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HAWKINS, Benjamin Franklin  (1896-1989)  sculptor.
          Born Saint Louis, Missouri, 17 June 1896.
          Died Fairfax, Virginia, 23 February 1989.
          Signed coin model H initial.

          C   O   I   N   S

1936 Wisconsin Territorial Centennial Half Dollar (designed
          and signed by Hawkins) . . . . . . . . . . .  Breen 7537, KM 185

          B I O G R A P H I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

BA  {1937} Who's Who In American Art: 1937 [1ed:191],
          1939 [2ed:236], 1941 [3ed:288],
          1947 [4ed:215], 1953 [5ed:179]
          1956 [6ed:200], 1959 [7ed:244-245],
          1962 [8ed:264].
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 270.
AE1 {1988} Falk, 3:230.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1498.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

N16 {1967} Taxay, p 201-203.
A15 {1971} Vermeule, p 188, 194.
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 52.
O12 {1988} Breen 7537, p 597-598.
N30 {1991} Bowers. Commemorative Coins, p 710 (bio).
N31 {1992} Smith. American Numismatic Biographies, p 113.
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