![]() ![]() Possessing just as much tenacity and eagerness for coins, precious metals, and jewelry as their older brothers, the two quickly caught on to the family business and have become leaders in the company as well. With four locations and a new jewelry venture, the brothers knew it was time to bring their younger siblings, Daniel, and Angela, onboard. As the expansion took place, so did inventory, as the decision was made to include jewelry. Ten years later, Ryan successfully convinced his older brother to return home, helping to expand West Seattle Coins to Bellevue Rare Coins. With Ryan back in Seattle overseeing the family business, the two brothers worked together from across the country to build an indestructible partnership. Staying behind in Florida, Eric apprenticed under a trusted business associate of Pat’s before quickly becoming one of the most successful associates the store had seen in years. It was during this time that Pat instilled the fundamentals of business in Eric and Ryan giving them a lifetime of experience, an irreplaceable network, and reigniting their desire to succeed.Īfter endless nights on the road, sorting through bags of pennies in search of rare mints, and learning there was more value to those chipped diamonds than meets the eye, Eric decided it was time to go out on his own. With nothing left to lose, the three men found themselves on the road together once again, traveling non-stop for two years. A business venture he admits to failing at miserably before his father took it upon himself to coax Eric and younger brother Ryan back into the family business. With his mother and aunt running West Seattle Coins, a young Eric Hoolahan sat alongside his father during plane rides and road trips as they traveled cross-country, learning everything there is to know about rare coins, gold, other precious metals, and his real passion- jewelry.Īs the years progressed, a young adult Eric decided to try his luck in real estate. A business venture that would prove to stand the test of time and allow his children to follow in his footsteps. This desire to know more and entrepreneurial spirit is what drove him to open West Seattle Coins in 1979. Pat Hoolahan had an overwhelming magnetism towards numismatics starting at a young age. The inception of passion more often than not sparks from fond childhood memories the same rings considerably true for Eric Hoolahan and his siblings as they trace their love for all things coin, jewelry, precious stones, and antiques related back to their father, Patrick “Pat” Hoolahan.
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