(L2024)

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Graduated from Findlay (Ohio) College in 1980. Served in the U. S. Army and Ohio National Guard. Married to Mary with three children.
Senior numismatist, cataloguer and later Vice President for Bowers & Merena. Senior numismatist for Heritage Auctions after 2004.
Final editor for Walter Breen’s Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents 1793-1814 published in 2000. Historian for the Early American Coppers Club after 2007.
He received the NLG highest award, The Clemy. In 2016. Received an ANA President’s Award in 2018. ANA Numismatist of the Year in 2020. Member of the Rittenhouse Society. He received the EAC Herbert Silberman Award in 2021. In 2022 he was on the Coin World list of 100 Most Influential People in Numismatics.

As a bowler, he had eleven perfect 300 games.