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- Benjamin Maximillian Mehl (November 5, 1884 – September 28, 1957), usually known as B. Max Mehl, was an American dealer in coins, selling them for over half a century. The most prominent dealer in the United States, through much of the first half of the 20th century, he is credited with helping to expand the appeal of coin collecting from a hobby for the wealthy to one enjoyed by many. Mehl was born in Congress Poland, which was part of the Russian Empire. His family brought him to what is now Lithuania, and then to the United States, settling in Fort Worth, Texas, where he lived for almost all of his adult life. While still a teenager, he began to sell coins, which he had previously collected. Joining the American Numismatic Association (ANA) in 1903 at age 18, he quickly became a full-time coin dealer, and by 1910 was one of the most well-known in the country. During his half-century of coin dealing, his customer list included Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Colonel E. H. R. Green. He sold coins from the collections of important numismatists (coin collectors) at auction, including Jerome Kern and King Farouk. Mehl was the first dealer to advertise in non-numismatic publications, helping to broaden the appeal of the hobby. He claimed to have spent over a million dollars on advertisements offering to buy a 1913 Liberty Head nickel for $50, though he knew there were none in circulation to be found. This got the public to search through their pocket change looking for rare coins that Mehl might buy, and greatly increased sales of Mehl's coin books, adding to his profit. Many of his great auction sales took place in the 1940s, but by the following decade, he was becoming less active, and he died in 1957; his business continued into the 1960s. Mehl was elected to the Numismatic Hall of Fame in 1974, and to the CoinFacts Dealer Hall of Fame in 2010. (en)
- 本杰明·马克西米利安·梅尔（英語：Benjamin Maximillian Mehl，1884年11月5日－1957年9月28日）通常简称麦克斯·梅尔（Max Mehl），是持续销售硬币超过半个世纪的美国经销商，20世纪上半叶绝大多数时候都是该国最著名的钱币销售商。在他的推动下，不再是有钱人的消遣与爱好，逐渐飞入寻常百姓家。 梅尔生于俄罗斯帝国，随家人搬到今立陶宛境内，后移民美国并定居德克萨斯州沃斯堡，成年后他基本都在当地生活。梅尔很小就收集硬币，少年时开始转卖，1903年加入美国钱币协会时还只有18岁，随后很快就专以硬币销售安身立命，1910年已名扬全美。 富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福、温斯顿·丘吉尔、都曾向梅尔购买硬币；他曾为与法鲁克国王等名流拍卖硬币。梅尔率先在非钱币出版物刊登广告，希望吸引更多的人收藏钱币。他在明知市场上没有流通的情况下花费上百万美元刊登广告，出价五十美元求购，促使公众細察口袋中零钱，希望找到梅尔可能购买的罕见硬币，反过来大幅提升梅尔硬币著作销量，带来丰厚利润。 梅尔拍卖做成的大生意基本集中在20世纪40年代，50年代后他逐渐淡出，1957年辞世，生意持续到60年代；1974年入选钱币名人堂，2010年入选CoinFacts经销商名人堂。 (zh)
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- During the Great Depression, the Fort Worth, Tex., dealer B. Max Mehl carried on a years-long newspaper advertising campaign , offering to buy for $50 apiece any 1913 Liberty head nickels offered. This offer was not bona-fide, being merely a come-on to promote sales of his Star Rare Coin Encyclopedia, which went through over 30 editions despite being of no numismatic value. The major effect of Mehl's publicity was threefold: It made Mehl very wealthy through peddling his worthless book; it made the 1913 Liberty head nickel one of the most famous of American coins; and it stimulated the ungodly to make thousands of altered dates pretending to be 1913's. (en)
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- 本杰明·马克西米利安·梅尔（英語：Benjamin Maximillian Mehl，1884年11月5日－1957年9月28日）通常简称麦克斯·梅尔（Max Mehl），是持续销售硬币超过半个世纪的美国经销商，20世纪上半叶绝大多数时候都是该国最著名的钱币销售商。在他的推动下，不再是有钱人的消遣与爱好，逐渐飞入寻常百姓家。 梅尔生于俄罗斯帝国，随家人搬到今立陶宛境内，后移民美国并定居德克萨斯州沃斯堡，成年后他基本都在当地生活。梅尔很小就收集硬币，少年时开始转卖，1903年加入美国钱币协会时还只有18岁，随后很快就专以硬币销售安身立命，1910年已名扬全美。 富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福、温斯顿·丘吉尔、都曾向梅尔购买硬币；他曾为与法鲁克国王等名流拍卖硬币。梅尔率先在非钱币出版物刊登广告，希望吸引更多的人收藏钱币。他在明知市场上没有流通的情况下花费上百万美元刊登广告，出价五十美元求购，促使公众細察口袋中零钱，希望找到梅尔可能购买的罕见硬币，反过来大幅提升梅尔硬币著作销量，带来丰厚利润。 梅尔拍卖做成的大生意基本集中在20世纪40年代，50年代后他逐渐淡出，1957年辞世，生意持续到60年代；1974年入选钱币名人堂，2010年入选CoinFacts经销商名人堂。 (zh)
- Benjamin Maximillian Mehl (November 5, 1884 – September 28, 1957), usually known as B. Max Mehl, was an American dealer in coins, selling them for over half a century. The most prominent dealer in the United States, through much of the first half of the 20th century, he is credited with helping to expand the appeal of coin collecting from a hobby for the wealthy to one enjoyed by many. (en)
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