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HOFFECKER, Lyman William  (1868-1955) designer, numismatist.
          Born Tunkkannock, Pennsylvania, 21 September 1868.
          Officer in American Numismatic Association.
          Died El Paso, Texas, 14 January 1955.
          Signed coin design L.W.H. initials.

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1935 Old Spanish Trail Commemorative Half Dollar (designed
          by Hoffecker, modeled by Edmund J. Senn) . .  Breen 7518, KM 172

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

P2  {1955} The Numismatist 68:2 (February 1955) p 142 (obituary).
N16 {1967} Taxay, p 175-178.
A15 {1971} Vermeule, p 184-194.
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 55.
O12 {1988} Breen 7518, p 596.
N30 {1991} Bowers. Commemorative Coins, p 710-711 (bio).
N36 {2002} Bowers, More Adventures, p 85-90 "A Half Dollar Of, By, and For
          Hoffecker" (Old Spanish Trail Commemorative half dollar).
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