The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 8, February 22, 2004, Article 2

JULES REIVER DEAD AT 87

  Julian Leidman and Gregg Silvas alerted the hobby via last
  week's Early American Coppers email newsletter that another
  of our hobby's greats, Jules Reiver, passed away on February
  11th.  The Delaware News Journal published an obituary
  on February 14th.  Unfortunately, it has already been removed
  from the paper's web site.  Here is an extensive excerpt:

  "Julius Reiver Age 87 and a lifelong Wilmington, DE resident,
  died suddenly February 11, 2004.   Born September 25,
  1916 to Hyman and Ethel Rothman Reiver, Jules graduated
  from Wilmington High School.   After receiving his BME from
  the University of Delaware in 1938, he worked as an engineer
  with the DuPont Company and was instrumental in building its
  first commercial nylon plant.

  He was called into the Army in July 1942. An officer in the
  First Army, he commanded the first antiaircraft battery to land
  on Omaha Beach in the Normandy invasion, for which he
  earned the Certificate of Merit. He was in the vanguard of the
  liberation of Paris. During the Battle of the Bulge, his battery
  turned back the Germans at a huge gasoline dump, for which
  he earned the Bronze Star, and he was promoted to major by
  the end of the war.

  Ernie Pyle, the famous correspondent, devoted a chapter to
  "Reiver's Retrievers" in his book Brave Men.    Jules continued
  in the Army Reserves after the war, retiring as a lieutenant
  colonel in 1966.    An expert marksman, he competed as a
  member of the Sixth Army Pistol Team, winning a national
  second place at the Camp Perry, OH, matches.

  He was president of Hyman Reiver & Co., the floor covering
  business, from 1946 until his retirement in 1978.    He was
  president of the Floor Covering Association of Philadelphia in
  1975 and vice president of the National Floor Covering
  Association in 1976.

  Jules began collecting coins at age 7 and became a specialist
  in early American copper and silver coins.  In 1960, he was
  arrested for refusing to surrender a $10 gold certificate in his
  numismatic collection.    The charges were dropped and a law
  was enacted permitting collectors to hold gold certificates.

  He wrote 5 books on coins, including U.S. Early Silver Dollar
  1793-1803, which won the 1999 National Literary Guild
  Award. He was appointed to the Citizens Commemorative
  Coin Advisory Committee to the U.S. Mint, serving from
  1996-1999. A frequent speaker at numismatic conventions,
  he did coin appraisals both locally and nationally, and wrote
  auction catalogs for special coin sales.

  Jules was a collector of antique cars, including his 1936 Lincoln
  V-12 convertible sedan, which won first prize in the National
  Classic Car show of 1963.   He served in numerous civic
  groups."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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