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HOWARD A. DANIEL III REFERENCE COLLECTIONStack's Bowers Galleries is offering the Southeast Asia reference collection of my good friend Howard A. Daniel. Director of Consignments & Senior Numismatist Dennis Hengeveld published this article of highlights. I've added photos and links to the auction lots. What a wonderful trove of paper money and information! -Editor As part of the October 2024 Hong Kong (SAR) Auction Stack's Bowers Galleries is proud to present the Howard A. Daniel III Reference Collection of Southeast Asia, offered as Session C on October 20 at 9 AM HKT. The sale contains 379 lots and is the reference collection of researcher, author and collector Howard Daniel III, who passed away in April 2023 at age 81 after a battle with advanced melanoma cancer. Included are large groups of research material, handwritten annotations and a variety of items from Southeast Asia, ranging from the common to the extremely rare or even unique. Howard was a well-known specialist of the region's numismatics. He served in the United States Army, retiring in 1981 as Master Sergeant. Among the places he served was Viet Nam, where he met his wife, and where is interest in the numismatic history of the region began. The Howard Daniel III Reference Collection is offered in a unique format. Online bidding is available now, with all lots starting at $1. Many notes have been kept in Howard's original holders, many of which contain annotations as to where they came from, unfinished research and other information. Numerous lots contain groupings of varieties that were not yet added to Howard's reference works. We strongly urge you to take a look at this unique collection, as an opportunity such as this seldom appears, and once the gavel falls on this sale another chance is unlikely to present itself. Selected highlights include: 
Lot 32308 • A fantastic group of Vietnamese settlement checks from the 1990s, including specimens, perhaps the most advanced collection assembled. Offered in lots 32307 to 32318.
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• A single lot of four albums containing many banknotes, coins and handwritten annotations and corrections from Howard Daniel. Includes many plate notes to his references. Offered as lot 32324.
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• A possibly unique note for an internment camp of Japanese Civilians in French Indo-China. The plate note in World War II Remembered and one of just two notes known from this issuer. Offered as lot 32098.
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• Perhaps Howard's most treasured possession, an Anti-French Restoration Society Bond from the government of Phan Boi Chau issued in the early 1920s. Offered as lot 32118.
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• A lot of two notes on card with the signature of Le Van Hien. Also included is a photo of the currency production department in North Viet Nam, with several people identified. Offered as lot 32120.
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Howard was a steady supporter of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society, signing up members while set up in the club area of coin shows. It was a delight to have him as a regular member of our Northern Virginia numismatic social group, Nummis Nova. He is missed, but his legacy lives on with his books and collection. -Editor
Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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