I wasn't going to bid in this auction until I saw THIS
renomedphys
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And I just couldn't help myself:
Oh! and it also came with this:
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Very cool!
Only $1.30 to slab a coin in 1910? Prices have sure gone up LOL.
That’s some awesome provenance.
Tim
Very interesting and a great part of the history of this great looking cent!
Gotta love those prices!😂
Men of honor when that was the coin of the realm.
Auction and lot number, please.
Tough way to make a living, 13c at a time...
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https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-18D9B1/1855-pattern-flying-eagle-cent-judd-168-original-pollock-193-rarity-4-bronze-plain-edge-proof-62-bn-pcgs
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Matt’s Mattes
Beautiful. Thank you for posting these glorious pieces of history.
Whit.
So cool!!
Is that Henry Chapman, known for the 1921 Chapman proof Morgans?
Wow, that is very cool. Nice get. Peace Roy
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Nice
Really cool piece! Great provenance, Well bought...Congrats!
Nice! That eagle really jumps/flies off that coin! 👍
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I’d have bought it just for the invoice/receipt. I love that kind of thing.
Great buy! Well done sir!!
what did $1.45 buy back then?
That is too cool. I love old numismatic correspondence like that. Kraft envelopes attached to PCGS holders make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside 😂
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Can't beat it! Gives depth to the coin with a backstory and pedigree. Congrats on the great buy!
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About 6 uncirculated 1909-S VDB cents.
My Adolph A. Weinman signature
I love your purchase. But unfortunately nobody can prove it is out of the sale mentioned. That is not how one proves pedigree just because an old envelope or old receipt is included. Now if in the catalog there is a photo that matches the coin or a written description that matches the coin through a pup then I can see the connection, but as it stands now you bought a cool pattern and a separate original antique receipt from Chapman and that is about it
it matches up with the auction (page 35), but it's not plated, even so I think all signs point to correct provenance https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=22&AuctionId=510990
The median income in 1910 was $574 a year. In 2023, it was over $60,000. A rough calculation takes that 13 cent commission up to $13.50 in today’s dollars.
The old auction catalogues, or more accurately, lists, almost never had pictures. The listings were almost totally cryptic with the denomination, date, mint mark and little else. Tracing a specific coin to a specific sale is impossible. The best I have seen are only collector envelopes and auction or dealer tags.
One thing that irritates me about auction invoices is that they frequently only give the lot number. There is nothing formally printer about what the item is. That leaves you to write it in as was done in this case.
So I looked at the link @tcollects provided for the catalogue that lists this coin. If you zoom in you can see a handwritten annotation in red ink of $1.30 that matches the receipt amount that came with this lot. Sure....someone could have matched a different J-168 with the receipt but thar scenario is highly unlikely.
The provenance of this coin is very solid.....maybe not enough to have the name on the holder but at sale or auction it could be fairly represented as such. The circumstantial evidence is overwhelming.
I can see how you couldn't resist, especially given the name connection. So glad it's found a proper home with your incredible collection of copper!
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I’m jealous! If I saw that lot, you or I would have paid quite a bit more for it. Congrats!!!
Joe.
I was eyeing this auction. Congrats on a cool new purchase! Still in need of this and it’s 1854 counterpart.
Nice one
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Super cool!
So you don't think dealers ever played games in the past with pedigree info. The catalog says the 1855 was olive in color, this one isn't for one. All one can say is after the fact somebody copied directly from the catalog the price it sold but to say definitively it is the same coin is impossible to do. Its nice the have the catalog and the receipt but nobody can be 100%
@RobertScotLover This coin most likely came from the Lambert collection auctioned by Chapman. The receipt looks good but the blue ink used to identify the lot was not contemporaneous. You can tell my the aged look of Chapman's signature versus the fresh look of the blue ink.
I agree with you it is not 100% and the pedigree should not be placed on the holder. At sale or auction I would describe the lot as " likely" from the Lambert sale and reference the receipt and catalogue.
Excellent museum piece!!
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https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
I’m only now adding patterns to my type sets, to illustrate the development of the type. This is a very cool example with great provenance to boot. Well done.