I came across a great page on the Collector's Universe message boards; it's a compilation of portraits of some of the greatest U.S. coin collectors and dealers.
QUICK QUIZ: Who can guess the names of these folks (no fair peeking)!
-Editor
Below is a list of the personalities included.
-Editor
Allen, Leroy Van
Bass Jr., Harry Wesley
Bowers, Q. David
Boyd, F.C.C.
Brand, Virgil M.
Breen, Walter
Buss, Jerry
Carter Sr., Amon G.
Cohen, Roger
Criswell Jr., Grover, with his wife
Davis, David J.
DiBello , Gaston
Ebsen, Buddy
Eliasberg Sr., Louis E.
Farouk, King of Egypt
Ford , John J.
Garrett , John Work
Gobrecht, Christian
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
Green, Colonel Edward Howland Robinson
Kosoff, Abe
Kneass, William
Logan, Russell J.
Longacre,
Lovejoy, Allen F.
McCloskey , John W.
Mehl, B. Max
Newman, Eric P.
Norweb, Mrs.
Ostheimer III, Alfred J.
Norweb Sr., Ambassador R. Henry
Pittman, John Jay
Raymond, Wayte
Roper, John L.
Schook, Florence (school of numismatics)
Sheldon, Jr., Dr. William Herbert
Stack, Harvey
Stickney, Matthew A.
Subjack, William J.
Valentine, Daniel W.
To read the complete article, see:
numismatic greats peekture thread
(forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=874231)
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