A-Mark Financial Corporation - Key Dates:
Key Dates:
- 1965:
- A-Mark Coin Company is incorporated by Steven C. Markoff.
- 1972:
- A-Mark is granted special license by the U.S. Treasury for dealing in gold.
- 1981:
- A-Mark mints a proprietary one-ounce silver bar.
- 1983:
- A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. tops $1 billion in sales for the fiscal year.
- 1987:
- The company fights to gain status as an authorized dealer of Gold Eagle coins by the U.S. Mint.
- 1997:
- The company arrives on the World Wide Web.
- 1998:
- The product line is expanded to include platinum alloys.
- 1999:
- A-Mark Financial Corporation, now established as the parent company of A-Mark Precious Metals and other subsidiaries, is ranked 51st on the Forbes list of top privately held companies.
- 2000:
- A-Mark is recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as the second largest privately held company in Los Angeles.
- 2001:
- The New Issues and Collectibles division is established.
