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Chad Bakel

Montgomery, IL, USA

Biosketch
I am 32 years old and married. I live in Oswego, IL and have lived in this area all my life. I am a graduate of the University of Illinois and now work for AT&T as a computer engineer. I am a former member of the ANA.

Numismatic interests
I enjoy reading and hearing about the history of US and foreign coinage. My collection centers around Mercury dimes (date and type), Morgan dollars (1878-1890 date and type) and type gold. I also have many numismatic books including a lot of the David Bowers stuff.

Colin Bates

Deakin University, Victoria, Australia

Bio:
Lives in Geelong (large regional centre) Victoria, Australia, but lived mostly in Melbourne. I work as a librarian at Deakin University, Geelong Campus. Currently living on a small acreage with family, dogs etc.

Numismatic interests:
Australian coins both decimal and pre-decimal
Coinage circulating in the Australian colonies pre-Federation in 1901
Coins and tokens with the thematic slant of ships, boats etc.
Numismatic literature

Tony Bergantino

Laramie, WY, USA

Bio: Born in Washington, DC. BS in Computer Science from the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology in Butte, MT. Moved to Laramie, WY to work as Programmer/Analyst for the Wyoming Water Resource Center.

Interests: My main interests in coins are Ancient (especially Roman) and Medieval (in the areas of Crusader and Italian States). I have put together a year set of the most reasonably available US coins excluding gold.

Mark Bergman

Newport Beach, CA, USA

numismatic interests: American History (esp. type coins, early american coppers, and gold), Ancients

Walter R Bloom

Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia

Bio:
Born in Auckland, New Zealand
Spent most of my life in Australia, with substantial periods in USA and Germany
BSc in mathematics from the University of Tasmania (1971)
PhD from Australian National University (1974)
DSc from the University of Tasmania (1994)
Working at Murdoch University (1975- )
Dean of the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Numismatic Interests:
Coins of Australia, Great Britain, Palestine Mandate, British Occupied Egypt
Different denominations (fractions etc) and different metal compositions
Ancient (Roman) and Mediaeval coins
Numismatic literature

Club Affiliations:
Past Member--Tasmania Numismatic Society
Life Member--Perth Numismatic Society
Past President--Perth Numismatic Society
Editor--Perth Numismatic Journal
Fellow--Royal Numismatic Society (London)

Bradford B. Broughton

Potsdam, NY, USA

Bio:
Born in Pennsylvania, raised in Tennessee, NJ, MO, ALA, and NJ again.
BA in English Literature from Allegheny College (1947)
MA in English Lit from Univ. of Pennsylvania (1949)
PhD in English Lit from Penn (1961)
Been teaching at Clarkson for 40 years: Liberal Studies until 1975 and then Tech. Comm ever since.
Will retire on June 30, 1995, BUT not severed from email!

Numismatic Interests:
Been collecting for 56 years, actively pursuing coins for my collection for the past 35 years (when I had my own money to spend!)
US coins (dreaming(!) of full runs of all US coins!)
Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Ireland, Africa
Straits Settlement
World (sort of catch-as-catch-can, for I am fascinated by ALL coins, regardless.)

Memberships: ANA, NI

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