What Pedigree Would You Like To Own
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There is a Pittman coin coming up soon at auction and I thought it might be good to add. Other than Eliasberg, are there any other coins with a pedigree you would like to own?
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In addition to your two, I like Garrett, Brand, Norweb and Pogue.
Ditto on all except Pogue
My goal is a CBH owned by Clapp and Eliasberg. The Clapp family’s old petroleum business was in northwest PA in a nice scenic area with streams, rock formations and woods. We used to visit the area once a year.
The combo provenance doesn’t come up for sale very often and when it does, it’s a little more than I can muster.
BHNC #248 … 130 and counting.
Blay is the only one I care about. I only one I have that has his pedigree, it probably will be the only one I'll ever be able to purchase.
My Collection of Old Holders
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My one and only pedigree coin - The One
I forgot one- Trompeter for proof gold
Both of these are
Clapp-Eliasberg-Trompeter
Brasher's would be nice.
Interesting that you brought up pedigree. I just got my very own pedigree affixed to some of my PMG currency holders.
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Dwayne F. Sessom
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A "Barberian" pedigree
I still go with the old favorites - Norweb, Pittman and Eliasberg in that order. For some reason, when I find those coins they stand out to me as coins that I am proud to own. There are series favorites like Alan Lovejoy, Russ Logan & David Davis in the Capped Bust series. My more recent favorites include Pogue, Gardner & Simpson as they are most likely wonderful looking coins in higher grades. Every example that I have with the previous mentioned pedigrees are amazing coins and thrilled to own. Below are 2 favorites -
1827 dime from Eliasberg:
1819 quarter from Norweb-
There are older provenances that I find meaningful, for example:
John Story Jenks
Mickley
Stickney
Latin American Collection
I would like to get back pieces from Jules Reiver and Rev. McClure but very doubtful. James
Just got one of his in a Regency holder as an added bonus. 😉
Ditto to all of the above of Norweb, Brand, Pittman. I am also a fan of Newman/Green which has not been mentioned here yet.
Josiah Lilly if you can find one since most are in the Smithsonian.
Eliasberg in the original green label holder. Newer holders are probably upgrades.
I'm surprised that no one wants the Walter Breen pedigree. He was he "Numismatic Scholar of the 20th Century" after all.
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One name I don’t see mentioned nearly as much as I feel is deserved is Oliver Jung. Perhaps that’s because his sale was a small one. But coin for coin, his was easily among the finest collections I’ve ever seen.
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Eliasberg is tops!
Jenks/Clapp would probably be a heckuva coin…
I did buy a coin out of the small John Jay Knox sale of mostly pattern coins a couple years ago.
He started working at the Treasury in 1865 and had a an illustrious career, marred somewhat by the Crime of 1873.
His book United States Notes, written in 1885, is a must-have for paper money collectors.
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John Adams had some great copper, a founding father and forward thinker. Remarkable legacy.
For me, Eliasberg, then Norweb and/or Pittman. I have 3 Blays from last November’s GC sale, but chose not to designate them as I think his legacy will link them for a long time. Recently bought a nice Newman $2 1/2 goldie.
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Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Rittenhouse for me.
All the 1792 half dismes were initially struck for Thomas Jefferson, using silver that he brought to the early makeshift ‘mint’ in Philadelphia.
Should they also be pedigree-able?
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Generally one that would enhance marketability of the coin.
I agree with Mark about Jung - I was fortunate enough to own one of his seated halves (Lot 68 in the auction Mark linked). He used to drop in here once in a while (I don’t remember his handle).
Because I focus on half eagles these days, Milas is a very good pedigree to watch for.
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James A Stack
Benton S Emory
Clapp-Eliasberg
Blay
Norweb
Akers
Pogue
Jung
Duckor-Barber Halves
I would like to own a gold coin from the King Farouk collection.
Some are of the opinion that many of the Eliasberg coins were liberally graded, even to the extent that a number of dealers had “Eliasberg” removed from the grading labels. So I wouldn’t necessarily suspect that newer holder coins are upgrades.
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I would happily own the Realone 1822 10C. There is nothing nicer.
A gold Libertas Americana medal pedigreed to Marie Antoinette is probably my first choice.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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Pittman is very underrated. He had an amazing collection of beautiful coins.
My lone Pittman coin. 1811 O-103a large 8 Was lot 1459 in the Pittman sale
BHNC #248 … 130 and counting.
FCC Boyd
Atwater
Cleneay
Milas
James B Stack
Latin American Collection
Maybe Naftzger, just to check that box
Empty Nest Collection
Matt’s Mattes
If only they could find it! Probably melted long, long ago.
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There are coins from the best-known collections for my area I'd like to own, but it's not due to who owned it. It's because I potentially can't find anything comparable anywhere.
As a toned coin collector I like:
Sunnywood
Simpson
Northern Lights
Aurora Borealis
I own three of the above as well as a Pogue coin.
For Washingtonia- William Spohn Baker
For Lincolnia- Captain Amdrew Zabriskie
Both collections auctioned in a once-in-a-lifetime event, best of the best.
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Jack Lee had a good eye for Morgan's.
Love the Northern Lights.
@MFeld - Agree. And this mostly dispersed collection of his is not bad either.
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My 1866 Philly Mint Set
I disagree...but only because I think he had a great eye (for both Morgan dollars and Walkers)
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And if I can't find the gold Libertas, I guess I'd settle for a gold pattern with a Woodin-Farouk-Wilkison-Simpson provenance.
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Great names @david3142!
Do you know what are the great toned pedigrees from the early collectors of the TCCS?
I know of Ron Sirna of the SIrna Moose fame.
I never knew any of them personally. I was too young back then. As for names, Lloyd Cowle and Mike DeFalco had some great coins - AuroraBorealis (Wayne) has a lot of those now.
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I have one dime from the Lovejoy collection. One of the first things I did after getting the coin was to search Ebay and find a copy of the Stacks auction catalog and PR from 1990.
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