traded as nyse mkt dgse industry retail and wholesale founded 1965 headquarters dallas texas united states number of locations 12 stores throughout in texas illinois and south carolina area served united states key people matthew m. peakes ceo c. brett burford cfo products jewelry diamonds rare coins precious metals watches revenue us 100 000 000 number of employees 250 divisions bullion express dallas gold & silver exchange fairchild international charleston gold & diamond exchange website www.dgse.com dgse companies inc. is a leading precious metal and jewelry wholesaler and retailer in the southwestern united states headquartered in dallas texas . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 timeline 3 references 4 external links history edit originally known as american pacific mint inc. they incorporated in nevada in september 1965 and later moved to azusa california . 3 4 they purchased the dallas gold and silver exchange in september 1987 for an undisclosed amount . dallas gold and silver exchange continued operating as a subsidiary of american pacific mint . in january 1992 after seeing that subsidiary achieve record results and a 19 % jump in profits american pacific mint announced their plan to move their headquarters to dallas and rename the entire company as dallas gold and silver exchange . 5 shareholders approved the plan in july that year . 6 in july 2001 they began to use their present name . 7 they were one of the earliest coin and bullion dealers to begin doing business on the internet ; they set up a website to auction jewelry from their stores in 1995 and later launched two further websites for auctioning watches and to allow jewelry manufactures and vendors to sell to each other and directly to the public . they also set up a website to provide real time price quotes for precious metals . 1 their revenues from their internet business began to show dramatic growth in 1999 ; revenue to march 15 of that year was five times the revenue for their 1998 fiscal year . 8 their acquisition of superior galleries and the success of superior s first auction under dgse ownership drove their share price up 33 % to 4.06 in august 2007 . 9 dgse operates thirty five retail locations eight dallas gold and silver exchange stores throughout the dallas fort worth metroplex ; bullion express in highland park chicago il ; charleston gold & diamond exchange in charleston sc ; and 24 stores branded as southern bullion coin & jewelry throughout the southeast u.s. including alabama tennessee north carolina south carolina florida and georgia . in april 2012 dgse announces halt in trading of its public stock on amex 10 in june 2012 dgse closes its superior gold and silver exchange store in woodland hills . 11 in july 2012 dgse opens two new stores in dallas fort worth metroplex southlake tx and allen tx . in november 2012 dgse opened a new store in fort worth tx 12 in november 2012 dgse companies announces the resumption of trading of its public stock on nyse mkt . 13 timeline edit this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message 1965 incorporation of american pacific mint 1978 rainbow rare coins founded 1980 rainbow rare coins changes name to dallas gold & silver exchange 1987 publicly traded american pacific mint acquires the assets of dallas gold & silver exchange 1991 dallas gold & silver exchange acquires its first texas pawn license to provide jewelry loans to its customers 1995 dallas gold & silver exchange launches online auction platform 1998 dallas gold & silver exchange acquires national jewelry exchange a small pawnshop in carrolton texas 2000 dallas gold & silver exchange opens charleston south carolina location under the name charleston gold & diamond exchange 2000 dallas gold & silver exchange acquires fairchild international one of the largest wholesale fine watch companies in the united states 2003 u.s. bullion exchange is launched to handle trading and execution of all precious metals transactions system wide for all dgse companies . usbe provides an internet based trading platform for all dgse customers . 2005 parent company s name changed to dgse companies inc 2007 dallas gold & silver exchange acquires the assets of euless gold & silver and opens dallas gold & silver exchange fort worth euless location 2007 dgse companies inc. lists on the american stock exchange 2007 the second dallas area national pawn store is opened . 2007 american gold & silver exchange is launched with national advertising roll out allowing individuals from anywhere to send jewelry and precious metals to dgse for purchase . 2007 superior estate buyers is launched and conducts its first remote buying events 2007 dgse companies inc. acquire superior galleries one of the united states oldest and largest numismatic auction houses 2007 superior galleries conducts its first jewelry and fine time piece auction in beverly hills california 2007 superior precious metals is launched to service precious metals and rare coin retail customers 2008 superior gold & diamond exchange is opened in woodland hills california 2009 dgse companies inc. launches a charitable fundraising company under the name a chance to give 2011 dgse bullion express concept is introduced new store opened in preston center in dallas texas 2011 second dgse bullion express is opened in north dallas . 2011 dgse companies inc. opens fifth dallas area location in arlington 2012 dgse companies inc. opens a bullion express store in highland park chicago illinois 14 2012 dgse companies inc. opens a bullion express store in atlanta georgia s buckhead district 15 2012 securities and exchange commission sec announces investigation into dgse accounting irregularities 16 2012 dgse companies inc. opens 6th dfw area location in southlake texas 17 2012 dgse companies inc. opens 7th dfw area location in allen texas 18 2012 dgse companies inc. opens 8th dfw area location in fort worth texas using some artwork and jewelry cases from the now defunct superior galleries . 19 2013 dgse companies inc. opens 2nd atlanta area location in cumming georgia ; branded as southern bullion coin & jewelry 20 references edit a b schmidt rob 2000 the e commerce ticket for coin and bullion investors these shares turn collectibles into investibles coin connoisseur magazine retrieved 2007 10 11 dallas gold & silver exchange inc. dallas business journal 2007 retrieved 2007 10 11 dead link la briefly daily news of los angeles 1987 09 03 retrieved 2007 10 11 form 10ksb sec filing dgse companies inc. 1998 03 13 retrieved 2007 09 18 american pacific mint plans move to dallas los angeles times 1992 01 07 retrieved 2009 06 04 name change ok d american metal market 1992 07 13 retrieved 2007 10 11 dead link dallas gold & silver exchange changes name to dgse dallas business journal 2001 07 05 retrieved 2007 10 11 dallas gold and silver exchange reports internet growth dallas business journal 1999 03 15 retrieved 2007 10 11 dgse up 33 percent speeple news 2007 08 08 retrieved 2007 10 11 dgse halts trading yahoo finance 2012 04 check date values in date help www.dgse.com 2012 dgse companies inc. dallas gold & silver exchange opens fort worth location 4 traders dgse companies inc. dgse announces resumption of trading on nyse mkt 4 traders chicagoland s first gold investment boutique bullion express opens in highland park permanent dead link dgse companies inc. opens bullion express retail boutique in atlanta s buckhead district yahoo finance permanent dead link dallas gold & silver exchange opens location in southlake tx dallas gold & silver exchange opens seventh dfw location in allen texas diamonds.net dgse opens an exchange in fort worth dgse companies inc. southern bullion coin & jewelry opens second atlanta area store external links edit dallas gold & silver exchange retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dgse companies & oldid 738669953 categories companies established in 1965jewelry retailers of the united stateswholesalerscompanies listed on nyse mkthidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from december 2010articles with dead external links from september 2016cs1 errors datesarticles with dead external links from july 2016articles with permanently dead external linksarticles needing additional references from june 2009all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 11 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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