DANIEL RECK (1834-1921)

Daniel Reck (1834-1921), coin dealer at Dayton, Ohio. He served in the U. S. Army during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865 with the rank of Corporal. In 1880 he lived at 7 Bimm's Park, Dayton, Ohio, where he worked as a Pension Claim Agent. In 1881 he is listed as an attorney. In the City Directory of 1882 he is listed as a "Detective" and in 1884 he was living at 521 South Main Street, Dayton.

In 1895 he began corresponding with the Chapman Brothers. There are over sixty pieces of correspondence to the Chapmans in the Lupia Numismatic Library, Special Collection, The Chapman Family Correspondence Archive. Several pieces show he sold U. S. gold coins. Some of the mail is annotated with shorthand letters inscribed on them by the Chapmans. He never seems to have joined a numismatic association, society or club, but rather, collected and dealt independently. In the 1897, City Directory he is listed as a "Collector of rare coins" living at 729 West 5th Street, Dayton, Ohio, with his wife Sarah A. Tonney Reck (1834-1922). His dealings with the Chapman Brothers were typical of dealers who sent queries soliciting either to buy specific coins for their clientele or sell what inventory they had on hand. Below is a typical example of a solicitation to sell.

From 1900 on he is variously cited in the City Directory as either a "Coin Dealer" or "Numismatist."

In 1912 he is listed living at 1815 South Wayne Avenue, Dayton. He died on January 16, 1921. He is buried at the Woodland Cemetery Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio. After the death of her husband Sara A Reck moved to South Bend, Indiana. She died in April 1922 and is buried with her husband.

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