Jerry Francis Schimmel
(May 10, 1933 - August 20, 2021, Pacifica, CA)

Jerry passed away in his sleep after being hospitalized with septicemia following surgeries for which his sister had been caring for him. Jerry was a broadly recognized authority on tokens relating to his city of residence, San Francisco, and wrote a number of award-winning articles on such, some published in the Pacific Coast Numismatic Society's as well as elsewhere.

Author of U.S. State Issued Sales Tax Tokens in 1973. Author with Michael Pfefferkorn of Chits, Chislers, and Funny Money: A Historyand Catalogue of United States Sales Tax Tokens, Receipts and Punch-Cards (1977). Author of Chinese American TokensFrom the Pacific States (2004) and Chinese American Tokens From the Pacific Coast (2009).