COIN WORLD AUTHORS
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Digital Content Producer
Joe O’Donnell, digital content producer, joined the Coin World editorial staff in 2014. Joe writes web content, manages Coin World’s social media accounts, compiles content for daily digital eNewsletters, and contributes on occasion to the print magazine. He has enjoyed interacting withCoin World readers while covering the sale of coins from the Saddle Ridge Hoard and the 50th anniversary Kennedy half dollar releases.
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Editorial Intern
Colin Sallee, editorial intern, joined Coin World in February, 2015. Colin handles various editorial tasks for coinworld.com. He is a senior at DePaul University, and a Staff Writer for The DePaulia student newspaper. He’s enjoyed learning more about the overall appeal of coin collecting, and enjoys the history associated with them – primarily global and ancient coins.
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Columnist
Michael Fahey, senior authenticator at ANACS, shares his expertise and tips in "Detecting Counterfeits" in the regular pages of Coin World and also guides collectors in learning to grade U.S. coins in his popular "First Grade" column published in the Coin Values section of the monthly Special Edition.
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London Correspondent
John Andrew first wrote for Coin World and its related publications in 1973 and has been the London correspondent for Coin World for more than 40 years. In 2014, he was admitted to the Livery of The Worshipful Company of Art Scholars, the City of London’s 110th Livery Company. Andrew is also an Associate of the Livery of The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.
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Washington Correspondent
Bill McAllister covers developments out of Washington, D.C. Among the stories Bill writes are those that concern new U.S. Mint and Bureau of Engraving and Printing releases, as well as the meetings and recommendations of the two coin design review bodies, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee and the Commission of Fine Arts.
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Columnist
Arthur L. Friedberg, professional numismatist and expert in U.S. paper money and world gold coins, serves as pricing analyst for Coin World's Paper Money retail guide for federally issued paper money and also provides observations and insight about the paper money market monthly in "Paper Money Market Analysis." He also serves as pricing analyst for Euro Values covering retail prices for euro coins issued by 21 nations since 2002 and provides "Euro Market Analysis" for updates published in World Coins.
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Contributor
Michele Orzano served as editor of Paper Money Values magazine and the Paper Money section. She has written extensively on legislative and legal topics and has won major state and national awards in graphic design and feature and news writing. Michele was essential in Coin World's ambitious coverage of the 50 State quarters circulating commemorative coin program and since 1993 has written most of the paper money coverage. She graduated from Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.