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CHARLES TRISSLER STEIGERWALT (1858-1912)John Lupia submitted the following information from the online draft of his book of numismatic biographies for this week's installment of his series. Thanks! As always, this is an excerpt with the full article and bibliography available online. This week's subject is Lancaster dealer Charles Steigerwalt. I've added images of Carl Waltz, Jr.'s ANA 2018 exhibit, "Publications by Charles T. Steigerwalt". -Editor
Charles Trissler Steigerwalt (1858-1912), was born on June 28, 1858, at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, son of Henry J. Steigerwalt and Mary Ann Trissler Steigerwalt. His father died in his youth and was raised by his maternal grandfather Michael Tissler. He was a contemporary of the Chapman Brothers and like them started dealing in 1878. He irregularly published The Coin Journal from April 1878 - July 1881, in all of twelve known issues. It became a bi-monthly in 1879; and changed format to that of a newspaper in 1880. From 1883 to 1884 he published Steigerwalt's Coin Journal. In 1885, he began issuing fixed price lists until 1911, numbering 71 editions.
In 1891, he became ANA member number 74. In 1895, he published Numismatic News. He became a member of the New York Numismatic Club. For many years he served as counterfeit detector for the ANA. He collected antiques, curios, coins, and stamps. He was a member of the American Philatelic Society and the Philadelphia Stamp Club. He committed suicide on March 29, 1912, at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is buried in Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His stamp collection was sold in two parts by Eugene Klein in June 1912.
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