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4 unusual facts about Farran Zerbe


Farran Zerbe

In 1915, the Panama-Pacific International Exposition was held in San Francisco to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal along with San Francisco's emergence from the devastating earthquake and fire of 1906.

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Frank G. Duffield, editor of The Numismatist, prepared a paper for the 1918 Philadelphia convention of the American Numismatic Association.

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Farran Zerbe (April 16, 1871 – December 25, 1949) was the President of the American Numismatic Association from 1908 to 1910.

Panama–Pacific International Exposition

Numismatist Farran Zerbe supervised the creation of a series of commemorative medals, an award medal, a souvenir medal, and diplomas.



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