Myron Xenos was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 3, 1938. He was the son of Demetriosa/k/a James Constantin Xenos (1898-1985) and Maria a/k/a Margaret Fanelli Xenos (1910-2012). His father was in the restaurant business and later accounting business

Demitrios Xenos (age 36) and Maria Xenos (age 24) were on a passenger list arriving in NewYork from Naples and headed for Salineville, Ohio, in 1934. Demitrious was naturalized inCleveland in 1938.

James and Margaret were listed in Cleveland for the 1930 Census. This indicates they werealready in America prior to 1934. They may have used different names for different purposes.

I was unable to find James, Margaret or Myron in the 1940 or 1950 Census. I suspect there wasan error in spelling their name.

In 1956, Xenos showed an award winning exhibit of stamps at the FIPEX show in New York.

Myron graduated from Rocky River High School in 1956. In his senior year, he appeared onstage in a class play. He joined the Army in 1958 and served through his college years. Hegraduated with a B. S. from Kent State University in 1962.

Myron G. Xenos joined the American Numismatic Association in September 1961 as member42733. At the time he was living with his parents at 22614 Center Ridge Road in Rocky River,Ohio. Rocky River is a suburb of Cleveland on Lake Erie.

Myron married Daryl Lee Eckert on December 16, 1961. They had two daughters, Stacey andStefanie. They were married for 63 years.

Xenos was the proprietor of Cartwheel Coin Co, in 1963 to 1965, operating out of P.O. Box 2971in Rocky River, Ohio. In 1967 he was affiliated with Security Coin Trust selling out of theSheraton-Cleveland Hotel.

In 1964, Xenos made a presentation to the West Cuyahoga Coin Club on "How to Keep andProtect your Coins." In 1969, he spoke about "Crowns of the World."

In 1969. Rocky River Mayor-elect Earl Martin named Myron G. Xenos to be his part-timefinance director at a salary of $9,000 per year. At the time he was president of the Clevelandchapter of the Ohio Public Accountants Society. Xenos declined a full-time position and wasreplaced in 1970.

In 1971, he joined his brother-in-law Gary B. Eckert and Harry Mueller with Leo Vending.

In 1974, Xenos served on the City Plan Commission.

An article in The Plain Dealer on January 31, 1976, showed Myron G. Xenos watching the removalof a Tiffany stained-glass window from the Humanist Fellowship of Liberation Church. Thewindow was 13.5 feet high and four feet wide. It was packed and shipped to Louisville,Kentucky, for restoration. It was reported that Zenos owned more than fifty major works ofstained-glass art.

In 1976, Xenos proposed the Tiffany Ridge townhouse development on Center Ridge. The 23condominiums were completed by 1978. Some of the units have leaded stained-glass windows.On this venture, Xenos was a partner with Xenophon Zapia.

The Beachcliff Motion Picture Theater closed in June 1976. By 1978 it had been transformedinto Beachcliff Market Square at 19290 Detroit Avenue in Rocky River. A featured restaurantwas Myron's Ice Cream Parlor and Delicatessen. This was described in The Cleveland Press forApril 29, 1978.

WVIZ, Channel 25, is a PBS affiliated TV station in Cleveland. They conduct annual fund-raising auctions of donated items with a panel of volunteer auctioneers. In 1970, one of the itemswas to serve as an auctioneer for an upcoming sale. Xenos won the bid and became a regular onthe show. Myron Xenos was responsible for the antique and collectibles parts of the sale.

In the 1970's Xenos was part-owner of a race horse, or more specifically, a trotter.

The first ad for The Money Tree ran in the September 1980 issue of The Numismatist. Xenos waslooking to buy foreign crowns. Their address was 1260 Smith Court in Rocky River. The ads ranevery other month until June 1981. Money Tree Trivia: The office cats were named Andy andCheetah.

Myron was wandering around a Cleveland coin show in 1985, when his friend, Phil Aftoora,introduced him to another local numismatist with an interest in literature, Ken Lowe. The rest, asthey say, is history. Now if only there was someone around to write up that history.

Money Tree began mail bid sales of numismatic literature with their sale of July 11, 1987, withcataloguing primarily by Ken Lowe. Myron still had his accounting business and Ken was a highschool English teacher. The venture was a part-time effort for both of them, or perhaps, at times,a second full-time job.

The series ended with their 32nd public and mail bid sale of Numismatic Literature featuring thelibrary of Kenneth Lowe on November 27, 1999, and December 4. 1999, cataloged by DavidSklow who left to move to Florida. In 2000, Myron discontinued the mail bid and auction sales.

Money Tree began publication of their house organ, Out on a Limb, with the issue of August 1.1987. That first issue included an amusing report, "An Evening with the Norwebs." The writingstyle was witty, sometimes half-witty, amusing and often satirical. Ken offered colorfuldescriptions of many people he met. The publication was honored as the best commercialpublication by the NLG in 1988. In Volume 11, No. 1, dated January 1, 1998, Ken Lowepromised there would be three issues in 1998. It was not to be.

In 1989, Money Tree published fifty copies of The Invasion of Louisville / A Visit to the ArmandChampa Library / A Very Short Story with Lots of Pictures. The event occurred on July 23, 1988,with photos by Myron. There are many pictures of about fifty biblio-luminaries with amusingcaptions but not one identification. Has there ever been an identification key published?

In June 1991, the first ad in The Numismatist appeared for The Money Tree offering numismaticliterature with Myron and Ken Lowe named. These ads ran for three months.

In 1992, Xenos and Lowe went into the publishing business with their subsidiary, Gold LeafPress. There first project was American Numismatic Biographies, compiled by Pete Smith andprinted through the efforts of Remy Bourne.

At the 1992 ANA Convention. Myron competed with partner P. Scott Rubin as "The Bookies" inthe World Series of Numismatics competition. Joined by drafted rookie, John Kraljevich, theycame in second.

Money Tree published Rare Coin Review. 1969-1994: An annotated index of the first 100 issues.

In 1995, Gold Leaf Press produced their second project, Bust Half Fever, by Edgar Sauders.

Ken Lowe died too young on February 23, 1998. David Sklow became a partner in October1998. Myron made a 1998 presentation to the NBS on "A History of Cleveland Coin Dealers."

At the 2000 Philadelphia ANA Convention, Myron had a Numismatic Theater presentation on"Audit-Proofing Your Taxes, Currency Transactions and 1099 Reporting."

In December 2000, Money Tree offered The Ultimate Guide to Attributing Bust Half Dollars byGlenn R. Peterson. It was published by Money Tree Press.

Xenos received a second-place award for his article in The Asylum, "Mendacity Rears Its UglyHead." (Spring 2004)

Xenos contributed "You Don't Say / Numismatic Gleanings From the Past" to the Winter 2002issue of The Asylum, journal of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society. He also contributed "YouDon't Say: Numismatic Quarterly Quiz." This ran quarterly from 2009 to 2014. Myron alsomade occasional contributions to The E-Sylum.

For an article in The Asylum for 2005, Myron reflected upon his time with Ken Lowe.

In July, 2011, Xenos was noted as an ANA fifty-year member and in August 2021, as a 60-yearmember.

Myron suffered from Parkinson's in recent years. The last time I saw him was at a recent ANAconvention. We spent some time together in the Food Court.

Myron died on July 20, 2025, in North Ridgeville, Ohio. He will be buried with his parents atLakewood Park Cemetery in Rocky River.