Sad News - Pete "DaNutt" Bishal

seanq

Frank Leone, quoted from the CONECA home page. This was also reported to a couple of mailing lists by Rich Schemmer, who was in attendance at this show:



<< <i>October 12, 2003 -- Pete "DaNutt" Bishal passed away on the morning of October 12th, 2003. Pete was attending the WESPNEX coin show in New York and died from an apparent heart attack just before leaving his hotel room to set up for the Sunday morning show.
Anybody that knew Pete could easily verify he was “DaNutt”, even Pete’s business card listed his company name as “DaNutts.” Pete was always loud and boisterous, quick with the jokes, and loved a good time.
He and I spent several hours together on Saturday at the show swapping stories and coins. We traded jabs, and even joked about his false teeth. Nothing was off-limits to Pete, he was a happy-go-lucky man. More importantly, he was a genuinely good man.
At the show, late afternoon Saturday, Pete slept at his table with his head in his hand, elbow on top of his display case. The dealer next to him slept with his head back and mouth dropped open. I joked with John Bachman that I wish I had a camera to capture this “classic moment in coins.” Now, more than ever, I really do wish I had a camera.
Pete was certainly original and unique. He is credited with coining the name CONECA and was a distinguished researcher of Morgan Dollars. I for one, will always remember Pete and rest assured, the Lord is going to be enjoying Pete’s company.
Anyone that would like to send a sympathy card. Pete’s long time girlfriend can be reached at: Jenneta Fain, PO Box 3273, Falls River, MA 02722
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Few who had the pleasure of meeting or dealing with Pete will ever forget the experience.


Sean Reynolds

Louis

Gilbert

All I can say is wow.

Do you know how "young" DaNutt was? Don't think he was to advanced in years. I'm shocked and at the same time dismayed as I was patiently awaiting his proposed completed research on the 1878 7/8TF varieties. I wonder will someone else pick up the torch.

Julian

I knew Pete for over 20 years. He was an unpolished gem with a great deal of knowledge, especially about Morgans and errors.

ScarsdaleCoin

I had posted this on Registery set so I will just repeat my post here

We all lost a good guy!


This past Sat night during the WESPNEX show

Peter R. Bishal of Danutt's Errors passed away

I know Sat afternoon as he passed the dealers table next to me he mentioned that he was 67 years old....

I considered him a good friend and wish his family the best....

Also his inventory will be sold on ebay upcoming by Rich Schemmer



Bio
DaNutt's Errors is a long established, Massachusetts based, error Coin business dating back to 1980. DaNutt's Errors is founded and run by Mr. Pete Bishal.

Mr. Bishal handles all types of foreign and domestic error coinage while specializing in 1878 Morgan Dollar errors and varieties. At one time, Mr. Bishal owned all 4 of the 1878 VAM 44 type of Morgan Dollars. Over the years he has also owned or handled 90% of all of the 1878 VAM 44's ever discovered.

A book on George T. Morgan's development of the 1877 Pattern halves and their evolution was authored by Mr. Bishal. This book chronicled the day by day work that Morgan did to perfect the 1878 Dollar design. Portions of this book have been published in NECA's Errorscope from 1978 to 1980 as one page articles.

In 1990, Mr. Bishal wrote Chapter 5 of the VAM Book and furnished the authors with every Pattern Half photo to be included in the book.

Contributions have been made to Bower's Silver Dollar Book, Breens book and virtually every error book printed including Alan Herberts Error Encyclopedia.


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richbeat

I'm somewhat surprised not to have heard of him, considering the good work he has done. The hobby has lost a very good man.

Rampage

RichBeat-

Pete was a great guy. I never met him in person but have had several conversations with him via internet about error coins.

He will be missed.

Richard.

coppercoins

Per Pete's instructions, Rich Schemmer is auctioning a lot of Pete's inventory on eBay for Pete's girlfriend.

Sad to see him go - you'll be missed DaNutt.

numonebuyer

I am saddened at his passing. I will miss him and his inputs to this board and to the Numismatic community.

Numonebuyer

Askari

That's terribly sad news!!! Pete was such a great guy!! He'll really be missed by a great many people. Perhaps that says best the way he lived his life.