Arthur M. Fitts III Arthur M. Fitts III was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, and started collecting coins as a young boy. He graduated from Harvard University in 1959, and then started teaching at an independent boarding school in Newton, Mass., where he established a coin club. He joined the Boston Numismatic Society and was the General Chairman of the American Numismatic Association’s (ANA) annual convention held in Boston in 1973. In 1974, Arthur moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado to go to work for the ANA. He would serve as the ANA’s museum curator, assistant executive director, and convention director from 1974-78. Arthur’s commitment to the ANA would continue as he served as an ANA governor (2001-2005), as moderator of the Maynard Sundman/ Littleton Coin Company Lecture Series (2008-11), and as an exhibit judge and a mentor for the ANA Numismatic Correspondence Course. He was also a regular columnist (“Medieval Coins”) and contributing editor for The Numismatist.
Arthur is a three-time recipient of the ANA Presidential Award (1994, 1998, 2009), and has received the Medal of Merit (1998), Glenn Smedley Memorial Award (2000), Lifetime Achievement Award (2001), Exemplary Service Award (2006), Adna G. Wilde Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence (2010), and the ANA’s highest honor, the Farran Zerbe Award (2012). This last award he shared with his wife, Prue Morgan Fitts, also a noted collector and numismatist. One of the foremost numismatic couples in the U.S., both Arthur and Prue were regular instructors for many years at the annual ANA Summer Seminar held in Colorado Springs. Arthur is a noted expert on English coins, British medals, and other series, while Prue concentrates on Byzantine coinage. In addition to his volunteer work for the ANA, Arthur was an appointee to the United States Assay Commission in 1975. He served as executive secretary of the Old Timer Assay Commissioner Society from 2003-2012, and is a former president (1982-95) and secretary (1978-81, 1995-99) of the Boston Numismatic Society. Arthur is also a member of the British Numismatic Society, and a Fellow of the American Numismatic Society and the Royal Numismatic Society.
We would like to dedicate this catalogue to Dale Tatro, our recently retired colleague and friend, and acknowledge her dedicated efforts to the success of this company over the last fifteen years. Thank you Dale, and enjoy your retirement and spending time with your grandchildren!
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