Error World Administrators

IN MEMORIUM

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Photo supplied by Rich Schemmer

Peter "DaNutt" Bishal 1937 - 2003

Peter "DaNutt" Bishal passed away on the morning of October 12, 2003 while doing what he loved, namely attending a coin show in New York. Pete is survived by his companion Jenneta Fain. Cards and letters may be addressed to her as follows:

Jenneta Fain
PO Box 3273
Fall River, MA 02722

Peter was a great guy and will be missed by many, far and wide. Error World misses you Pete!

Who Was Pete Bishal?

DaNutt's Errors is a long established, Massachusetts based, error Coin business dating back to 1980. DaNutt's Errors was founded and run by Mr. Pete Bishal.

Mr. Bishal handled all types of foreign and domestic error coinage while specializing in 1878 Morgan Dollar errors and varieties. At one time, Mr. Bishal owned all 4 of the 1878 VAM 44 type of Morgan Dollars. Over the years he owned or handled 90% of all of the 1878 VAM 44's ever discovered.
A book on George T. Morgan's development of the 1877 Pattern halves and their evolution was authored by Mr. Bishal. This book chronicled the day by day work that Morgan did to perfect the 1878 Dollar design. Portions of this book have been published in NECA's Errorscope from 1978 to 1980 as one page articles.
In 1990, Mr. Bishal wrote Chapter 5 of the VAM Book and furnished the authors with every Pattern Half photo to be included in the book.
Contributions have been made to Bower's Silver Dollar Book, Breens book and virtually every error book printed including Alan Herberts Error Encyclopedia.

I never had the opportunity to meet Pete personally, but talked to him many times in the chat room. He will surely be missed by everyone. The coin hobby has lost a good man. Rest in peace, my friend. - Michael - MMAC	Can we put "Black Bunting on the Error World logo for a period of time in honor of Mr. Bishal? I will miss him. - Gregory N. Mirsky	Pete was a great guy. May he rest in peace. - Richard.J. Verdi

Since Jim started this group couple's years ago.. pete or peanutbutter the way i call him is a good FUNNY guy..All I know he also loves a Double Denomination the way he called it cent on dimes.. Anyway.. my prayer goes to him..Von Voyages Pete's. GO TO HEAVEN.... - www.pennyondime.com	Rest in Peace, Pete! -Dave (dmg1969)	CONECA

I have the unpleasant task of informing you that Pete "Danutt" Bishal passed away this morning while attending a coin show in New York that I was attending. Pete apparently died from what was described to me as a heart attack - Rich Schemmer	Pete contributed to the error hobby for several decades and will be missed for years to come. He specialized in all types of U.S. and world errors. His research in 1878 Morgan Dollar varieties was published. I met Pete several times at coin shows in Baltimore and New York. He always was friendly and a nice guy to visit with. Pete had a vast knowledge of the minting process and dealt with many error dealers and collectors. - Mike Byers	I have been in the hobby for quite a number of years and active for many of them. I have met quite a number of very impressive and smart people in this hobby but the fellow I met at error-ramma in California in the early 80s has stuck in my mind ever since. Pete Bishel was a wild, crazy, smart, intelligent, honest, friendly guy that I took an instant likeing to. This is probably the first hobby death that I am truly going to miss. God Bless You, Pete. ~Robert Wilharm