This November is Wikipedia Asian Month Join WAM contests and win postcards from Asia. [Help with translations!] Jump to navigation Jump to search Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. 6,413,357 articles in English The arts Biography Geography History Mathematics Science Society Technology All portals From today's featured article B. Max Mehl (1884–1957) was a prominent coin dealer in the U.S. for more than 50 years. He was born in Congress Poland, which was then part of Imperial Russia, but his family moved to present-day Lithuania, and then to the U.S.; Mehl lived in Fort Worth for most of his life. He started selling coins as a teenager, and joined the American Numismatic Association aged 18. By 1910 he was one of the most prominent dealers in the U.S. His customers included Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. He auctioned coins from the collections of prominent numismatists, and he was the first dealer to advertise in non-specialist publications, helping to broaden the hobby's appeal. To generate interest and sell his books, he offered to buy a 1913 Liberty Head nickel for $50, knowing there were none in circulation. His great auction sales were in the 1940s, but he later became less active, dying in 1957. He was elected to the Numismatic Hall of Fame in 1974, and the CoinFacts Dealer Hall of Fame in 2010. (Full article...) Recently featured: Uturuncu Short Symphony The Great Gatsby Archive By email More featured articles Did you know ... 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