Neil Shafer

•Undertook research at the Smithsonian Institute •Editor of the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM) for over 30 years •Pioneering author, researcher, and collector in the field of world paper money •Author of countless numismatic articles and other publications/periodicals including long time columnist for the Bank Note Reporter (BNR) •Life Member for decades of the American Numismatic Association (ANA) •Member of the ANA Hall of Fame, inducted in 2008 •Recipient of what was then known as the ANA Farran Zerbe award •Life Member and former President of the International Bank Note Society (IBNS) •Hall of Fame member of the Society of Paper Money Collectors (SPMC) •Author of the 1974 1st edition of Philippine Emergency and Guerilla Currency of World War II