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E-SYLUM ARCHIVE
GENE HESSLER BIO AND OTHER GLEANINGS FROM THE JULY 2008 NUMISMATIST
The July 2008 issue of The Numismatist
published by the American Numismatic Association has a number of items of
interest to bibliophiles. The feature article is a biography of author
Gene Hessler, winner of the ANA's 2008 Farran Zerbe award.Gene's an E-Sylum regular, and contributor to numismatic publications including Bank Note Reporter, COINage, Coin World, The Numismatist, and Paper Money, which he edited from 1984 to 1998. Gene also served as curator of the Chase Manhattan Bank Money Museum in New York and the Mercantile Money Museum in St. Louis.
The article, written by Fred Schwan, features a portrait of Gene with the numismatic books he's authored:
- Comprehensive Catalog of U.S. Paper Money
- U.S. Essay, Proof and Specimen Notes
- An Illustrated History of U.S. Loans
- The Engraver's Line
- The International Engraver's Line
Gene will soon publish another book, a memoir of
his life titled Hey, Mr. Horn Blower. In Gene's other career as a
professional musician, he performed alongside legends Stan Kenton, Woody
Herman, Buddy Rich, Julie Andrews and others.
Also of interest to researchers and
bibliophiles is Just What the Doctor Ordered, an article about ANA
founder Dr. George Heath and efforts of the Michigan State Numismatic
Society to commemorate the 100th anniversary of heath's deathOther items of interest are an article by Benjamin Smith on the 16th century numismatic reference Illustrium Imagines, donated to the ANA library by its namesake Dwight Manley, and an article by David Lange on the Old San Francisco Mint and its research facilities. David writes:
During the 1980s and early '90s, the Old Mint became one
of my favorite research facilities. As I began to write articles and then
books, its vast collection of books, catalogs and unpublished documents
were a real treasure troce. I especially prized its collection of annual
Mint Director's reports, complete from 1873 to date. Though at first my
visits were supervised, I soon got to know the staff well enough that they
more or less gave me the run of the library. While the individual pieces
of this resource still exist, they are no longer easily accessible to
researchers. This was just one of the many losses the numismatic community
suffered when the Treasury Department closed the OSFMM in 1994, citing an
alleged earthquake hazard.
Lastly, I’ll mention a well-written and researched article by
David Schenkman on an interesting 1902 medal honoring a visit to Syracuse,
NY by Prince Henry of Prussia. Dave had brought the medal to a recent
meeting of my Northern Virginia social club, Nummis Nova, where I
got to view it close up.Numismatists who aren’t members of the ANA are missing out on some great reading.
Wayne Homren, Editor
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