the people
Michael Joffre is a lifelong collector and dealer. Before joining CWC, he was a successful investment advisor with Merrill Lynch, and National Bank of Canada. His areas of expertise include all aspects of coins and paper money, as well as many “pop-culture” collectables such as comic books and trading cards. As President for 6 years, he has overseen the purchase and sale of many millions of dollars of rare coins and estate jewellery.
As President since 2005, Mr. Joffre is our head buyer, and is actively involved in almost all purchases from the public. His philosophy is to give clients professional, efficient service, and to make sure everyone gets treated fairly.
Coins are not just a profession for our president. He is also an active collector and researcher of the medieval coins of Europe, and has a strong interest in coins from ancient Greek times to present. His credentials include…
Association Memberships
• Lifetime member of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
• Lifetime member of the American Numismatic Association
• President Lakeshore Coin Club
• President Montreal Numismatic Society
• Member of the Association des Numismates et des Philatelistes de Bourcherville
• Member La Societe Numismatique de Quebec
• Member Canadian Paper Money Society
• Member Ottawa Coin Club
Printed Works
• Contributor to the Charlton Standard Catalogue Canadian Coins, he is responsible for the description and pricing of all colonial coinage (pre-1858) listed in the catalogue
• Contributor to World Hallmarks (Vol.1 Europe), 2009
• Columnist for the West End Times, where Mr. Joffre writes a weekly article on coin collecting
• Contributor to the Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Government Paper Money, where he is on the pricing panel
Media
• Mr. Joffre has been featured on television, and frequently quoted in articles related to coin collecting
• Full page profile in Canadian Coin News.
Lecturer
• Annual guest lecturer at Ecole de Gemmologie de Montreal; Determining Market Values for Estate Jewellery
• Dozens of lectures at local and out of town coin clubs. Topics include French Regime Coinage, Coins of the Hundred Years War, and many others.
William Whetstone one of the company founders, and currently works as a consultant with our firm on special projects. He is a former President of the International Society of Appraisers, and has a solid background in antiques, silver, estate jewellery, rare coins, fine art, and European glass. He has over 40 years of numismatic expertise, and an educational background as an honours graduate in History at McGill university. He has just completed a landmark book entitled World Hallmarks with the Hallmark Research Institute, and is frequently featured as a guest lecturer at professional conferences.
Lucy Raposo is our office manager, and comes with a long wealth of experience acquired while working for the last several decades at Carlseys. Besides general administrative tasks, she is extensively involved with all aspects of customer service.
Paul Beck is the manager of our Comic Book department, being in charge of both our store, and our online shop. Paul joined our firm in 2005 when we were expanding our comic department, and was instrumental in helping set up our retail operations. He has been a comic collector for over 30 years, and is extremely knowledgeable in all things related to vintage and current comics. Being totally customer focused he is ready to help you with all of your collecting needs.
William Morizio joined us in 2011 to help in our retail store. He is currently completing his Masters of Science in Administration at Concordia University. He is a staff member of the hugely successful annual Montreal Comic Con, helping this event grow to an over 32,000 attendance level. As an enthusiatic comic collector, he developed and manages our Carsleys Comics Facebook page, and provides weekly updates to let clients know what is a good read.