Joseph N.T. Levick was born circa 1828 and died in October 1908. He was a captain with the New York Volunteers in the Civil War. It was Levick who proposed that the American Numismatic Society have a published magazine and the American Journal of Numismatics was begun in 1866. He served as treasurer of the ANS from 1867 to 1874. Levick advertised himself as a banker and broker of government securities, foreign and domestic specie, stocks, bonds, and gold. He also dealt in rare coins. His name appeared in conjunction with several 19th century auctions sales including W. Elliott Woodard’s sale of October 1864