Preparations for CoinChat Radio are in high gear in the office. The first program will be broadcast online at 11 a.m. Friday morning Central Daylight Time. Mark your calendar.

It has been great fun putting it all together. I hope you will be listening to it then or when it repeats at the top of each hour.

You can access it at www.CoinChatRadio.com.

I do an interview with Texas collector Reed Hawn and talk a little bit about a coin he once owned, an 1804 dollar that will hit the market again at auction in April and the Central States convention.

Those who are interested in the precious metals markets will have the opportunity to hear my interview of Pat Heller of Liberty Coin Service. Pat shares his thoughts about gold, platinum and silver.

The best part, of course, is if you like what you hear, Pat has agreed to come back. It is a deep subject and in a few minutes in an initial interview, I simply wanted to hear more. I hope you do as well.

The program has much more packed into it with contributions by Dave Kranz, Debbie Bradley, Lisa Bellavin and Maggie Pahl and Bob Van Ryzin, who also introduces the rest of us.

I don’t want to give it all away. So listen in on Friday. If you do, let me know what you think. Point out the good and the bad. Then all of us can give you more of what you find interesting and useful and less of what you don’t like.

My e-mail is david.harper@fwpubs.com.