Highfill, John Wayne Pubblico Deposited
(L2021)
Born in San Pedro, California. Graduate of Bacone College in 1966. He served in the U.S. Air Force 1961 to 1965. Married Marlene Marie November 4, 1984. She works for the Long Beach Show. They have eight children.
He started collecting in 1949. He has been affiliated with North American Coin Conventions, Inc.; National Silver Dollar Conventions, Inc.; American Coin Conventions, Inc.; Oklahoma Federated Security and Detective Corp.; Oklahoma Federated Gold & Numismatics, Inc.; and Oklahoma Federated Gold & Silver Exchange, Inc. PNG member after 1986. He was the founder and life member #1 of the National Silver Dollar Roundtable.
He has been bourse chairman for the National Silver Dollar Convention and the National Gold Convention. John Wayne received the NSDR first "man of the year" award in 1985. Marlene received the first "woman of the year" award in 1992.
He has contributed to the "Blue Book" and "Red Book." His articles have been published in Coin World, Numismatic News, the NLG Newsletter and the NSDR Journal. Author of The Comprehensive U.S. Silver Dollar Encyclopedia published in 1991.
He served on the ANA Board 2017 to 2019. He received an ANA Presidential Award in 2020.
In 2021 he was on the Coin World list of The Most Influential People in Numismatics 1960-2020. He made the list again in 2022.bio by correspondence, 1991
- 1943-05-26
- San Pedro, California