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WENDELL LEWIS PHINNEY (1884-1974)John Lupia submitted the following information from the online draft of his book of numismatic biographies for this week's installment of his series.
Thanks! As always, this is an excerpt with the full article and bibliography available online. This week's subject is Massachusetts coin dealer Wendell L. Phinney -Editor
He was the grandson of Squire Z. Phinney a tobacconist who made cigars and sold wholesale tobacco. Together with George Barton, and George Carpenter Arnold he attended the Lyman Haynes Low and Chapman Brothers coin sales held on June 18th and 19th, 1902. Phinney was an early American copper specialist of U. S. Cents and Half Cents. Phinney's interest with U. S. Large Cents grew more intense in April 1905 wanting to known more about 1794 varieties and Hays attributions wanting to get a copy of his book.  April 7, 1905. "Please tell me where I can get a book on the varieties of coins known and marked by "Hays" as (1794 cent fallen 4, Hayes 52) etc. Yours truly, W. L. Phinney" The 1906 Providence City Directory lists him on page 1591 with a display advertisement. He sells his 140 page fixed price catalogue illustrated with over 1000 Rare United States Coins for only 25c. This is an Alexander Sigmund Bowman catalogue, The Hub Coin Book, probably issued with his name imprinted buying a box of 100. The 1906 Providence City Directory lists him on page 633 as a clerk at 4 Market Square, Room 10, and as Numismatist at 31 Westminster Street, boards at Pawtucket. On January 30, 1907, he married Lila Edith Trescott (1886-), at Attleboro, Massachusetts. They had a daughter Dorothy Eldora Phinney (1910-2008). In 1940, he lived at 125 Stanley Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts. In 1942 he is listed as a contract jeweler. He died on March 20, 1974 at Attleboro, Massachusetts. To read the complete article, see:
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