Born in West Baltimore, now Verona, Ohio. Married Imogene Horn in 1896. He was a teacher for six years. Cashier with the People's Banking Company in Lewisburg, Ohio after 1899. In 1931 the bank and Moore were robbed at gunpoint. Member of the Masons, Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.

He was life member number 7 of the ANA. He served as general secretary of the ANA 1912 to 1917, chairman of the board of governors 1918-1919, 13th ANA President October 8, 1919, to August 25, 1921.

Issued a number of personal tokens including a "rebus" token in 1911. He issued "Holloween Carnival Currency" to promote Lewisburg, Ohio, from 1912 through 1933. He served on the Assay Commission. He collected checks made out for one cent and signed by celebrities. He assembled a fine collection of Ohio tokens and obsolete currency. Coins from the Moore collection were included in a Ben Green sale in 1905 and a Bolender sale in 1935. Moore contributed about 130 articles and poems to The Numismatist from 1911 to 1953. At the time of his death he had contributed more articles than any other writer. In 1972 he was elected to the ANA Numismatic Hall of Fame.

bio: CW/NM 6/15/77; NUM 32 Dec 1919 page 493 (photo); NUM 75 Nov 1962 p 1483-1485; NUM 104 Mar 1991 p. 353

obit: NUM 66 Sep 1953 page 945