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Douglas Bleakley Ball, PhD.

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.

Charles Jackson Affleck

Mr. Affleck was SPMC member #150 and Honorary Life Member #6. He served the society as 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.

Glenn Smedly

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.

Chester Krause

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.

Peter Wesley Huntoon

Renowned researcher and author, Mr. Huntoon holds SPMC member #662. He was awarded an honorary life membership in 2016. He specializes in researching federal records pertaining to currency issues at the U. S. National Archives and Bureau of Engraving and Printing certified proofs of U. S. currency that are housed in the National Numismatic Collections in the Smithsonian Institution. A prolific author for many numismatic publications, he is a regular contributor to Paper Money.

Ruth W. Hill

Ms. Hill was an American numismatist who specialized in the collection of historical banknotes from around the world. Referred to as the "Grand Old Lady of Paper Money Collecting in North America” by many collectors, she was well-regarded not only for her extensive numismatic holdings but also for her trailblazing efforts as a woman in a male-dominated field. Hill was a collector of bank notes and one of the foremost researchers of paper currency, and was a highly active member of the numismatic community from the 1950s until her death.

John Thomas Hickman

Mr. Hickman was SPMC member #1590. He was the recipient of the Nathan Gold Memorial Award in 1983 and 1995. He was named a Numismatic Ambassador in 1983. He co-wrote the Standard Catalog of National Banknotes that was published in 1982. Was a partner with Dean Oakes in Hickman & Oakes auctions, presenting 44 auctions. He served as curator of the Higgins Museum for a time.

Gene Hessler

Mr. Hessler holds SPMC member #3157, life member #100 and honorary life member #10. He served the society as governor from 1987-2001 and editor of Paper Money from 1984-1998. He also served as awards committee chair in 1996 and publications committee chair in 1992-1993.

Nathan Goldstein

Mr. Goldstein was SPMC member #133. He served as governor from 1964-1973. He was a member of the member recruitment committee 1969-1970. He received an SPMC president's Award of Merit in 1967 and 1973 and the recuritment award in 1965, 1966 and 1970. The SPMC named their recruitment award the Nathan Goldstein award in honor of his efforts.

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