Description
Family background, Hamburg; Berlin banker, 1918-1925, and Berlin friendships in art and music; from collecting art to numismatics; Nazi years, Reichsbank, and emigration to the U.S., 1938; ancient coin dealership in New York City, Numismatic Fine Arts [NUFINA]; coin trade, collectors, scholars; move to Berkeley, 1951; travels, and new interest in sigillography; commentary on other collections, cataloging, specific acquisitions, sales and buyers; marriages, daughters, and friendships.