Donald Young RIP
pruebas
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I had known Don Young for many years. A real gentleman who was seriously into the Sierra Club. Many people knew him from his monthly full-page advertisements in World Coin News.
Don was mostly a medal dealer and used to attend NYINC, summer ANA, and would always take Amtrak down to the Baltimore show as he lived in Manhattan and didn't own a car. He would visit Germany occasionally on buying trips which always gave him a nice European stock. Occasionally, he had some Latin American.
I hadn't seen him in a while and had wondered what happened to him. It seems he passed away in September 2025 per this article (I'm not sure of the author):
https://jeandigital.asia/article-data-en?id=482
I'm posting this here as I'm sure many knew him and his death was not really announced.
Rest in Peace my friend.
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I remember Don from the NYINC. Always had a wide variety of World medals. Very friendly and knowledgeable. I had heard he was ill and sold his inventory. Sorry to hear of his passing. My condolences to family and friends.
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I always enjoyed stopping at his table at the NY INT and Baltimore shows. He had a nice selection of medals and was quite knowledgeable. We had some great discussions about history... including the Presidential Election of 1948... and medals. I am not sure how old he was but suspect he was over 90. He leaves a numismatic legacy of greatness for how he approached being a dealer and perhaps even a larger legacy for his conservation work through the Sierra Club. He will be missed by all those that knew him.
edited to add- I did not hear about his passing until reading what pruebas posted.
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