While attending the recent ANA World's Fair of Money, I noticed a booth in the back cornerwith the name banner, I returned later to learn this wasnot Robert W. Julian, the writer, but rather Robert Julian, Jr., the artist. I was intrigued and satdown for an interview.

He told me he was born on June 10, 1957, in Oak Park, Illinois, the son of Robert Julian andMary Ayers-Julian.

He was a music major and studied art at the College of DuPage. He spent his time painting andplaying in a local bar band. The promise of future earnings was unfulfilled.

He and Therese Trudeau were married on May 17, 1980. The desire to get out of his parents'basement forced him to go out and get a real job.

He became a contract draftsman for Salem Engineering. His first assignment was with AFL (awater treatment company). After that he was sent to Molex (an electrical componentmanufacturer) in Lisle. Illinois, and stayed there for five years. 1979 to 1985. He spent his daycreating technical drawings but was also involved in every aspect of product development andproject management.

He started a company, Design Concepts as a drafting/design and technical illustration service.This operated from1983 to 1986.

His next job was with Great Lakes Environment, maker of waste water treatment equipment. Hestayed there in Glen Ellyn, Illinois for five years, 1985 to 1990.

He founded another company, Hydro-Flo Technologies that operated 1990 to 2018. He said thathis interest in numismatics returned after the sale of Hydro-Flo in 2019.

He started Julian's Industrial Design in 2020 doing technical illustrations and design.

It was about eighteen months ago that he saw a drawing of a Seated Liberty Dollar. After a ten-year break from drawing, he returned to try to draw a coin. His first attempt was a 1909 Lincolnmatte proof.

His goal is to create a set of drawings of all 20th Century U.S. coinage. He expects this to takeabout three years.

He creates his drawings with the tools he utilized as both a technical illustrator and as an artist.A light table, a scanner, his camera, several photographs, an archive quality printer and lots ofcolored pencils. At a distance, these could be mistaken for high-quality photographs. Examplesmay be seen on his website, RobertJulianNA.com.

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