Numismatics Archives List
Born at Dayton, Pennsylvania. Attended Beaver (PA) College. Moved to Buffalo, New York.
Elder was a government telegrapher assigned to the home of President William McKinley who was dying after being shot in 1901. He served as a sergeant in the New York State Militia during World War I. He married Sophie Faskett Howley in November 1908. Married to Ruth Marguerite Compton in 1923.
He began collecting coins at age 13 after collecting Indian arrow heads, fossils and tobacco tin tags. Elder joined the ANA in 1899 and the ANS January 18, 1904. He became a professional numismatist and conducted his first auction September 30, 1905. He conducted 294 auction sales with 422,336 lots from 1903 to 1940. It was claimed that he could catalog a thousand lot auction in 24 hours. [Pete Smith, American Numismatic Biographies]
Your search has also found results in related AM products.
Show me the resultsCopy the below link to share this set of search criteria with others. Using the link will allow others to see a list of search results on this site with the same parameters as those you've used.