Sports to Coin Collector to CCAC
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I did not know this until I read the Coin News article about the new appointees for the CCAC for 2019, http://www.coinnews.net/2018/11/06/robin-salmon-and-samuel-h-gill-appointed-to-ccac/
Which lead me to do a bit of digging and I found this article about Kareem Abdul Jabbar a former NBA All-Star and Champion who was appointed to th CCAC on Jan 2017 and will be stepping down:
“The first coin I purchased was a ten dollar 1799 Eagle MS 64. I liked it because it was the largest denomination of American currency [in its day] and I still have it.”
Abdul-Jabbar says he currently collects 1850 to 1866 Coronet, No Motto gold $20 double eagles and pioneer gold coins. Prized among his collection are his 1915-S Panama-Pacific International Exposition coins.
His favorite coin is the 1861-O Coronet double eagle struck at the New Orleans Mint,” from Coin World, https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2017/02/kareem-abdul-jabbar-looking-forward-to-ccac-stint.all.html
Edited to clarify dates.
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As a gold collector, he may bring some fresh new ideas to future gold coin designs...Just checked... this is an article from last year.... I wonder if there has been any updates regarding his participation....Not always easy for one member to influence a committee like that. Cheers, RickO
He also collects Japanese samurai swords !!!
I did not realize that. Thank you @Timbuk3
I thought he stepped down.
Yes, he is. I did mention that in the first post.