Eric discusses his numismatic writing, how he began collecting, and meeting Burdette G, Johnson of the St. Louis Coin Company. He was buying Pine Tree shillings for $15-20 dollars before going off to college, later knowing dealers Henry Chapman, D.C. Wismer, Wayte Raymond, B. Max Mehl, Tom Elder and collectors Fred Boyd, William Clark, Howland Wood, and Col. E.H.R. Green. "I've had a very full life in numismatics as an intellectual pursuit."
-Editor