RAYMOND H. "ROCKY" ROCKHOLT (1930-2021)
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RAYMOND H. "ROCKY" ROCKHOLT (1930-2021)
Pete Smith submitted these recollections of Rocky Rockholt. Thanks.-Editor
I learned of the death of Rocky Rockholt in the current issue of TEC News. Below is his listing from AmericanNumismatic Biographies.
Rockholt, R(aymond) H(owell) "Rocky" Author
(b. 7/25/1930 d. 4/26/2021)
Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Married Marilyn BeaverJune 29, 1951. They have two sons. Employed in marketing with Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M) from1956 until retirement in 1990.
Rockholt began collecting in the early 1950's. He collected all series, cents through dollars, before decidingto specialize. He assembled an important collection of fractional currency buying collections from Matt Rothert, Dr.Kenneth Sartoris and George Wait. Highlights from this collection were sold at auction by NASCA September 12,1981.
Rockholt contributed articles on paper money errors to Coin World and Numismatic News. He was acontributor to the books on paper money by William Donlon. Author of Minnesota Obsolete Notes and Scrip issuedin 1973. It was published by the Society of Paper Money Collectors. Author of United States Department ofAgriculture Food Stamp and Food Coupon Program 1939 to 199_.
Owner of the Penny Press Machine Co. LLC., from June 1990 to February 2017. He died in Burnsville,Minnesota.
I interviewed him for the book on December 16, 1990. He provided elongated coins for our local coin show in 1995and 1996.
He and his wife had an interest in collecting antiques well beyond the field of numismatics. I saw them at a localantique show where they had a table selling Lalique crystal. He also wrote a book on Goebel figurines.
Rocky had a connection with one of the armed delivery services who receive bulk coins from the Mint and packagethem for delivery to local banks. He had a large quantity of common error coins like cents with clipped planchets. Irealized that his supply well exceeded the demand from local collectors.
I last talked with him about five years ago. At the time he was still producing the kind of penny rolling machinefound at tourist attractions. The company was sold in 2017. My club contacted him about providing a machine forour show in 2020 but that show never happened.
To read Rockholt's online obituary, see:
Raymond H. "Rocky" Rockholt 1930 - 2021(https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sanantonio/name/raymond-rockholt-obituary?pid=199329247)
