Andrew C. Zabriskie was born in New York on May 30, 1853 and married Francis Hunter on June 6, 1895. Zabriskie served as third vice-president of the American Numismatic Society from March 16, 1880 to March 18,1884, as first vice-president from March 18, 1884 to March 16, 1896, and as the society’s president from that date until January 16, 1905. He was a member of the 7th regiment of the National Guard of New York from 1873 until 1898, and was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress in 1908. Zabriskie had privately purchased gold coins from the collection of Augustus Humbert before it was offered for public sale. His death occurred at his home, Blithewood, in Barrytown-on-Hudson, NY. When his own collection was offered for sale by Henry Chapman in June 1909, private and territorial gold pieces brought the highest prices. He was the author of a book on Political and Memorial Medals of Abraham Lincoln. The Zabriskie Collection was sold by Henry Chapman in June 1909.