ELWIN CRAMER LESLIE PHOTO SOUGHT

I wrote a brief biography of Elwin C. Leslie in the Sociedad Numismática de Monterrey's monthly publication called "Gaceta Numismática" (May 2024) and I tried to obtain a picture of Mr. Leslie but I couldn't find it. Surely, someone from The E-Sylum readership can help me. He was an American numismatist and expert in Latin American tokens.

Elwin Cramer Leslie was born in Rochester, Monroe County, New York on 13 September 1909 and died on 13 July 1999 in Ouray, Colorado.

He married school teacher June Luise Galbraith (Cleveland, Ohio 1910-2013) on 10 August 1936 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Her parents were Scott Earl Leslie (1881-1941), a public school teacher, and Anne E. (1877-1959). The marriage record shows that Elwin was a handwriting expert.

All of Elwin's siblings were born in New York: Ruth E. (1905-?), Robert (1908-?), Clement Earl (1907-1999) and Vera Margaret (1912-2008). Elwin and June had two children, Scott W. and Sharon A, both also of New York. Like his father, Elwin belonged to the prestigious American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, founded on 02 September 1942, and was a member since its inception.

 

Mexican Numismatic Books:

1) Coinage of The Mexican Revolutionist Zapata – A Classification Guide - Authored with Erma C. Stevens [1968 / 16.4 x 22.1 cms / viii,81,blank / 500 copies / This book has the particularity that all the text and drawings of the Zapata's coins were made by Elwin C. Leslie]

2) Henequen Plantation Tokens of the Yucatán Peninsula – Mexico (With an Addenda of Others Tokens of the Area) - Authored with Alberto Pradeau [1972 / 15.6 x 24.2 cms / iii,blank,138 / All drawings are by Elwin C. Leslie]

Some of his numismatic articles that have been published are:

• The Pochutla Coffee Plantation Tokens Belong to Guatemala. TAMS Journal Vol. 7, No. 2 (April-May 1967). Pages 47-49.
• Additional Pochutla Token. TAMS Journal Vol. 7, No. 4 (August-September 1967). Page 125.
• The Municipal Coins of Colima. The Azteca Numismatic Society. Plus Ultra. Vol. VI No. 63 (December 1968). Pages 3-5.
• The Marshall House Tokens of 1859. Journal of the Civil War Token Society. Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring 1969). Pages 11-13.
• The Palmarejo Railroad Token. The Azteca Numismatic Society. Plus Ultra Vol. VI, No. 69 (June 1969). Pages 3-6.
• The Palmarejo Railroad Token. The N.A.S.C. Quarterly. Numismatic Association of Southern California (3rd Quarter 1969). Pages 5-10.
• Tierra Del Fuego Sheep Ranch Tokens (Chile and Argentina, South America). TAMS Journal Vol. 11 No. 5 (October 1971). Pages 170-175.
• The Collahuasi (Chile) Copper Mine Tokens. TAMS Journal Vol. 11 No. 6 (December 1971) Pages 221-224.
• Copiapo Railroad Water Token (Chile, South America). TAMS Journal Vol. 12 No. 1 (February 1972). Pages 14-16.
• Bolivian Silver Mine Tokens of the Huanchaca Company. TAMS Journal Vol. 12 No. 3 (June 1972). Pages 106-111.
• Southern Railway's Chimbo River Bridge Token (Ecuador). TAMS Journal Vol. 12 No. 5 (October 1972). Pages 180-181.
• Unlisted Ohio Token (The Union Must and Shall be Preserved). Civil War Token Society Journal Vol. 6 No. 4 (Winter 1972).
• The Lota and Schwager Coal Mine Tokens of Central Chile. TAMS Journal Vol. 12 No. 6 (December 1972). Pages 226-231.
• Bolivian Rubber Plantation Tokens from the Territory of Colonias. TAMS Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 1973). Pages 49-52.
• The Braden Copper Company of Chile Mine Store Tokens. TAMS Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3 (June 1973). Pages 91-95.

As always, thanks a lot!

 

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