Pat Heller began collecting coins in 1964.  After getting his BBA with Distinction from the University of Michigan in 1974, he worked for seven years as a Certified Public Accountant.  In 1975, he visited Liberty Coins for the first time and in 1981, after realizing sizeable profits on his coin investments, he became part owner of Liberty Coin Service, Michigan's largest rare coin and precious metals dealership and has been sole owner since 1995.

Besides helping customers and writing the monthly newsletter, Pat does much of the accounting and public relations work and is a a frequent speaker to community groups and schools.  His current collecting interests include gold coins from Liberia, and tokens and paper money from Lapeer, Michigan and Menomonie, Wisconsin.

Pat's professional writings have appeared in the Journal of Accountancy (January 1980), The Wall Street Journal (December 1987), Numismatic News (various), and Michigan Banker (October 1999).  He holds life memberships in the American Numismatic Association (ANA), Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS), Michigan State Numismatic Society (MSNS), and Society for Paper Money Collectors (SPMC).  He is amember of numerous other numismatic organizations as well as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants.