https://silveringotinfo.com/ 2026-04-18T12:39:18+00:00 https://silveringotinfo.com/ https://silveringotinfo.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2020-12-31T19:13:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://silveringotinfo.com/doku.php?id=f:foster:history:bob&rev=1609442034&do=diff Robert (Bob) A. Naimy was born in July 1926 and died in October of 1986. He married in 1950 and had several children who in later years helped him with his traveling business buying coins, precious metals and other valuables. He spent most of his life in Walla Walla, Washington, divorced in 1976 and moved to San Diego around 1979. text/html 2020-12-31T18:21:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://silveringotinfo.com/doku.php?id=f:foster:history:herc&rev=1609438897&do=diff Hercules G. Picerne was born in January 1910 and died in October 1985. He lived the first half his life in Rhode Island and lived in Walla Walla, WA from approximately 1960 to 1985. He was married in 1966. Hercules was involved with W. H. Foster Inc as well as Hercaimy Coin/Enterprises until their bankruptcy in 1970. I'm not sure he continued working with Bob Naimy after the bankruptcy. He travelled extensively for the companies along with Bob buying coins and precious metals across the country… text/html 2020-12-31T19:15:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://silveringotinfo.com/doku.php?id=f:foster:history:hercaimy&rev=1609442114&do=diff Bob Naimy and Herc Picerne ran Hercaimy Coin (which became Hercaimy Enterprises) mostly by traveling the country buying silver, gold and coins from people. Even after the company went bankrupt, Bob Naimy continued to travel the country using a different company name, Prestige Coins. text/html 2020-12-31T19:22:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://silveringotinfo.com/doku.php?id=f:foster:history:lcm&rev=1609442577&do=diff This is mentioned on the allengelhard site as a successor to W. H. Foster Inc. but I'll I've found about it is the mention in a later lawsuit against W. H. Foster Inc. text/html 2020-12-31T19:21:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://silveringotinfo.com/doku.php?id=f:foster:history:nwm&rev=1609442482&do=diff Northwest Historical Medals, owned by Vernon Bosley, which was also called Northwest Medals resided in the same building as W. H. Foster Inc. They were around from at least 1961 to 2014 when the corporation was dissolved: Corporate History I speculate they took over W. H. Foster Inc.'s business after Hercaimy went bankrupt in 1970. text/html 2020-12-31T19:38:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://silveringotinfo.com/doku.php?id=f:foster:history:pcp&rev=1609443536&do=diff Prestige Coins, Prestige Premiums, etc. were the continuation of Bob Naimy's traveling business of buying coins, precious metals, etc. March 6, 1974 article March 6, 1974 continuation May 23, 1977 ad September 10, 1977 article June 21, 1978 article text/html 2020-12-30T23:01:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://silveringotinfo.com/doku.php?id=f:foster:history:timeline&rev=1609369265&do=diff From my research, the first instance a poured bar appeared was October, 1967 in Coinage Magazine. All these other ads are from Coinage magazine which I have about 50 from 1967-1981 I have not been able to look at Coin World archives and only have four Coins magazines from this era with no ads showing poured bars. Initially, Danny B. Crabb was the main supplier of these bars. text/html 2020-12-31T19:24:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://silveringotinfo.com/doku.php?id=f:foster:history:vern&rev=1609442657&do=diff Vernon Bosley to do. text/html 2020-12-31T19:56:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://silveringotinfo.com/doku.php?id=f:foster:history:whfi&rev=1609444587&do=diff W. H. Foster Inc. was around from at least March 1963 and appears to have been run by Bob Naimy and Herc Picerne until 1970 when Hercaimy Enterprises went bankrupt. The company seems to be associated with Northwest Medals after that point. Unlike Hercaimy Enterprises, they did not travel the county buying up coins and bullion. text/html 2020-12-30T23:26:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://silveringotinfo.com/doku.php?id=f:foster:history:william&rev=1609370813&do=diff W. H. Foster is an elusive person. A W. H. or William Foster is mentioned a few times in articles around Walla Walla, WA but he was not associated with his own company much unlike Bob Naimy and Herc Picerne. A May 9th, 1963 article about a coin show that mentioned W. H. Foster: text/html 2020-12-27T22:25:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://silveringotinfo.com/doku.php?id=f:foster:history:wwcc&rev=1609107931&do=diff I believe Walla Walla Coin Company preceded W. H. Foster Inc and Hercaimy Coin/Enterprises. In other information, Bob Naimy states he ran a company with the “same corporate structure since 1958” and I believe Naimy probably owned this company, especially with the similarities to Hercaimy ads.