecting in the age of the internet to how to handle the liquidation of a coin collection.