Legendary Photos in American Numismatics
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My vote for two of the most iconic/legendary photos in all of American numismatics: (Post yours here!)
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Holy cow, what a vault! Looks like all his coins were in Capital Plastics holders. Eliasberg not only had probably the most legendary collection in history, he dutifully conserved the coins for generations to come!
Those pictures certainly fulfill the 'legendary' qualification..... I do not have anything to compare with those. Thanks for posting them. Cheers, RickO
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Who's not going to genuflect? Thanks.
While not legendary, it would surely be iconic. A shame we don't have a shot of JJP running his "Statue of Liberty" play.
In Forum-specific terms, while it may not become legendary, we've ourselves seen numismatic feats that set an unsurpassable level. Cool as it is, It's not the image of the slabbed '33 Saint that I see. @BrettPCGS's fingernail cleanliness quotient will never be exceeded.
Bill Fivaz poses with Black Diamond at he 1994 ANA convention in Detroit .
The J.N.T. Levick plate of Early Copper.
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Here's some good old fashioned iconic coins, to keep my struggling thread going.
@koynekwest Thank you, I think that fits the bill. I know you are a Buffalo guy!
@tradedollarnut The small photo is??? I see Laura there. You'll have to tell us why that qualifies as legendary? I'm sure there is a story.
@ColonelJessup I had to look up genuflect...You don't get much "genuflect" these days in everyday usage.
@braddick Those are lovely...
Here’s the Levick Plate from 1868, the first photographic plate of U.S. coins, published in the April 1869 edition of the American Journal of Numismatics and one of the coins as it appears today in my type set!
David Hall, Laura Sperber and Mark Salzburg. Aside from the obligatory “Legend” pun with Laura, having those two in the same pic is indeed legendary
Definitely qualifies as legendary! That Chain Cent is just fantastic.
A couple shots I took of the Smithsonian exhibit at the ANA show 10 years ago.
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Anthony de Francisci, designer of the Peace Dollar, with his wife Theresa, the model for the Peace Dollar.
Great photo, and boy, that certainly is her profile...Unmistakable likeness on the Peace $
Well he certainly married up.
Harry Bass...
If it exists, the most legendary photo in contemporary numismatics would the fight on the auction floor between Martin Paul and Jesse Lipka regarding a particular lot. I wasn't there, but know enough people who saw it.
There is another photo with Walter Breen, which I cannot discuss. I've seen it, and yes, it relates to numismatics. It is not X rated, obscene, or anything like that., but I promised not to disclose the identity of the other party in the photo.
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
Would the photo be the one of a young JK sitting in Breen's lap?
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Technically not photographs but illustrations of the Philadelphia Mint from the July 17th, 1852 edition of Gleason’s Pictorial. Why do I have a copy of the 168 year old paper? I don’t remember.
@pmh1nic fantastic depictions of the mint! Particularly, the ladies carefully filing and weighing the planchets!
First US Mint front building in a 1908 photo prior to being torn down. From Wikipedia, in the public domain.
He had some imagination
Never seen a pic of Bill when he was young. Love it
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If it's legendary photos you're after, take a stroll back in time in Ken Bressett's latest --- A Penny Saved: R.S. Yeoman and His Remarkable Red Book.
Hopefully Lipka lost. I don't know Paul but Lipka probably deserved it.
This 1974 image inside Fort Knox has got to be near the top too!
That's a lot of lead
Floridafacelifter, thank you for showing the J.N.T Levick plate, arguably the most iconic plate in Large Cent history. And, Great S-4!
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Breathtaking! Definition of awesome.
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
John Jay Pittman
"The Master at Study" was taken by Jack Collins.
The reality was this:
Okay not an iconic photograph per se, but an iconic place
He who knows he has enough is rich.
That's a thread killer.
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Um, to be clear, I think you mean the post before mine!?
He who knows he has enough is rich.
Are those die polish lines, or did a Smithsonian curator scrub it with a Brillo pad?
Looks harshly cleaned. Too bad that such a rare and important coin was damaged by someone who was entrusted with this coin.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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That is one gorgeous Flying Eagle cent. The dollar ain't bad, either.
Agreed! The 1794 and 1856 can actually be bought...If you have enough money. The Barber pattern is a 1 of 1 and locked up in the Smithsonian I believe. I think that FE is ex. Simpson, so somebody recently got that prize!
well this bookmark is certainly staying right where it is!
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My photo of the "Only Known Image" as on display at the Nevada State Museum f/k/a Carson City Mint:
The richest man in the world ... in Confederate money.
Beyond his penchant for publicity, Grover Criswell Jr. was a serious collector, author, and scholar. When he died of a heart attack in 1999, at age 65, he had served on the Board of Governors of the American Numismatic Association for 22 years, including a two-year term as president.
Building on W.W. Bradbeer's "Confederate and Southern State Currency", to publish volumes of his own, Criswell brought collecting of CSA currency into the mainstream.
Laura Gardin Fraser
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When Farran Zerbe promoted the Panama-Pacific commemorative coinage, he developed several purchase options ranging from a single half dollar in an imprinted paper envelope to a massive 10-piece double coin set in a copper frame. This ten-piece set was designed to show both the obverse and reverse of each of the five different coins, including four of the large $50 pieces.
Smaller five piece sets were also offered in a copper frame. The frame was designed with a back that allowed for a table top presentation with an easel or for wall mounting. This is an original hammered copper frame made by Shreve & Co. of San Francisco, with an original five-coin set.
Three, four and five piece sets were also available in smaller velvet-lined leather cases, or individual $50 pieces in leather and velvet cases.
Today these coins are appreciated for their rarity and beauty, but at the time nearly half failed to sell and were returned to the Mint to be melted.
My favorites in recent memory was the series of Japanese Oban Kin by PCGS's own fotographer(s), who have in my opinion taken coin photography to stunning new levels.
I have neither the technical skill nor the talent that Phil has. But I've pushed myself in recent years to make coin art photography that causes the viewer to feel that gut punch of desire that I have felt my whole life. Numismatic centerfolds. I was recently selected by a panel of judges to have my first photograph included in a regional show:
And a few of my recent coin images where I try to fuel that miser/collector urge:
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