Joseph Leroux

Joseph LeRoux M.D. was an early Canadian numismatist, who published several significant works on pre-Canadian Confederation coins, tokens and medals in the 1880s. Along with other early Canadian numismatists like Alfred Sandham, R. W. McLachlan, and P. N. Breton, he helped lay the foundations of Canadian numismatic research.
LeRoux published the following books on Canadian numismatics:Numismatic Atlas for Canada,, published in 1883Vade mecum du collectionneur, published in 1885The Canadian Coin Cabinet, published in 1888, with a subsequent publication in 1890