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Eric P. Newman was born on 25 May, 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., is an American numismatist (1911–2017). Discover Eric P. Newman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 106 years old?

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Age 106 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 25 May 1911
Birthday 25 May
Birthplace St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Date of death 15 November, 2017
Died Place Clayton, Missouri, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Evelyn (Edison) Newman (married 1939–2015; her death)

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1776

Other written works include The 1776 Continental Currency Coinage: Varieties of the Fugio Cent (1952), The Fantastic 1804 Dollar (1962) and U.S. Coin Scales and Counterfeit Coin Detectors (2000).

1792

Newman's favorite coin, however, was a unique 1792 pattern in gold that is believed to have been presented to George Washington and carried in his pocket.

1859

His interest in coins began at the age of seven, when his grandfather gave him an 1859 Indian Head cent.

When he was ten years old, he would visit Burdette Johnson's coin store in downtown St. Louis every couple of weeks; Johnson became his friend and mentor.

While attending MIT, Newman became slightly acquainted with E. H. R. Green, himself a coin collector.

1911

Eric Pfeiffer Newman (May 25, 1911 – November 15, 2017) was an American numismatist.

He wrote several "works about early American coins and paper money considered the standards on their subjects", as well as hundreds of articles.

1913

After he told Burdette Johnson about it, Johnson put up the money to buy most of Green's collection, including the only five known 1913 Liberty Head nickels.

1928

Newman and other students were given the use of Green's private radio station at Round Hill, Massachusetts, to follow Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's first Antarctic expedition (1928–1930).

1932

Newman earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1932 and a Juris Doctor from Washington University in St. Louis in 1935.

1936

After Green died in 1936, Newman raised $600 from his family and purchased some currency notes from the estate.

1938

In 1938, Newman became vice president of the Missouri Numismatic Society.

1939

In 1939, he was appointed Secretary-Treasurer of the Central States Numismatics Society.

Newman married Evelyn Edison on November 29, 1939.

They had two children.

The Newmans supported a variety of philanthropic efforts including medical research, academia, and St. Louis cultural affairs.

1943

He joined a St. Louis law firm that year and practiced law until 1943.

The following year, he was hired by Edison Brothers Stores, a retail shoe chain founded by his wife's family.

1967

He is known for his pioneering study The Early Paper Money of America (1967), which remains the standard work on the subject and has entered its fifth edition.

1968

He rose to executive vice president in 1968, before retiring in 1987.

1977

In a 1977 article in The Numismatist, Newman shed light on previously unrecognized contributions of Robert Morris, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a major financial backer during the American Revolutionary War.

According to Newman's New York Times obituary, after the United States gained its independence, the wealthy Morris sustained the government of the young nation during a "grave fiscal crisis" by issuing "vast quantities of notes in denominations from $20 to $100" backed by his own personal credit.

1978

Among his many honors are the Archer M. Huntington Medal (the highest award of the American Numismatic Society) in 1978 and the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society in 1991.

1986

The American Numismatic Association inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 1986 and named him Numismatist of the Year in 1996.

2003

In 2003, the Newmans donated two million dollars to Washington University in St. Louis to establish the Newman Money Museum, housed in the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

2006

It opened in 2006 and displayed part of Newman's collection on a rotating basis.

They also established the Eric P. Newman Education Center at the Washington University School of Medicine and established numerous professorships and scholarships.

2010

In 2010, he and Robert M. Peck, a curator at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia, reported their discovery of an 1824 $3 New Jersey banknote bearing the image of a heath hen.

Antiques magazine stated, after conducting research, that this was "almost certainly the earliest published illustration of a bird by John James Audubon."

Newman wrote over 13 numismatic books.

The American Numismatic Society commissioned a bas-relief portrait that was presented to him at his 100th birthday celebration.

2013

Newman sold his coins over auctions in 2013–2014 for over $70 million and used most of that money to fund the Newman Numismatic Education Society and its Newman Numismatic Portal to "make the literature and images of numismatics, particularly American numismatics, available to everyone on a free and forever basis."

Newman was born to Samuel Elijah and Rose (Pfeiffer) Newman in St. Louis, Missouri.

2015

Evelyn Newman died on September 1, 2015, at the age of 95.

2017

Eric Newman died on November 15, 2017, at the age of 106.