(d.L2010)

Born in Davenport, Iowa. Married Kathleen Janovetz September 23, 1972. They have three children. He had an early job in a jewelry store.

From 1972 to 1976 he worked with the Fox Valley Coin Exchange. In 1976 he formed a company under his own name in Iola, Wisconsin. He has conducted 107 auction sales from 1976 to the present including the 1984 ANA Convention sale.

Krueger collects memorabilia from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. He also collects Wisconsin Civil War tokens, Wisconsin advertising mirrors and hunting and fishing memorabilia.

Krueger won an ANA award in 1971 as Outstanding Young Numismatist. He served as president of the Milwaukee Numismatic Society 1972 to 1973, the Numismatists of Wisconsin 1974 to 1976 and the Central States Numismatic Society 1980 to 1981. He served on the ANA board of governors 1977 to 1987. He has received three Elston G. Bradford literary awards and nine cataloging awards from the National Auctioneers Association.

Author of Meet Me in St. Louie, The Exonumia of the 1904 World's Fair issued in 1979 at $10.

bio by correspondence, 1991