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Born in San Francisco, California. Graduate of the College of San Mateo. Employed as senior design drafter with Pacific Gas & Electric 1980 to 1994. Married to Alba Iris Acosta on August 18, 2001 (divorced 2012). They issued a commemorative wedding token.
He began collecting about 1965. Served as president of the Pacific Coast Numismatic Society 1988-89, Liberty Numismatic Society 1988-89, California State Numismatic Association 1993-94, and New Jersey Numismatic Society 2000-01. Member of the Rittenhouse Society and Mensa. Fellow of the Pacific Coast Numismatic Society.
He was named a Numismatic News Numismatic Ambassador in 1994. Director of numismatic research for NGC after November 16, 1994. In 2009, at age 51, he received the ANA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2021 he was on the Coin World list of The Most Influential People in Numismatics 1960-2020. He made the list again in 2022.
bio by correspondence, 1993; email 2006, email 2016, 2009
profile: NN/WWH 12/3/91 (photo), COINS 8/94 (photo), COINage 6/08 (photos); obit: The E-Sylum 1/22/23 [Pete Smith, American Numismatic Biographies]
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