Just learned that numismatist James Laird has passed.
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Mr. Laird had been a president of the Diablo Numismatic Society in the SF Bay Area. He apparently died in his sleep on May 2, 2018. He was a regular at Bay Area coin shows and to my understanding did some work for Heritage in evaluating coins and collections consigned for sale to Heritage. I last saw him at the recent Santa Clara show.
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Condolences to his family.... RickO
So sorry to hear this. I saw him in Santa Clara and he was in good spirits and feisty.
How I want to remember him, we had fun teasing each other.
My condolences and prayers to his family.
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I'm sorry to hear this; my sympathies are with his family.
My sincere condolences. Thoughts and prayers to the family and friends. RIP.
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That's very sad, he was always so cheerful at Santa Clara and kept the DNS Show running smooth.
Condolences to the family.
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I'd have to say it has been about 26-27 years since I attended a DNS meeting, I used to edit the Diablo Die Break ca. late 1980s early 1990s until I moved overseas.
That's one nice way to go or while having whoopee some say.........but yeah, we'll all die sooner or later.
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
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RIP... James Laird.