Stephen Album Rare Coins
Auction 16 17-18 May 2013
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YUAN: Tien Ding, rebel, 1359-1360, AE 3 cash, H-19.144, S-1124, Fine, R, ex Authur W. Hummel, Jr. and Sr. Collection.
Arthur W. Hummel, Sr. (March 6, 1884 – March 10, 1975) was born in Warrenton, Missouri. In 1905 he graduated from the Morgan Park Academy. He attended the University of Chicago, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1909, a Master's degree in 1911, and a Bachelor of Divinity in 1914. He spent the next thirteen years as a missionary in China. When he returned to America he was employed by the Library of Congress as the first Chief of the Orientalia Division. From 1928 to 1954, he built the collection into one of the largest and best organized in the country. Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. (1920-2001) was born in China. His parents moved to Beijing in 1924. In 1927, political conditions in China forced his family to return to the United States. His parents moved to Washington, DC, where his father worked as the first Chief of the Orientalia Division at the Library of Congress. In 1940, Arthur, Jr. then returned to Beijing to study at the California College of Chinese Studies. He was captured by the Japanese after the Pearl Harbor, escaped, and fought with the Nationalist guerillas. In 1950 he joined the US Foreign Service. Arthur Hummel, Jr. was later US Ambassador to Burma (1968-1971), Ethiopia (1975-1976), and China (1981-1985).
Estimate: 200-300 USD
Arthur W. Hummel, Sr. (March 6, 1884 – March 10, 1975) was born in Warrenton, Missouri. In 1905 he graduated from the Morgan Park Academy. He attended the University of Chicago, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1909, a Master's degree in 1911, and a Bachelor of Divinity in 1914. He spent the next thirteen years as a missionary in China. When he returned to America he was employed by the Library of Congress as the first Chief of the Orientalia Division. From 1928 to 1954, he built the collection into one of the largest and best organized in the country. Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. (1920-2001) was born in China. His parents moved to Beijing in 1924. In 1927, political conditions in China forced his family to return to the United States. His parents moved to Washington, DC, where his father worked as the first Chief of the Orientalia Division at the Library of Congress. In 1940, Arthur, Jr. then returned to Beijing to study at the California College of Chinese Studies. He was captured by the Japanese after the Pearl Harbor, escaped, and fought with the Nationalist guerillas. In 1950 he joined the US Foreign Service. Arthur Hummel, Jr. was later US Ambassador to Burma (1968-1971), Ethiopia (1975-1976), and China (1981-1985).
Estimate: 200-300 USD