I wrote a brief biography of Elwin C. Leslie in the Sociedad Numismática de Monterrey's monthly publication called "Gaceta Numismática" (May 2024) and I tried to obtain a picture of Mr. Leslie but I couldn't find it. Surely, someone from The E-Sylum readership can help me. He was an American numismatist and expert in Latin American tokens.

Elwin Cramer Leslie was born in Rochester, Monroe County, New York on 13 September 1909 and died on 13 July 1999 in Ouray, Colorado.

He married school teacher June Luise Galbraith (Cleveland, Ohio 1910-2013) on 10 August 1936 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Her parents were Scott Earl Leslie (1881-1941), a public school teacher, and Anne E. (1877-1959). The marriage record shows that Elwin was a handwriting expert.

All of Elwin's siblings were born in New York: Ruth E. (1905-?), Robert (1908-?), Clement Earl (1907-1999) and Vera Margaret (1912-2008). Elwin and June had two children, Scott W. and Sharon A, both also of New York.Like his father, Elwin belonged to the prestigious American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, founded on 02 September 1942, and was a member since its inception.

Mexican Numismatic Books:

1) Coinage of The Mexican Revolutionist Zapata - A Classification Guide - Authored with Erma C. Stevens [1968 / 16.4 x 22.1 cms / viii,81,blank / 500 copies / This book has the particularity that all the text and drawings of the Zapata's coins were made by Elwin C. Leslie]

2) Henequen Plantation Tokens of the Yucatán Peninsula - Mexico (With an Addenda of Others Tokens of the Area) - Authored with Alberto Pradeau [1972 / 15.6 x 24.2 cms / iii,blank,138 / All drawings are by Elwin C. Leslie]

Some of his numismatic articles that have been published are:

As always, thanks a lot!