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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug5353, post: 2170984, member: 73555&quot;]<b>If it was the Beebe specimen</b> that sold, I once held it in my hand.&nbsp; The Beebe&#039;s were big coin dealers from Omaha for 25 years after World War II, maybe longer, and they came to Florida every winter.&nbsp; They brought their 1913 V 5c with them, and tried to attend at least one meeting of every coin club in Florida, at that time, maybe two dozen clubs.&nbsp; <span style="color: #ff0000">[Was it Beebe&#039;s?]</span></p><p><br /></p><p>They came to the Clearwater Coin Club in October, 1957, with the coin, and passed it around the room without a care in the world.&nbsp; This was really a live-wire club, thanks to local collector Bob Hendershott, who passed a decade ago, at the age of 107.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a brief bio from Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Robert L. Hendershott</b> (August 7, 1898 – March 23, 2005) was a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Numismatic_Association" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Numismatic_Association" rel="nofollow">American Numismatic Association</a> Hall of Fame.</p><p><br /></p><p>Introduced to the numismatic hobby by his grandfather, a postmaster in a small <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri" rel="nofollow">Missouri</a> town, Hendershott started collecting coins when he was just 12 years old, finding half cents, large cents, 2-cent pieces, half dimes and other obsolete coinage still in circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hendershott explored virtually every facet of the hobby, from coins and tokens to medals and paper money. He has been a member of the ANA since 1931. Some of his efforts with the ANA include exhibits chairman, and assistant and general chairman at many ANA conventions.</p><p><br /></p><p>He was one of the key organizers of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa" rel="nofollow">Tampa</a> (Florida) Coin Club and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florida_United_Numismatists&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florida_United_Numismatists&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow">Florida United Numismatists</a> (FUN), serving as president of both organizations. Robert Hendershott is a recipient of many of the ANA&#039;s awards. The awards include the Glenn Smedley Memorial Award, Numismatist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, Medal of Merit, and the Association&#039;s highest honor, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farran_Zerbe_Memorial_Award" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farran_Zerbe_Memorial_Award" rel="nofollow">Farran Zerbe Memorial Award</a> for Distinguished Service.</p><p><br /></p><p>==============</p><p>He was exceedingly kind and patient with pesky kids (like me).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In 1957, he was an executive at the local Chamber of Commerce, and that&#039;s where the coin club met, in the huge deluxe conference room.&nbsp; He was the first to arrive and the last to leave.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Beebe&#039;s had known him for 20 years or more, so they always came to Clearwater.&nbsp; The Good Old Days![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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