QUERY: EDMUND DELAURENTIS

For a biographer, it is a challenge to claim that someone is living. The best that may be said is that a person was living as of the last observation. Coin collector Edmund DeLaurentis was born on December 10, 1925. He may be the latest addition to our list of 100-year-old numismatists.

Edmund was the son of Joseph (1885-1957) and Nicoletta (1896-2004) DeLaurentis. In the 1950 Census, Joseph was listed as the proprietor of a barber shop. Joseph and Nicoletta were both born in Italy. Their children Edmund and Estella were both born in Pennsylvania. I did not find any of the family members in the 1930 or 1940 Census.

He joined the ANA as member 18373 effective June 1, 1950. His address was listed as 513 W. Lehigh Ave., in Philadelphia. He was honored as a 75-Year member in 2025. He has lived more recently with his sister Estella in Havertown, Pennsylvania.

He wrote an occasional letter to Coin World or The Numismatist and was noted for some small donations. Otherwise he is not mentioned.

There is a tombstone in Springfield, Pennsylvania, with his name on it. Some sources believe this indicates he is deceased. However, there is no year of death on the stone. It is not unusual for a tombstone to list family members with their date of birth. His sister, Estelle, is also listed with her year of birth as 1927.

The headstone was erected for his mother, Nicoletta, who died in 2004 at age 108. His father who died in 1957 is buried at a different cemetery.

Can any E-Sylum reader confirm that he made it to his hundredth birthday?

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