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<p>[QUOTE="Black Friar, post: 3554021, member: 76221"]I met Jules at a gathering of friends at the home of John Haugh in 1998 during the ANA Convention in Portland, Oregon. John invited me and Rob Retz and our spouses to the gathering. Attached is a scanned copy of John's copy of Jules' book.</p><p><br /></p><p>What a treat, present were the who's who of Early American, and pre-federal coinage collectors. Jules was good friends with John and was a major contributor to Jules' book, <i>The United States Early Silver Dollars 1794 to 1803. </i>Jules had some wonderful New Jersey's with him that we all got a chance to look over. Other goodies were also there for viewing. I personally was offered several NJ's but had to defer as they were very high quality (read...way too expensive for the likes of me) and scarce issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jules was a hero for sure. Jimmy Stewart portrayed him in the movie <i>The Battle of the Bulge. </i>Jimmy was very tall, well over six feet. Jules was very short and like many seniors had shrunk with age. I'm 5'8<i>" </i>and I could see the top of Jules' head. It was a fantastic experience, both John, Jules and my friend Rob were very generous people. Rob's book on Fugio's was finally published two years ago. Rob died in 2004.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had the good fortune of meeting John at one of our local coin shows. </p><p>Graduate of Notre Dame Law School we struck up a friendship over the defeat of Notre Dame in 1966 by Michigan State University with a touchdown by a fellow classmate and friend of mine from our Detroit high school. </p><p><br /></p><p>I had never met John when I walked up to his table. Right off the bat I asked John if he remembered the 1966 game. John was still steaming over the loss and that was 1995 or so. John died in 2002, the numismatic community in Portland turned out in force for his funeral mass here in Portland, OR. </p><p><br /></p><p>Several years later I was rummaging my way through Powell's book store in the numismatic material section when I happened across some really important works.</p><p>I opened the Silver Dollar book, and lo and behold, it was John's copy of Jules' book inscribed to him by Jules. I walked out of there with about eight books from Johns library all of which I still have. A lot of us locals wondered what had happened to John's library.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a great hobby, it's not about just collecting things, it's about collecting friends as well. Cheers to all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Black Friar, post: 3554021, member: 76221"]I met Jules at a gathering of friends at the home of John Haugh in 1998 during the ANA Convention in Portland, Oregon. John invited me and Rob Retz and our spouses to the gathering. Attached is a scanned copy of John's copy of Jules' book. What a treat, present were the who's who of Early American, and pre-federal coinage collectors. Jules was good friends with John and was a major contributor to Jules' book, [I]The United States Early Silver Dollars 1794 to 1803. [/I]Jules had some wonderful New Jersey's with him that we all got a chance to look over. Other goodies were also there for viewing. I personally was offered several NJ's but had to defer as they were very high quality (read...way too expensive for the likes of me) and scarce issues. Jules was a hero for sure. Jimmy Stewart portrayed him in the movie [I]The Battle of the Bulge. [/I]Jimmy was very tall, well over six feet. Jules was very short and like many seniors had shrunk with age. I'm 5'8[I]" [/I]and I could see the top of Jules' head. It was a fantastic experience, both John, Jules and my friend Rob were very generous people. Rob's book on Fugio's was finally published two years ago. Rob died in 2004. I had the good fortune of meeting John at one of our local coin shows. Graduate of Notre Dame Law School we struck up a friendship over the defeat of Notre Dame in 1966 by Michigan State University with a touchdown by a fellow classmate and friend of mine from our Detroit high school. I had never met John when I walked up to his table. Right off the bat I asked John if he remembered the 1966 game. John was still steaming over the loss and that was 1995 or so. John died in 2002, the numismatic community in Portland turned out in force for his funeral mass here in Portland, OR. Several years later I was rummaging my way through Powell's book store in the numismatic material section when I happened across some really important works. I opened the Silver Dollar book, and lo and behold, it was John's copy of Jules' book inscribed to him by Jules. I walked out of there with about eight books from Johns library all of which I still have. A lot of us locals wondered what had happened to John's library. This is a great hobby, it's not about just collecting things, it's about collecting friends as well. Cheers to all.[/QUOTE]
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