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Behind the Bank Note with Simcha Kuritzky

Simcha Kuritzky started collecting coins and notes in 1971 when he was still in elementary school. He is a CPA and an expert in federal accounting. Kuritzky has been a life member of the International Bank Note Society for more than three decades and is an officer in several other numismatic clubs. He has been exhibiting competitively for more than four decades and has the most ANA summer show exhibit class awards.

Q. How did your interest in bank note collecting begin?

I was eight years old when I started collecting coins, and quickly expanded to everything numismatic. I’m not certain when

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