Cercone, Inc. Overview
Cercone, Inc. is a Dallas family corporation that ordered a custom one-ounce silver trade unit from Dallas Specialty Mint, Inc. in the early 1980s. The company’s stylized “C” logo appears on the obverse of the 1982 Cercone Inc. Silver Trade Unit, paired with the mint’s stock trade-unit reverse.
Cercone, Inc. Company History
Cercone, Inc. was incorporated in Texas on August 23, 1976, with Albert B. Cercone, Albert M. Cercone and Theresa B. Cercone as incorporators and directors. Its charter covered the purchase, sale, service, development, research, testing and manufacture of industrial equipment, supplies and materials. Filings list the company at 7531 Villanova, 4826 Greenville Avenue and 7525 Greenbrier Drive in Dallas.
The corporation is still active, and today it is classified under NAICS 238000 (Specialty Trade Contractors), a construction category. Business directories also list Albert B. Cercone as a Dallas home builder on Greenbrier Drive. When the company moved from industrial equipment into construction has not been established.
Cercone, Inc. Numismatic Connection
Cercone is one of the few corporate clients known to have had Dallas Specialty Mint strike a private silver trade unit. The Amerock Silver Trade Unit carries the same reverse. No record has been found of how many rounds Cercone ordered or how it used them.
Cercone, Inc. References
- Texas Secretary of State, Cercone, Inc., Filing No. 38731600
- Albert B Cercone – Buzzfile
- Albert B Cercone – D&B
- Texas Stacker Archives
Coins from Cercone, Inc. (Dallas, Texas) (1)
