Q(uentin) David Bowers
Biography
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Born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Received B.S. from Pennsylvania State University in Married Mary Masters June 4, They had two children and were divorced in Married to Christine Valentine March 11,
Bowers served on the board of the PNG, as vice president to and as president PNG to The PNG awarded him the Abe Kosoff Founders Award in He was on the ANA board of governors to , vice president to and 43rd President of the ANA from to Bowers was the youngest person to have a table when he attended the ANA convention in Omaha in He has attended every year since then. He received the ANA Medal of Merit in In he was awarded the Farran Zerbe Memorial Award. Inducted into the ANA Hall of Fame in In he was named “Numismatist of the Year” by the ANA. The award was presented at a $ per plate fund raising dinner. Received the Burnett Anderson Memorial Award in , Exemplary Service Award in and Lifetime Achievement Award in He is a member of the Rittenhouse Society.
Bowers has been affiliated with several dealerships. Following is a summary of names, locations, dates, sales and publications:
Q. David Bowers, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, H
Q. David Bowers: My First Coin Convention
By Q. David Bowers – Co-founder, Stack’s Bowers ……
With George Williams, I went to an Empire State Numismatic Association (ESNA) convention in Syracuse, New York, in It was my first regional coin show. By that time I had been a regular attendee at the Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) Coin Club, but had not ventured beyond that. George, a collector of the old school, lived in Kingston, Pennsylvania, adjacent to my home town of Forty Fort. He had been collecting for many years. When I met him he mentioned that Joseph Stack from New York City had come through the area on a buying trip and had offered him the irresistible price of $ for his Proof Morgan dollar, and he sold it. (Today the same coin would be worth on the long side of $50,!). George helped me form a library, answered my endless questions, and each month took me to coin club meetings.
The ESNA show was set up in the lobby of the Syracuse Hotel, with a couple dozen or so dealer tables amidst furniture and with, perhaps, 50 other people buying, selling, and talking about coins. George knew everybody, and I was introduced to Jonah Shapiro, John Jay
Dave Bowers | Wolfeboro, NH | info@ | Federal coins and paper money; American coins of all eras; Numismatic history; American financial, economic, and political story. Career Achievements & Qualifications:David Bowers has been in the rare coin business since he was a teenager in He is chairman emeritus of Stack’s Bowers Galleries and is numismatic director of Whitman Publishing LLC. He is a recipient of the Pennsylvania State University College of Business Administration’s Alumni Achievement Award (); he has served as president of the American Numismatic Association () and president of the Professional Numismatists Guild (); he is a recipient of the highest honor bestowed by the ANA (the Farran Zerbe Award); he was the first ANA member to be named Numismatist of the Year (); and he has been inducted into the ANA Numismatic Hall of Fame. In July , in a poll published in COINage, “Numismatists of the Century,” by Ed Reiter, Bowers was recognized in this list of just 18 names. He is the author of over 50 books including several on gold coins, hundreds of auction and other catalogues, and several thousand articles including columns
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ….. He has accomplished much writing for both publications, earning the respect of generations of coin collectors and numerous awards from the Numismatic Literary Guild. As readers and consumers of both publications, his regular presence will be missed. We have long been fans of Q. David Bowers’ lengthy catalog of numismatic works. In fact, as is the case with so many in the hobby, we met Dave first through his columns and then his many numismatic books. Charles’ first Bowers book was his treatment on the collecting life and accomplishments of Virgil Brand. Soon thereafter, we read other works in his back catalog: Silver Dollars and Trade Dollars of the United States (); Commemorative Coins of the United States (); The History of United States Coinage as Illustrated by the Garrett Collection (); Uni
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Q. David Bowers Retires Two Major Columns As Storied Career Continues to Reshape Numismatics
Quentin David Bowers, better known in numismatic circles as Q. David Bowers and known to his family and friends as simply “Dave”, has announced his retirement as a columnist from both The Numismatist and Coin World.
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