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George Cuhaj
George Cuhaj has
been with the Krause Publications numismatic team since 1994. He is editor of
the editions of the Standard Catalog of World Coins and the Standard Catalog of
World Paper Money. Prior to joining KP, Cuhaj was employed by the American
Numismatic Society and Stack's Rare Coins, both of New York City. He is a Fellow
in both the Royal Numismatic Society and the American Numismatic Society. He
also is a life member and past board member of the International Bank Note
Society. Cuhaj was elected an Allied Professional Member of the National
Sculpture Society and has had his medallic work exhibited internationally.
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Robert R. Van Ryzin
Robert R. Van Ryzin has been a
coin collector for 30 years. He has served as editor of Krause Publications
Coins and Coin Prices magazines since 1994. He joined the firm in 1986 after
obtaining a master of fine arts degree in history from the University of
Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Prior to becoming a magazine editor, he worked on World Coin
News as a staff member and later served as managing editor of Numismatic News.
Van Ryzin, whose specialty is U.S. coinage history, is also the
award-winning author of the book Crime of 1873: The Comstock Connection (Krause
Publications, 2001), as well as two earlier titles, Twisted Tails: Sifted Fact,
Fantasy and Fiction from U.S. Coin History (Krause Publications, 1995) and
Striking Impressions: A Visual Guide to Collecting U.S. Coins (Krause
Publications, 1992).
An active hobbyist, Van Ryzin has held leadership
positions in several local, state and regional numismatic organizations. He is
currently on the board of the Numismatists of Wisconsin and is serving his
second term as a director of the Numismatic Literary Guild.
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David C. Harper
David C. Harper has been a coin collector since 1963. He
joined the Krause Publications editorial staff in 1978 and is currently editor
of Numismatic News, Bank Note Reporter and World Coin News. He also edits two
books annually, North American Coins & Prices and Coin Digest. He is the
author of the Class of '63 column that runs each week in Numismatic News. His
first bylined numismatic article appeared in the June 1971 issue of Coins
Magazine and his various Krause Publications assignments included a stint as
editor of the magazine 1980-1983. Harper received a bachelor of science degree
from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in 1977. He had a double major of
journalism and economics.
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Thomas Michael
Tom
Michael has been Krause Publications primary market analyst on more than 80
world and United States coin catalogs produced over nearly 20 years. He came to
KP in 1987 with a bachelor of arts degree in history, a master of arts degree in
economics and a history of coin collecting stretching back to the 1960s. He
began collecting world coins as a child by asking friends and relatives to bring
coins back from overseas trips, visiting flea markets and having his mother
watch for foreign coins in her register at the local grocery store. Today he
works with a dedicated base of over 200 contributors to provide accurate market
values for the five-volume Standard Catalog of World Coins series, as well as
many specialty catalogs, including the recent Coins & Currency of the Middle
East and the fourth edition of Unusual World Coins.
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