Just learned that numismatist James Laird has passed.

SanctionII · May 11, 2018 6:40AM

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.

RIP

ricko · May 12, 2018 6:33AM

Condolences to his family.... RickO

PonyExpress8 · May 12, 2018 6:39AM

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.

logger7 · May 12, 2018 7:00AM

I'm sorry to hear this; my sympathies are with his family.

Walkerfan · May 12, 2018 10:13AM

My sincere condolences. Thoughts and prayers to the family and friends. RIP.

CoinCast · May 12, 2018 10:20AM

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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SaorAlba · May 12, 2018 5:06PM

@AllCoinsRule said:
Wow, I was just talking with someone this morning about the Diablo Numismatic Society. It's been a few years since I've attended. I remember James. Very sad to hear.

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.

leothelyon · May 12, 2018 5:12PM

That's one nice way to go or while having whoopee some say.........but yeah, we'll all die sooner or later.

Leo

Paradisefound · May 12, 2018 8:19PM

RIP

Jimnight · May 13, 2018 6:52PM

RIP... James Laird.

Just learned that numismatist James Laird has passed.

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