Len Harsel passed on March 26 in Venice, Florida at his winter home. He was a retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel with two tours in Vietnam and several in Europe. During his overseas tours he became interested in world coins and paper money and started to collect them. After the Army, he started selling his duplicates at local coin shows and mailing out a price list. At some point, he stopped collecting and became a full time dealer in world paper money. He was a regular fixture at the quarterly Vienna (Virginia) Coin and Stamp Show with his usual table in one of the corners of the bourse. He also was a regular at the Baltimore shows and setting up with David Gotkin, who would assist him in getting his stock to the tables. I used to drive him to the Memphis International Paper Money Show but in the past few years, his health prevented him from taking long journeys to shows.

His wife, Sue, has told me there will be a Memorial/Celebration of Life service for him at Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home at 9902 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA 22032 on April 9 but his burial at Arlington National Cemetery will be at least a couple of months later. There is a large backlog of burials at Arlington due to the current wars and many WWII and Korean veterans are passing away. Sue can be contacted at SueHarsel@aol.com.

Len made prior arrangements with Daryl Spelbring to have him to sell off his inventory, and I will likely take care of his library. If you are interested in Len's world paper money, please contact Daryl at P.O. Box 633, Vienna, VA 22163-0633 or hottub4@aol.com. If you are interested in old coin and paper money catalogs, please contact me at P.O. Box 626, Dunn Loring, VA 22027-0626 or at HADaniel3@msn.com.