RIP SimpleCollector (Kurt Alver)

DCW

All,
I must announce some very sad news:
One of our own, Kurt Alver,
@SimpleCollector passed away suddenly on July 30th of last year. I was in frequent contact over the years with Kurt as a forum friend, and fellow collector. It occurred to me recently that he was absent from the boards. Seeing that he hadn't been active since July, I sent him a note with the hope that he was just busy.
Most tragically, I googled his name this morning and his obituary popped up.
He was only 55.

Kurt loved patriotic Civil War tokens and was a frequent contributor to our "Civil War Token Mega Thread." Despite his forum name, he was anything but a simple collector. He enjoyed esoteric items with great eye appeal, historical pieces that celebrated our great nation, and old gold coins from our national mints. Above all, he collected memories with his family. He sent this picture of he and his daughter playing golf a month before he passed. He described that beautiful day with these final words, "Honestly, better experience and memory than any of the coins I buy."

So we say goodbye to our brother, Kurt, and remind ourselves to live for each moment. Be kind to each other. Put your time and energy into things that matter most. Do the things that make you and others happy today, and never wait for tomorrow.

Rest in peace, Kurt. We will all miss you!

If you'd like to honor him by visiting his CWT registry set at NGC please click the link below:

https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=31297

Walkerfan

RIP Kurt.

Condolences to his family and friends,

johnny010

Very nice write up. Thank you for sharing.

Pnies20

Rest In Peace, friend

Zoins

RIP Kurt. He shared his passion and wonderful collection with us. It's great that you were in touch with him. 55 is way too early.

I agree he was a sophisticated collector.

Here's one of his Civil War Tokens that he shared with us. It is struck over another patriotic Civil War Token and is provenanced to Q. David Bowers.

• Catalog: F-286/382ao Copper Stk Over NY630AE-1a Patriotic
• Cert: https://www.pcgs.com/cert/84297495
• Thread: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/13283010/#Comment_13283010

CoinHoarder

Condolences to family and friends.

bsshog40

Condolences go out to his family! RIP

JBK

His last login here was the day before.

Jimnight

RIP

johnny9434

Condolences to his family 👪

Smudge

Too young. RIP. Condolences.

ponderit

Sad news, RIP

jesbroken

So young, so tragic. Condolences to his family and friends.
Jim

asheland

I’m very saddened to hear this! We had many discussions through the private messages about pre 33 type gold coins.

RIP

BuffaloIronTail

It is only fitting that collectors like Kurt and others who share the same love of coins and collecting be honored here, in abscentia, and forever as time ebbs forward.

We shared your interests, Kurt.

We will miss you.

Pete

OAKSTAR

Very sad news. RIP

JohnnyCache

Very sorry, my condolences to his family and friends

[Deleted User]

Oh man, I didn't know him but I am the same age. That's a huge bummer. Way to young.
I'm sorry to hear about this.

nwcoast

Very sad and far too young.
My sympathies to his family and many friends.
RIP

gumby1234

I didn't know him , but sad nonetheless. RIP

ricko

Very nice write up. Condolences to family and friends. Cheers, RickO

Becky7474

liefgold

Kurt and I corresponded often and he bought one of my nicer gold dollars. I thought he had just gotten busy since I had not heard from him. So sad!
My sincere condolences to his family.

kaz

So sorry to hear that. Family and friends must be heartbroken. RIP.

sparky64

Incredibly sad.
My condolences to his family and friends.

Coin Finder

Sorry to hear, rest in peace and condolences to the family.