On August 10 the numismatic community lost one of its pioneers, Don Bailey, a prominent dealer and specialist in Mexican numismatics, who worked tirelessly to expandinterest in this area of the hobby over the past half-century.

Born and raised in Michigan, Don left the state during the Korean War to join the U.S. Marine Corps. When he retired from the Marines, he was living in Yuma, Arizona, a statethat borders Mexico. It was in Arizona that Don began his love affair with Mexican coins and the history behind them.

He began studying and writing about Mexican coins in the 1960s, writing articles that eventually appeared in every major numismatic publication as well as several award-winningbooks, including The Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money - a multi-volume history of Mexican coinage since the pre-Columbian era that he wrote with his wife Lois.

He also wrote several books on Mexican coinage and contributed to various world coin reference books such as the tandard Catalog of World Coins and Standard Catalogof Mexican Coins - both published by Krause Publications.

Don was not only active in several numismatic associations and groups but also started the United States Mexican Numismatic Association in 1997 and another organization in the1960s.

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