ANA Legacy Series
MrEureka
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The ANA has 11 videos featuring famous numismatists on their website.
https://www.money.org/LegacySeries
Seems to me that the list should be much, much longer.
Who would you like to see added to the list?
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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I vote for Andy Lustig
Here are the 16 numismatists in the 11 videos:
I'm serious, but here's a bigger list, alphabetical by last name:
What's the criteria to get on the list?
"legends, heroes and icons of numismatics"
Within the context of a hobby, what do those labels even mean?
It looks like the ANA is focused on the people with the most name recognition, which is fine. But there are obviously a lot of less famous numismatists with great stories to tell.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
How about the Stack family? Jon Albanese?
David T. Alexander
Brent Pogue
That would be pretty special.
I could add:
Catherine Bullowa
That's a good one. She also passed away recently.
More here:
Here's one of my pieces that she sold in 1984. It's the top pop of less than 10 known originals in silver.
Many good names out there for sure
Julian Leidman
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
David Akers seems to be missing from everyone’s list.
This one we got! https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/599709.