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Dean Oakes began his collecting hobby, starting with coins in 1949 when he was 13. He along with two partners opened A&A Coins in 1962 and became the sole owner in 1965. In 1972, he joined with long-time partner, John Hickman and they conducted 38 auctions sales under the banner of Hickman-Oakes from 1976-1989. He authored "Iowa Obsolete Notes and Scrip" in 1982, one of the first books in the Wismer series of the SPMC.

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Clifford Leslie Mishler

Clifford "Cliff" Mishler is a long time publiser, editor, writer and advocate for all of numismatics. His first book was "United States and Canadian Commemorative Medals and Tokens" which he published in 1958. His long time employment with Krause Publications began on 3/13/1963 which saw him serving various duties and culminated in him being named President on 1/1/1991 until his retirment. Cliff is Life Member 142 of the SPMC.

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Henry R. "Hank" Bieciuk

One of the five founding fathers of the SPMC, Bieciuk was member #1 of the society. He was the first president serving from 1961-1963 and and as governor from 1963-64. He also servied as the first editor of the journal "Paper Money" for issues 1-8. He worked as a columnist for Coin World. He wrote a book on Texas currency, "Texas Confederate County Notes and Private Scrip" in 1961.