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James L. Halperin

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James L. Halperin (born October 31, 1952 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American author and businessman. Halperin authored a groundbreaking text on grading coins, as well as two futurist fiction books, The Truth Machine (1996) and The First Immortal (1997).

Halperin attended Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, then attended Harvard University between 1970-1971 where he majored in psychology and later philosophy. After three semesters, Halperin took a permanent leave of absence to pursue his numismatic career. In 1982, he ultimately settled in Dallas, Texas.

Halperin also directs the world's largest rare coin company and America's third largest auction firm, Heritage Auction Galleries, and endows a health education foundation which supports several charities.

He has been married to his wife Gayle since 1984 and they have two sons, David (born 1991) and Michael (born 1995).

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