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The E-Sylum: Volume 25, Number 52, December 25, 2022, Article 15

MORE ON NUMISMATIC HALLS OF FAME

E-Sylum Feature Writer and American Numismatic Biographies author Pete Smith provided these answers to his questions last week on numismatic Halls of Fame. Thanks. -Editor

Questions with Answers

Last week I posed some questions following the article on ten numismatic halls of fame. I hoped they might generate some interest and discussion.

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

Agnes Baldwin Brett (1876-1956) (ANA HoF 1974) She was the first paid curator at the American Numismatic Society 1910-1913. Other women honored include Beth Deisher (ANA 2013), Barbara Gregory (ANA 2021, and Margo Russell (ANA 1986) who were professional editors. The ANA has six women in their Hall of Fame and the SPMC has three. Half of the Halls of Fame have no women members.

2. Who is listed under a pseudonym?

Richard Dick Yeoman (ANA 1978)

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

Eric P. Newman (PCGS 2019)

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?

Edward Cogan

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

Q. David Bowers (ANA CWTS PCGS)
Amon Giles Carter (ANA IBNS SPMC)
Eric P. Newman (ANA PCGS SPMC)
Neil Shafer (ANA IBNS SPMC)
Glenn Smedley (ANA CCC SPMC)

6. What club Hall of Fame is missing from this list?

I posed this question hoping to hear about others. There was a San Jose Coin Club Hall of Fame but they don't have an active website.

This article includes one statement that is incorrect. I challenge readers to correct the error.

Interesting that Ed Cogan hasn't been honored yet, but these things can be hit-or-miss. They get built one name at a time based on submissions recieved. Pete's analysis will be useful input for future nominations. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NUMISMATIC HALLS OF FAME (https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n51a14.html)

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