Dave Bowers Retires

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Thought a lot of you would be interested by this announcement.

 

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He'll always be my favorite. And American Numismatics before the Civil War 1760-1860 will always be my favorite numismatical volume.

 

7 decades, wow. He deserves to rest and enjoy what he has accomplished.

 

May he enjoy his retirement!

 

The depth of influence QDB has had on this hobby is inestimable. He was a driving force for so long, and his knowledge and experience are breathtaking.

I honestly hope somebody starts to write his biography now that he's retired, with interviews to get his unique perspective. He handled so many legendary collections it blows my mind.

And so I present one of the shining stars of my collection, a 1908S NGC MS-65+ RD PL Indian Head Cent, sold to me personally by Rick Snow who said it was ex-QDB:

 

I have this feeling somehow he'll continue on. Reading the article, this never seemed like a job to him. He said he never felt like he worked a day in his life. A very lucky thing for anyone to claim. We'll see what happens next.

 

read about every book Q D wrote enjoy retirement my Freind!

 

He is a legend and I doubt there will be another like him in the numismatic world.

Enjoy retirement!

 

I thought he died six years ago. Shows how much I've been paying attention.

 

I'm not familiar with everything he's ever written but I'm wondering if he's written his memoirs. That would probably be a multi-volume set.

 

Whitman would hit the Mother Load with something like that.

 

Anyone who finds an '09-S VDB in pocket change can't be all bad. I hope he enjoys his retirement as much as I do.

 

Chatted with him briefly at a show once. Saw him looking over books at a stall once. Jokingly, asked him if he was trying to find a book he hadn't written. He just shook his head and smiled. I have a lot of his books and found them both enjoyable and useful.

Cal

 

His e-mail address is at the end of the article. Send him an invitation for lunch.

 

How old is he? He's been around forever, and I'm old!

 

He started dealing in his teens in the 1950s. That would put him well into his 80's.

 

And suddenly, I'm a teen again!

 

According to Wikipedia he turns 87 this October. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q._David_Bowers. His early interest in coins etc are good stuff. His first coin was an 1893 Columbian half given to him by his grandfather. I had no idea he also wrote things like The Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments.

 

He's 86. And the "Q" stands for Quentin, his father's first name. Started as a part time dealer when he was 15. Was mentored in a big way by Maurice Gould.