Mr. Kelly is SPMC member #1594. He was award a president's award of merit in 1998 and won multiple literary awards for articles in Paper Money. He received the Nathan Gold Memorial award in 1987. He is the author of the definitive work on national banknotes, National Banknotes; A Guide with Prices. Mr. Kelly was also awarded an ANA President's award in 2011.
Mr. Higgins holds SPMC member #2950. He was awarded the Nathan Gold Memorial award in 1986. In 1978, he founded the Higgins Museum of National Banknotes in Okoboji, Iowa. The museum is purposed with the acquisition, preservation and display of the notes, related artifacts and pertinent reference materials relating to the National Bank Note issuance era.
Author of the massive four volume reference Standard Catalog of United States Obsolete Banknotes 1782-1866, he received a president's award of merit in 1989.
Mr. Herzog is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Museum of American Finance and Chairman Emeritus of Spink/Smythe, an auction house specializing in antique stocks and bonds, bank notes, coins, autographs and photographs. He along with his wife Diana were recipients of the SPMC's Nathan Gold Memorial Award in 2009.
Milt was SPMC #1370. Considered by many to be the Father of fractional currency collecting, Milt assembled one of the most complete and comphrehensive collections of fractional ever formed. It was lacking just one note when it was sold by CAA at the 1997 FUN show. Milt was a prolific author, researcher and exhibitor. His Encyclopeidia of Postage and Fractional Currency is still the definitive reference on the subject today. At the 1984 IPMS in Memphis, he and 24 other fractional collectors formed the Fractional Currency Collectors Board, a club dedicated to fractional currency.
SPMC member #2816, Mr. Durand was a collector of obsolete bank notes and scrip. He served as president of the SPMC 1987 to 1989; vice-president 1983-1987; treasurer 1979-1983; librarian 1994-1999; governor 1981-1988; wismer award chairman 1991-1992 and was chairman of the life membership committee, finance committee, publicity committee and served on the member recruitment committee. A very prolific author, he had many articles published in Paper Money and in 1977 he received the first SPMC literary award.
Mr. Ball served as president of NASCA 1976 to 1984 and as consultant with R. M. Smythe after. A prolific author and researcher, he contributed several articles to Paper Money, Bank Note Reporter and The Numismatist. Author of Confederate Interim Depository Receipts and Funding Certificates Issued in the Commonwealth of Virginia 1861-1865. Author of Virginia’s 1861-1865 Treasury and Scrip Notes in 1978. He also wrote the Comprehensive Catalog and History of Confederate Bonds in 1998.
Mr. Affleck was SPMC member #150 and Honorary Life Member #6. He served the society kas governor from 1962-1964 and assistant editor 1962-1963. He was the recipient of the Nathan Gold Memorial award in 1969. In conjunction with Ben M. Douglas he was author of Confederate Bonds and Certificates in 1960. He wrote The Obsolete Paper Money of Virginia in 2 volumes 1968 and 1969.
Mr. Smedley was a founder of the SPMC and is considered by some to be the father of the SPMC. He led a group in the early 1960s to form the society. He is member #3 and Honorary Life Member #3. He served as president from 1969-1971; treasurer 1961-1965 and governor 1964-1977. He also served as the awards chairman in 1970 and nominating chairman in 1969. He received the ANA Medal of Merit in 1953 and the Farran Zerbe award in 1960. The ANA instituted the Glenn Smedley Memorial Award in honor of his contributions to the society.
Mr. Krause was SPMC member #9 and was named an Honorary Life Member in 2006. He was the recipient of a president's award in 2002 and the Nathan Gold Memorial award in 1989. In 1952, he formed Krause publications and began publishing Numismatic News. He received the ANA Medal of Merit in 1967; the Farran Zerbe Award in 1977; Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994; named Numismatist of the year in 1999 and was the recipient of the Burnett Anderson Memorial Award in 2009. He is pictured on the 1986 ANA convention medal. In 1989 he was elected to the ANA Hall of Fame.
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