NUMISMATIC HALLS OF FAME

This week I spent some time reviewing names of people inducted into the Hall of Fame for some organization. Each of these can be found on a website and my information is only as current as that website. I will mention some things I found to be interesting. Then I have some questions to stimulate interest and discussion.

American Numismatic Association (ANA) Hall of Fame at Colorado Springs, Colorado. These are shown with plaques outside the entrance of the ANA headquarters. The HoF began with nine names in 1969 and has grown to 97 names, mostly American with a few Canadian. Nominations for the Historic Era are accepted in even numbered years with Modern Era in odd number years.

Civil War Token Society (CWTS) Hall of Fame . The Hall of Fame was established in 2002 with eight names in the initial group. A single new name was added each year for 2009 to 2015 for a total of 24. In the early years, medals were produced for each of the inductees.

The Combined Organization of Numismatic Error Collectors of America (CONECA) Hall of Fame . They have honored twenty-four individuals from 1987 to 2021. Nominees must have been club members for at least ten years.

International Bank Note Society (IBNS) Hall of Fame . The first selection was made in 2010. Of their 28 members, more than half are American with seven later inducted into the larger SPMC Hall of Fame.

 

John Reich Collectors Society (JRCS) Hall of Fame . This was established in 2009 with a committee of five making the selections. They have a Veteran Category with seven names and fourteen names for the Modern JRCS era.

Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) Hall of Fame . From the first inductees in 2008, it has grown to 13 members.

PCGS CoinFacts Coin Dealer Hall of Fame started with six inductees in 2010 and has grown to 38 names. Among dealers not included are Lyman Haines Low, Ebenezer Locke Mason, John Walter Scott, William Skinner and Charles Steigerwalt. It is not clear how the names are selected. Included are PCGS founding dealers John Albanese, Bruce Amspacher, John Dannreuther and David Hall. Also included are a bunch affiliated with Collectors Universe. I did not notice anyone affiliated with another grading service.

Society of Paper Money Collectors (SPMC) Hall of Fame . They have 54 members inducted from 2014 to 2022.

Casino Chip and Gaming Token Collectors Club (CC&GTCC) Hall of Fame has 29 members. This is a very vibrant organization but has little overlap with the ANA. HoF and founding member Archie Black is an ANA member. HoF member Mark Lighterman serves on the ANA Board.

Chicago Coin Club Hall of Fame . This is a local club with a national impact. In recognition of the club's 100th Anniversary in 2019, the club inducted the first group of twelve into the Hall of Fame. Two more were inducted in 2020 and in 2021 for a total of sixteen. Five of them are also in the ANA HoF and another was a Farran Zerbe Award winner. A seventeenth was added on Wednesday, December 14, 2022.

These ten groups with a Hall of Fame include 302 Individuals with 34 appearing in two HoF and five appearing in three HoF.

1. The various groups have only eleven women in their Halls of Fame. Who was the first?

2. Who is listed under a pseudonym?

3. What person, inducted into the PCGS CoinFacts Coin Dealer Hall of Fame, was never a coin dealer?

4. What dealer, known as the Father of the Coin Trade in America,' is not in the ANA HoF, the PCGS HoF, or any other club Hall of Fame?

5. Five individuals are in three of the Halls of Fame. Can you identify or guess any of them?

6. What club Hall of Fame is missing from this list? Look for answers and commentary coming soon.

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