Martin, Sydney
Born at the Smoky Hill (KS) Air Force Base. Received SB and SM degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Married to Sharon Athy with children. CEO for Analytics. Founder of The Syntex Group in 1988.
Author of The Rosa Americana Coinage of William Wood; The Hibernia Coinage of William Wood; French Coinage Specifically for Colonial America (2016); Saint Patrick Coinage for Ireland and New Jersey (2018).
Editor of the Colonial Coin Collectors Club Newsletter. Elected to the Board of Trustees of the ANS in 2005, Treasurer 2009 to 2012 and President 2013 to 2020. In 2020 he received the Archer M. Huntington Award.
He served on the NBS Board from 2009 to 2021. Member of the Rittenhouse Society and the Attinelli Fellowship.
obit: NUM March 2021; CW 2/15/2021; The E-Sylum 12/24/2021
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9/21/2015French Coinage Specifically For Colonial America
4to, original blue half morocco, gilt, with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt; three green morocco spine labels, gilt. xviii, 462 pages; illustrated. Fine. A special binding executed by Dragonfly Bindery using an unbound copy of the published book provided by the printer, Sheridan Books. The book covers the 1670 Gloriam Regni coinage, the 1717 Perpignan coppers and the 1721-1722 9 denier pieces.
1/1/2018Saint Patrick Coinage (for Ireland And New Jersey)
4to, original burgundy half morocco, gilt, with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt; three green morocco spine labels, gilt. xxii, 506 pages; illustrated in color. Fine. A special binding executed by Dragonfly Bindery using an unbound copy of the published book provided by the printer, Sheridan Books. The long-awaited work on these poorly understood coins, and the new standard reference.
