Bio

• [Publication bio supplied by Clifford Mishler.] The Lawrence Bros. publication, The Coin Collector, was more a house organ than a true newspaper or trader. It originated back in the mid-1940s as The Philatelic Press (the “World’s Greatest Paper for Precancel Collectors”), morphing into being represented as “The World’s Greatest Paper for Stamp and Coin Collectors.” It was renamed as The Coin Collector effective with the December 1954 edition. Sometime in the mid-1960s it passed to the Antique Trader, after having had at least one other interim owner as I recall. Most issues typically featured a headlined article on page one describing and pricing a collector issue, which could be purchased more competitively from a house ad inside, be it a modern proof set, classical commemorative, or other item.
   
  Krause Publications had introduced a new tabloid trader publication, Coin Shopper, bearing a cover date of September 1967. In early 1968 we assumed the title and mailing list from Ed Babka of the Antique Trader, combining it with our existing title, as the Coin Collector and Shopper, for which publication was continued through the issue of December 1969, at which time the mailing list and certain feature columns were merged into Numismatic News. Among the features transferred were “Under the Glass” by a young David Ganz, “World Coin Commentary” by Robert L. Clarke, “Lore of Numismatics” by Maurice m. Gould, and “Token and Medal Carnival” by Arlie R. Slabaugh, numismatists of significant renown.
   
  
  

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