Scott A. Travers ranks as one of the most knowledgeable and influential coin dealers in the world. His name is familiar to readers everywhere as the author of seven bestselling books on coins: How to Make Money in Coins Right Now (Random House), The Coin Collector's Survival Manual (Random House), One-Minute Coin Expert (Random House), Travers' Rare Coin Investment Strategy (Simon & Schuster), Scott Travers' Top 88 Coins to Buy & Sell (Random House), The Insider's Guide to U.S. Coin Values (Random House), and The Investor's Guide to Coin Trading (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.). All of them have won awards from the prestigious Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG).

In 2002, NLG awarded him its highest bestowable honor, the lifetime achievement Clemy. He was elected vice president (1997-1999) of the American Numismatic Association, a congressionally chartered nonprofit educational organization, which awarded him its Presidential Award in 2003.

Scott Travers is a contributing editor to COINage, has written hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles, conducted numerous symposiums at coin shows and other public forums, and served as a coin valuation consultant to the Federal Trade Commission. His opinions as an expert are often sought by publications such as Barron's, Business Week, and The Wall Street Journal. A frequent guest on national television and radio programs, Scott Travers has won awards and gained an impressive reputation not only as a coin expert but also as a forceful consumer advocate for the coin-buying public.

He serves as numismatic advisor to a number of major investment funds and has coordinated the liquidation of numerous important collections. The New York Times called Scott Travers “the Ralph Nader of the numismatic world,” and Newsweek called him “the coin collector’s best friend.” He is president of Scott Travers Rare Coin Galleries, LLC, in New York.