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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 2634176, member: 5233&quot;]Although I never spoke to him directly, just here via posts and PMs and via e-mails...he is the person that sparked my interest in paper currency.&nbsp; I have one piece in my collection that was part of his.&nbsp; It&#039;s a 1934A $10 FRN from the Cleveland District.&nbsp; I think I won it in a contest that he was hosting here and it&#039;s a very special piece of my collection.&nbsp; It&#039;s a wonder example of an early FRN and holds a special place in my collection because of where it came from.</p><p><br /></p><p>I learned a ton from him and developed a deep love for the vignettes featured on classic large sized currency.</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably the defining memory of his kindness for me came after he had gotten ill and for the most part stopped posting here.&nbsp; It was shortly after I had finished graduate school and since I was now working I was wanting to grow my currency collection.&nbsp; I sent him an e-mail because I had a couple currency questions and figured he would be a good person to ask.&nbsp; My questions pertained to National Currency and he was more than happy to chat with me and answer my questions.&nbsp; He then asked me for my mailing address he had some reference materials he thought would be useful to me that he didn&#039;t need anymore.&nbsp; I figured it was some small pamphlets or printed out paperwork he had collected over the years.&nbsp; A short time later I received a rather large package in the mail and inside was a lovely copy of Don C. Kelly&#039;s National Bank Note reference book.&nbsp; Included was a nice note from Rickie.&nbsp; I still regularly use that book and that note is paper-clipped inside the front cover.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know what his current status is.&nbsp; I know he was having some health issues and I saw that he made a somewhat &quot;good bye&quot; post a couple years ago and that he had sold off most of his legendary collection.&nbsp; I hope that he is still out there...enjoying his family and living a full life.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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