Who is the next Eliasberg?

lloydmincy

It's summer. I dont feel like working so I'm writing. Was going to go to Washington for Smithsonian "last chance visit before the coins go to the vault" and Baltimore auctions this weekend. Had to cancel because too much on my plate. Going to go to Wash END OF MONTH to see the coins. Sad it could be last chance for some time for anyone to see them.

This is in response to another thread regarding who is Oliver Jung???

Simply a man, one of many, that have made it in the world, and then came to appreciate U.S. Rare Coins. This man is different though. Lives in Germany. Not a U.S. citizen. And now he is breaking up his remaining type set to other collectors.

The next Louis Eliasberg, if he/she really wanted to be, should have started now. Could have owned just about ANY of the great rare U.S. coins that are NOT housed at the Smithsonian.

But there are some GREAT collections going for sale. The Richmond collection for starters. Some of you are on this thread with great POWER and coins in your possession:

Cardinal and the early dollars, Tradedollarnut and the seated dollar collection, Stewart Blay, David Schweitz, to name a few.

In the past 2 years, and through next spring, with unlimited funds, you could have purchased:

Best early large cents, copper 1943 cents, 1933 double eagle, best 1913 liberty nickel, best 1894-s dime, best ultra high relief $20, 1804 dollar, 1927-d 20, best 1870-s dollar, best 1916/1916 and 1918/17-d buffalo, 1885 trade dollar, best 1794 (specimen) dollar first, 1873-cc NA dime, 1870-s Half dime, and anything else the Richmond Collection sale has I forgot. Amazing time. A lot of beauties are changing the guard.

One last note: If it wasnt for estate taxes, the Smithsonian, and other museums would NOT have the coins they do have that are on display (some) or hidden in vaults (most). sigh.


Someone could have tried to be the next Eliasberg.

Catch22

Yeah, we have had some real elusive coins come out over the last year or so. I'm not greedy, I just want one of them!

Sunnywood

There are a couple of billionaires quietly assembling fantastic collections that far exceed those you mentioned ...

Best,
Sunnywood

tradedollarnut

More than a couple!

I feel fortunate to have been able to carve out a niche for myself from their leftovers....

lloydmincy

Oh, I bet.

Bustman

I don't think anyone will ever collect a complete set of all US coins the way Eliasberg did.

dorkkarl

mad-martyberg!

K S

razorface1027

Russ?

sadysta1

I spoke once with a dealer in Delaware - Coin gallery of Delaware and he told me that he had a client that had quite a coin collection (and the gallery was helping him to aquire the coins). The guy was some 60 coins shy of complete set of us coins (I did not ask if that included the proofs)

marcmoish

I was thinking Russ too

Placid

Eliasberg Jr.

byergo

Bill Gates

dollardude

The market is so hot right now that it is attracting rarities like the ones you mentioned that have been sitting in private collections for years. The auction houses, TPGs, and the U.S. Mint are all having a field day. I agree that if anyone wanted to build a collection like that of Eliasberg, they could do it right now. However, you would be really stupid to do it when the market is high and pay too much. But, then again, millionaires and billionaires tend to spend their money when the prices are high. The rest of us actually have to work at it to build a collection at a reasonable cost.