Bill English Has Passed.

I was saddened yesterday to receive an email from Canadian Coin News saying that Bill English had passed at age 102.

Bill was a founding member of ONA and a few other coin clubs. He was also very active in the RCNA for most of his life. I last saw him at the 2022 RCNA convention in Ottawa.

Bill had been one of the variety pioneers in the 1960s and 1970s with Hans Zoell. Those two, along with a few others, formed the Coin Irregularity Association of Canada and published The Kayak, a monthly pamphlet of their error and variety finds.

I first met Bill in 2006 when I was working on my first variety book (my 1858 die study). He came to my seminar talks back then and was tremendously supportive of my work. At the RCNA conventions several of us would meet to discuss errors and varieties, and Bill was almost always there.

He was a great guy. I will miss his pleasant conversation and numismatic insights.