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Eric turns 105 today! Born May 25th, 1911 in St. Louis, MO.  WOW, according to my friend Mark Borckardt (Heritage Auctions) Eric is doing well physically and mentally still as sharp as ever. I'm currently reading his autobiography "Truth Seeker: The Life of Eric P. Newman" excellent read.  We all owe a debt of gratitude for his amazing research project the Newman Numismatic Portal;  https://nnp.wustl.edu/ an amazing amount of articles, links and scans of older books, periodicals and auction catalogs is there for free for all of us to use. The only bad thing about it, is that it makes some of my really old auction catalogs a lot less rare now that they are up for free.  "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
05/25/2016 11:08 pm
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Happy Birthday, Eric. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Happy Birthday to a fellow Missourian
-MV
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That's great! I want to get that book now.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Happy Birthday! One of my favorites in my collection is a 1782 8 Reales with chopmarks from his collection :)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Amazing for someone to live so long and done so well.
I have to wonder if his love of coin collecting has anything to
Do with his long life. Giving his something to wake up for everyday.
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I have to wonder if his love of coin collecting has anything to
Do with his long life. Giving his something to wake up for everyday. I can imagine so! There are many times when I just do not want to get out of bed, but then remember that the coins need me.  |
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Happy Birthday to Eric!  I lived in St. Louis for 6 years before I moved to NC. I still have lots of family up there. |
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