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Exist Dates: April 02, 1936 - -
Abstract: John W. Adams, researcher, investment banker and collector, was born on 2 April 1936 in Boston, MA.

Exist Dates: 1822 - 1883
Abstract: President of the ANS from 1868 to 1870 and 1873 to 1883, it was due to Anthon that the Society made its initial efforts to transform itself from a group of local coin collectors to a recognized scholarly institution.

Exist Dates: June 12, 1871 - April 05, 1924
Abstract: Victor David Brenner (1871-1924) was an artist, sculptor, and engraver who is most widely known for his design of the U.S. Lincoln cent in 1909.

Exist Dates: 1876 - December 1955
Abstract: Assistant Curator, then Curator of the ANS from 1909 to 1912, Brett also served as honorary Associate Curator of Ancient Coins from 1923 to 1955 and Chair of the ANS Publication Committee from 1923 to 1946.

Exist Dates: March 25, 1864 - May 18, 1935
Abstract: Huntington medalist, collector of architectural medals and renown builder, Robert J. Eidlitz served on the ANS Council for almost twenty years and was responsible for the construction of much of the Society's Audubon Terrace headquarters.

Exist Dates: 1916 - 1994
Abstract: Domenico Facci was a sculptor, medalist, and painter as well as a teacher at Roerich Academy of Art in New York City. He was born in Hooversville, Pennsylvania, in 1916 and died in 1994.

Exist Dates: June 02, 1837 - January 02, 1905
Abstract: One of the founding members of the ANS, Groh served as librarian (1864-65) and Curator (1859-79 and 1897-1905). The Society's first special fund for the purchase of coins was named in his honor.

Exist Dates: March 10, 1870 - December 11, 1955
Abstract: President of the ANS from 1905 to 1910, Huntington's more significant contribution came as a benefactor. Gifts from Huntington included coins and medal for the Society's collection and significant financial aid, including funds for the construction of the Society's Audubon Terrace facility and to start various endowments.

Exist Dates: September 29, 1856 - June 29, 1932
Abstract: Mineralogist and gem expert George F. Kunz (1856-1932) became a vice president at Tiffany & Company at the age of 23, a position he held until his death.

Exist Dates: 1828 - September 07, 1908
Abstract: Treasurer of the ANS from 1867 to 1875, Levick helped found the Society's successful publications program in 1866 when he championed the effort to launch the first American numismatic journal — The American Journal of Numismatics.

Exist Dates: 1919 - 1997
Abstract: Allen F. Lovejoy (1919-1997) of Riverside, Connecticut, was an expert on early American dimes, assembling a collection spanning from 1796 to the late 20th century and coauthoring the definitive reference book on the subject, Early United States Dimes, 1796-1837 (1984).

Exist Dates: 1844 - 1924
Abstract: Lyman Haynes Low (1844-1924) was a coin dealer who published the book Hard Times Tokens in 1899.

Exist Dates: 1906 - January 1985
Abstract: Milbank was the President of the ANS from 1959 to 1978, making him the second-longest serving president in ANS history.

Exist Dates: 1904 - 1956
Abstract: Numismatic cartoonist, columnist, author, and editor Stuart Mosher (1904-1956) was born in Canada, settled in Buffalo in 1926, and moved to New York City in 1935, where he was associated with coin dealers Wayte Raymond and the New Netherlands Coin Company. He was the author of The Story of Money as Told by the Knox Collection (1936) and United States Commemorative Coins, 1892-1939 (1940) and he wrote and illustrated a newspaper column called Curiosities of Currency. He became editor of The Numismatist in 1945, a position he held until 1954, and in 1948 became acting curator of numismatics at the Smithsonian Institution.

Exist Dates: April 04, 1885 - 1969
Abstract: Librarian, Editor, Secretary, Curator, and, finally, Chief Curator, Noe served the Society in many capacities in a career that spanned almost four decades.

Exist Dates: March 01, 1848 - August 03, 1907
Abstract: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (March 1, 1848 – August 3, 1907) was an American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the "American Renaissance".

Exist Dates: 1893/1894Uncertain - 1956
Abstract: Louis H. Schroeder (1893 or 4-1956) of Roslyn Heights, Long Island, New York, donated his collection of porcelain coins, medals, and tokens and Arabic glass weights to the American Numismatic Society in 1946. Born in New York, he attended Pratt Institute and was a pioneer in the field of corrugated paper containers. At the time of his death he was president of three companies: Progressive Corrugated Paper Machinery Company, Corrugated Container Corporation, and the Dixie Container Corporation.

Exist Dates: 1903 - 1997
Abstract: Bluma L. Trell (1903-1997) of New York City was a professor and expert on Greece.

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