A List of Pedigrees

MidLifeCrisis · August 16, 2009 2:06PM

Here is a list of numismatic pedigrees I put together a while back...

Pedigrees for Colonial Era Coins
Garrett
Norweb
Eliasberg
Gilbert Steinberg
Herbert Oechsner
John Ford
FCC Boyd
Hillyer Ryder
Allison Jackman
Colonel James Ellsworth
George Parsons
Benson
John Roper
Richard Picker
Pittman
Virgil Brand
Dr. Thomas Hall
Frederick B. Taylor
Jacob Spiro
Harold Bareford
George H. Earle
Sylvester Crosby
Lorin Parmelee
Charles Ira Bushnell
Peter Gschwend
Joseph Mickley
Edward Maris
Harlan Smith
John G. Mills
John Story Jenks
Dr. Robert I. Hinkley
T. James Clarke
Waldo Newcomer
Carl Wurtzbach
W.S. Lincoln
Robert A. Vlack (plate coins for his books)
Richard Winsor
Walter Breen (plate coins for his books)
James A. Stack
Hain
J. Wiley Aulick
James Watt Jr.
John Griffee
Loye Lauder - 1983 Doyle Galleries sale (Ms. Loye Lauder was an heir to the Lauder cosmetics fortune who built a collection of colonials that was quite complete, with all sorts of major rarities and condition census pieces.)
Frontenac – This sale contained duplicates from the Ford collection

Pedigrees for other coins
Harry Bass
Reed Hawn
Jules Reiver
Amon Carter
Kensington
Oliver Jung
Karl Stecher Sr.
Richmond
William Cutler At*water
Adolphe Menjou

Fletcher · August 16, 2009 2:07PM

I don't see my name anywhere in there???

MidLifeCrisis · August 16, 2009 2:09PM

<< I don't see my name anywhere in there??? >>

I'd be happy to put your name on the list and even tell people what a great collector you are...for my choice of one of your nice Fugios.

Justacommeman · August 16, 2009 2:17PM

On the "other coin" list I covet both Shepherd ( ANA Executive Director) and Bingham on commem holders. If these guys owned them, you want them if your a collector of the series......MJ

MidLifeCrisis · August 16, 2009 2:23PM

<< On the "other coin" list I covet both Shepherd ( ANA Executive Director) and Bingham on commem holders. If these guys owned them, you want them if your a collector of the series......MJ >>

Thanks. We'll add them to the list.

Justacommeman · August 16, 2009 2:30PM

ex Bingham : ) ( I don't have a shot of the holder w/the pedigree)

Fletcher · August 16, 2009 2:38PM

<< 

<< I don't see my name anywhere in there??? >>

I'd be happy to put your name on the list and even tell people what a great collector you are...for my choice of one of your nice Fugios.

>>

I actually laughed out loud

MidLifeCrisis · August 16, 2009 2:44PM

<< I actually laughed out loud

>>

I'll assume that means "no".

firstmint · August 16, 2009 3:08PM

A few you might wish to add would be George F. Seavey from the 19th century and Eric P. Newman from the 20th century.

BECOKA · August 16, 2009 4:11PM

I'm with Fletcher, where is my name?

That is quite a list and I am sure I will be dead and still not qualify for the list.

RedTiger · August 16, 2009 11:19PM

For Morgans, there are many. Jack Lee built some of the nicest sets and sold them. I think he did this three times. Binion, Fitzgerald, Redfield are non-collector pedigrees, and all tend to trade at premiums, or sell very quickly if priced the same.

For post-1934 the Omaha Bank Hoard is a pedigree that isn't worth much, many coins seem low end for the stated grade. Some observe the same with the Wells Fargo for classic gold.

ambro51 · August 17, 2009 12:11AM

Could there be a slabbed gold dollar with the Adolphe Menjou pedigree? Considering the sale took place in 1950...... Id Kill for that coin...the knave, the knave.........

zap1111 · August 17, 2009 2:52PM

Overton and Logan from the capped bust half dollar series, as well as Prouty, Witham, Meyer?

lordmarcovan · August 17, 2009 3:13PM

The only two better-known pedigrees I own right now are a raw holed ancient Roman gold solidus of the emperor Zeno (ca. 476 AD) that is ex-Eliasberg (it's the centerpiece of my Holey Gold Hat), and a Terner pedigreed PCGS MS64 British 1901 gold half-sovereign (Terner was apparently a big name when it came to British gold).

I had a Benson-pedigreed PCGS PR63 CAM Barber half and a PCGS MS63 (or -64) RB 1854 French 10-centime piece with a Bass pedigree, I believe, which I scooped up for less than twenty bucks on Teletrade years back.

StubbyMcNumbthumbs · August 17, 2009 7:02PM

Does anyone know if any coins from Byron Reed's collection have been slabbed and pedigreed? I know most of the collection is still intact, but I remember hearing a while back that some of the pieces were sold off.

Just wondering.

dorkkarl · August 17, 2009 8:06PM

your missing NEWMAN for colonial coins!!! a GLARING OMMISSION!!!

he ranks about even w/ norweb , ford , garrett @ TOP of any pedigree list

K S

ibzman350 · August 17, 2009 8:20PM

I can't believe none have mentioned our own Mad one

Herb

LeeG · August 17, 2009 10:01PM

Also for Classic Commemoratives, JFS/JEWELL,

A coin I used to own:

MidLifeCrisis · August 17, 2009 10:18PM

<< your missing NEWMAN for colonial coins!!! a GLARING OMMISSION!!!

he ranks about even w/ norweb , ford , garrett @ TOP of any pedigree list >>

But...I don't recall ever seeing a coin for sale with his name listed in the pedigree. I suspect they are out there, but rarely seen.

That's probably because people who own them don't want to sell them!

PerryHall · August 17, 2009 10:52PM

Does a plate coin from the ANA grading book have any additional value? I own the $2 1/2 Lib gold coin in MS shown in that book. They got the pic from their archive of coin pics from the days when they were issuing the photo certificates. I recognized my coin in their book and contacted them. They were kind enough to send me a letter on official letterhead stationery confirming that it was indeed my coin. It currently resides in an old ANACS MS64 slab and I still have the original photo certificate.

MidLifeCrisis · August 17, 2009 11:04PM

<< Does a plate coin from the ANA grading book have any additional value? I own the $2 1/2 Lib gold coin in MS shown in that book. They got the pic from their archive of coin pics from the days when they were issuing the photo certificates. I recognized my coin in their book and contacted them. They were kind enough to send me a letter on official letterhead stationery confirming that it was indeed my coin. It currently resides in an old ANACS MS64 slab and I still have the original photo certificate. >>

I think it's a pretty cool story and certainly adds a level of interest to the coin. It may add some additional value too...to some collectors.

JBN · August 17, 2009 11:18PM

For Walking Liberty Half Dollars:
GBW
Sounder
Dawson Oskey
Ray Cassano
The aforementioned Jack Lee.

wikyva · August 18, 2009 12:30AM

I have a medal in my collection that is ex. Requa collection. In doing a little research, the Requa collection seemed to have a lot of colonials and early coppers.

Cladiator · August 18, 2009 1:18AM

Daniel Valentine
Russ Logan
Steve Gutscher
Mark Smith

MrHalfDime · August 18, 2009 1:49AM

"Daniel Valentine
Russ Logan
Steve Gutscher
Mark Smith"

Did you mean Eric Gutscher? All great half dime collections.

To these I would add:

Jules Reiver
William A. Harmon
Dr. Stuart Levine
Stewart Witham
Will W. Neil
Harold P. Newlin
Ed Price

MidLifeCrisis · August 18, 2009 10:00AM

I'm glad I posted this thread. I now have many new additions to my list. Thanks to all who contributed.

shylock · August 18, 2009 10:12AM

The Alan Epstein pedigree for Indian Heads has to be listed.

He assembled the first great set, and you'll find many of his
coins in the finest sets today.

Old website link of the Epstein collection

Doogy · August 18, 2009 10:22AM

don't forget 'The Millennia Collection'

hammered at nearly $30 million, making it one of the most valuable rare coin collections ever.

A List of Pedigrees

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