Any chance our mystery numismatist with the wavy hair is the late Howard R. Macintosh of Tatham Coin Co., Springfield, MA? He was a kind of pioneer in mass marketing of inexpensive coin sets, singles, even the few medal series that were then beginning to appear. MacIntosh committed suicide of Sept. 5, 1958.

Could this mister-E numismatist be David Schenkman? I think I can see a banjo image outlined in those curly locks.

The mystery photo is an easy one. His face aged over the years and was buried in whiskers, but his eyes remained the same---Walter Breen. I believe that is his Harvard yearbook photo.

I suggested that Wayne run the Breen picture again to introduce a research tool. If you are using Google Chrome as your browser, and right click on the image, you get an option "Search Google for this image." Selecting that option will bring up several examples of the Breen picture with more information.

This may have been available for years but I just discovered it recently. I used it to identify the sculptor of the Fields medal a couple of weeks back. When I find a coin illustration that has been taken from an auction listing without attribution, I can trace that image back to the auction.

Google also offers pictures it considers similar to the one selected. I found some of these amusing. Google thought Breen looked like Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Mr. Bean among many others.