Overview
Cercone, Inc. is a Dallas, Texas corporation incorporated in 1976 and still active today. The company was organized as a manufacturer and supplier of research, testing, development, and industrial equipment. Cercone is known within Texas numismatic research as the issuer of a custom one-ounce silver trade unit attributed to Dallas Specialty Mint during the early 1980s.
The company’s silver trade unit represents one of the few currently documented examples of a Dallas-area corporate silver bullion issue bearing the DSM mint mark.
Location / Years
Cercone, Inc.
- Incorporated: August 23, 1976
- Status: Active
- Location: Dallas, Texas
Known Addresses
7531 Villanova
Dallas, Texas 75225
4826 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75206
7525 Greenbrier Drive
Dallas, Texas 75225
Corporate Filings
Texas Secretary of State
- Filing Number: 38731600
- Entity Type: Domestic For-Profit Corporation
- Original Filing Date: August 23, 1976
- Status: In Existence
Leadership
Original Incorporators and Directors (1976)
- Albert B. Cercone
- Albert M. Cercone
- Theresa B. Cercone
Business Purpose
The Articles of Incorporation state that Cercone, Inc. was organized to engage in the purchase, sale, service, development, research, testing, and manufacture of industrial equipment, supplies, materials, and related products.
The corporation was broadly authorized to engage in manufacturing, services, sales, and commercial activities associated with those operations.
Attribution Notes
The Cercone Silver Trade Unit shares an identical reverse die with the Amerock Silver Trade Unit, also made by the Dallas Specialty Mint, including:
- Scale and weights design
- Typography
- Layout
- Legends
- Overall die characteristics
Both issues carry DSM mint marks, providing strong evidence for manufacture by Dallas Specialty Mint.
Notes
Cercone remains one of the few documented Dallas corporations known to have commissioned a custom silver trade unit during the early 1980s Texas private bullion era.
The scale-and-weights motif featured on the silver trade unit may reflect the company’s involvement in industrial, testing, measurement, research, or manufacturing-related fields as described in its incorporation documents.
References
- Cercone, Inc. Texas Secretary of State Filing No. 38731600
- Cercone, Inc. Articles of Incorporation (August 23, 1976)
- Cercone, Inc. Silver Trade Unit
- Dallas Specialty Mint, Inc. Filing No. 56451100
- Amerock Silver Trade Unit
Coins from Cercone, Inc. (Dallas, Texas) (1)
