16-YEAR OLD NUMISMATIST GETS HOLD OF A RARE COIN AS SPARE CHANGE, UNCOVERS ITS WORTH YEARS LATER

War Hero

After graduating from Babson College in 1951 in Business Administration, Lutes joined the US Army and served as a cryptographic specialist with the U.S. Military Advisory Group to the Republic of Korea for the duration of two years, 1952-1954.