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Harry Sneh
Biography, Harry Sneh
Harry Naftali Sneh was born in Israel in 1953. He came to the United States with his
parents as a youth, and has lived in California for most of his life. Harry studied engineering, and earned a bachelor’s degree in civil
engineering from Cal Poly University, and a master’s degree in environmental engineering from the University of Southern California. He is a registered engineer in California.
For most of his professional life, Harry worked for the California Environmental Protection Agency.
Harry started to collect world coins and paper money as a child,
often getting exciting new additions when his father came home from a trip. The desire to collect never wavered, and as an adult Harry formed a major currency collection which
he developed for over twenty years. But Harry was always fascinated by ancient history and archaeology, and when he sold his currency collection his attention was drawn to ancient coins.
Harry initially found himself most interested in Judean coins. He was then attracted to the Judaea Capta commemoratives of the Flavian emperors. From there, he started to specialize in the
Flavian imperial series, adding to his collection many rarities including unique coins not listed in the major references. Harry’s collection of the silver issues of Titus, which he collected
systematically, is a special source of pride. It is Harry’s wish that the coins from his collection will bring much satisfaction to their new owners, and that they will take good care of
them for future collectors. For collectors are merely curators of these fascinating small pieces of history, preserving them for future generations.
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