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Harry “Parkyakarkus” Einstein – Famous American Coin Collectors
Born May 6, 1904 in Boston, Massachusetts. Died November 23, 1958 in Hollywood, California. ANA #7174. ANS member from 1945-1949.
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Harry Einstein (also...
Charles Gordon Atherton – A Politician Who Proposed Coins
July 4, 1804 - November 15, 1853. Democratic politician. Attorney. Graduated from Harvard in 1822 and admitted to the bar in 1825. Served as...
Henry Kreis – Coin and Medal Designer
Sculptor, Coin Designer. Born 1899 in Essen, Germany. Died 1962.
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The German-born American sculptor Henry Kreis is notable in numismatics as being the...
Annie Jump Cannon : The Astronomer Honored on the Dollar
The astronomer Annie Jump Cannon was born December 11, 1863, in Delaware and died April 13, 1941, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her pioneering work on...
Oliver Christian Bosbyshell – U.S. Mint Figure Profile
Oliver Christian Bosbyshell: Chief Coiner and Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint. Born January 3, 1839 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Died August 1, 1921 in Philadelphia,...
Edgar Holmes Adams – Coin Collector
Coin collector, numismatic researcher, author, and editor. Businessman. Olympic swimmer. Born April 7, 1868, in Grafton, West Virginia. Died May 5, 1940, in Bayville,...
Edward Dean Adams – Coin Collector
Coin Collector, Businessman, Banker. Born April 9, 1846, in Boston, Massachusetts. Died May 20, 1931. Education: Norwich University (Bachelor of Science, 1864); Massachusetts Institute...
Blanche Kelso Bruce : Civil Rights Pioneer, U.S. Senator, Banknote Signer
United States Senator. Register of the Treasury. Born May 1, 1841 in Farmville, Virginia. Died March 17, 1898.
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Born Branch Bruce in Farmville,...
Seth Paine : Spritual Banker and Abolitionist
Died June 10, 1872.
Seth Paine was a 19th-century spiritualist, a banker, and an abolitionist. At some point in his life, he got the nickname...
Lorenzo Harris Abbey : Coin Collector
Early 19th-century coin collector. Born: January 14, 1822 in Kinderbrook, New York. Died: March 17, 1881, in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Also known as “L.H....
