Anyone know J. William Ross?

J. William Ross was a dealer in coins, tokens and medals, located in the Grant Building in Pittsburgh, PA.

I just picked up an old piece that came with a paper with his name and address on it so I was curious to learn more about him. It is an exonumia piece and apparently back in 1966 he was interested in exonumia as well. I think it's great to learn about the collectors and dealers before us.

According to NNP's archive of COIN WORLD, he was mentioned in the Wednesday October 5 1966 issue as giving a talk for the Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society (WPNS) which is still around - http://www.wpns1878.org/

Ross Speaks At WPNS Meeting

The growing interest in numismatic items besides coins was discussed by J William Ross Pittsburgh PA at a recent meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society in Pittsburgh. In the talk entitled Numismatics 57 Varieties Ross encouraged his listeners to investigate the....