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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;techwriter, post: 2253310, member: 75477&quot;]ANA Presidents--what a list and such memories I have of many of them.&nbsp; Short history lesson for you:&nbsp; President 1941-43&nbsp; <b>J. Douglas Ferguson </b>-- known as the &quot;dean of Canadian numismatics&quot;; I cannot say enough good things about him and among my treasures is a GEM BU Canada 1943 &quot;Tombac&quot; 5 cent piece from his personal collection.&nbsp; Oh, full disclosure here: I&#039;m not a coin collector any longer.&nbsp; John Jay Pittman had a phenomenal Newfoundland gold collection. Grover Criswell was one of the first to really bring Confederate and Southern States currency to the heights it enjoys today.&nbsp; Q. David Bowers is a name I&#039;m sure all ANA members know and his contribution to the hobby in both coins and paper money. A great gentleman. John Wilson, great guy and his wife Nancy just give freely of their time and talents to ANA and the hobby. Saw them this year at Memphis paper money show.&nbsp; Walt Ostromecki--can&#039;t say enough good things about him, known him long, long time and he&#039;s always straight and true.&nbsp; Glad to see he&#039;s on the ANA Board after his stint as President.&nbsp; And Steve Taylor--a true friend, confidant and mentor.</p><p>Well, enough history.&nbsp; The picture is Grover&#039;s autograph in one of his books that proudly resides in my numismatic library.</p><p><a href="http://[IMG]http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn24/techwriter/criswell_2ndedition_1976_zpsvanuzxg6.jpg[/IMG]" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://[IMG]http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn24/techwriter/criswell_2ndedition_1976_zpsvanuzxg6.jpg[/IMG]" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn24/techwriter/criswell_2ndedition_1976_zpsvanuzxg6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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