The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 45, November 4, 2007, Article 14

JOE BOLING: A HARRY FORMAN STORY

American Numismatic Association governor Joe Boling writes:
"My copy of The Asylum arrived while I was at the PAN show
last week. The story about visiting Philadelphia dealer
Harry Forman reminded me of my experience with Harry.
When I ran for the ANA board back in 1995, an unexpected
ad showed up for me in The Numismatist - paid for by Harry
Forman. I couldn't imagine why Harry was advertising on
my behalf (under current rules he couldn't to that -
permission has to be obtained from the candidate first).

"Finally I recalled - back in the early '90s, Harry had
taken payment from someone in French francs. The notes
were still good, but obsolete - they were not convertible
in this country. They had to be presented to the Banque
de France. As it happened, I had an employee in Germany
whose wife was French, and they visited France regularly.
There was a branch of the BdF in the town they most often
visited. So I had him take the stack of notes (two or
three thousand dollars worth, maybe a bit more) over there
and convert them. I then sent Harry the dollars and forgot
all about it. He didn't."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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