QUERY: PHOTOS OF DICK DOTY SOUGHT

In a recent email conversation with Richard Doty’s widow, Cindi Roden Doty, she opined, “I'm sure lots of people have good pictures of him; I wish they would all send me what they have.”

I had emailed Cindi the attached photo of Dick, which I found while searching through my files. I think it’s a great portrait of the good doctor: always the scholar and student of numismatics, but with a fun side as demonstrated by his relaxed attire! This was taken by Dave Bowers during a July 2010 visit to the Smithsonian; Dave, David Sundman, and I went into the archives of the National Numismatic Collection with two research assistants to begin scanning bank notes for the massive project that would eventually become the Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money.

Dick was our gracious host during that visit. I remember walking into the NNC offices and there he was, loupe in hand, huddled over an old copy of the Red Book, comparing a Peter Getz Washington medal die to its illustration. He spoke enthusiastically about his research for a few minutes, and his excitement was contagious!

On Cindi’s behalf and with her permission, I’d like to invite readers of The E-Sylum to email her any photos they might have of Dick Doty. Her email address is rodenc@verizon.net. I know there are a lot of shutterbugs in the hobby community, and Dick was always here, there, and everywhere, so I’m sure there are photos that she’s never seen, and would enjoy adding to her memory book.

Wayne Homren, Editor

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