It’s my Birthday Today!! June 23rd—Today in Numismatic History
Longacre
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Today is my birthday (I won’t disclose my age, but I am now fully qualified to run for President if I want to; watch out Hillary)! In order to keep this numismatically related (so I don’t get dinged by the crowd), I did a search of something that happened on June 23rd in the past. On June 23, 1954, the New Netherlands Coin Company, Inc. issued its forty-fourth auction catalog. This auction showcased the U.S. half cents from the Hillyer Ryder collection. The auction took place in New York, and the catalog consisted of 865 lots contained in 52 pages. Four fine plates also accompanied the catalog.
As further background on the man, Hillyer C. Ryder (along with Henry C. Miller) wrote a book called The State Coinages of New England, which was published in 1919 by the American Numismatic Society. In the book the authors described minute die varieties of Connecticut, Vermont, and Massachusetts copper coins. Supposedly this book was not used widely by dealers at the time, and it offered the opportunity for the more studious to cherrypick quite rare die varieties from unsuspecting dealers for common coin prices.
Hillyer Ryder was also a collector of Hard Times tokens. Interestingly enough, on June 23, 2004, Stacks held the John J. Ford Collection, Part IV sale. The basis of the Ford collection was the acquisition of F.C.C. Boyd’s holdings. In 1944, Boyd purchased all of the non-regular coinage issues from Wayte Raymond, who in turn had already acquired the entire Hillyer Ryder collection of tokens. Most pieces from the Boyd Estate were ex Ryder. It’s a small world!
PS. Please send me a PM if you are interested in sending a birthday gift. RYK already graciously offered to send me some of his extraneous Southern gold. For that I am appreciative.
As further background on the man, Hillyer C. Ryder (along with Henry C. Miller) wrote a book called The State Coinages of New England, which was published in 1919 by the American Numismatic Society. In the book the authors described minute die varieties of Connecticut, Vermont, and Massachusetts copper coins. Supposedly this book was not used widely by dealers at the time, and it offered the opportunity for the more studious to cherrypick quite rare die varieties from unsuspecting dealers for common coin prices.
Hillyer Ryder was also a collector of Hard Times tokens. Interestingly enough, on June 23, 2004, Stacks held the John J. Ford Collection, Part IV sale. The basis of the Ford collection was the acquisition of F.C.C. Boyd’s holdings. In 1944, Boyd purchased all of the non-regular coinage issues from Wayte Raymond, who in turn had already acquired the entire Hillyer Ryder collection of tokens. Most pieces from the Boyd Estate were ex Ryder. It’s a small world!
PS. Please send me a PM if you are interested in sending a birthday gift. RYK already graciously offered to send me some of his extraneous Southern gold. For that I am appreciative.
Always took candy from strangers
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
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Happy B-day.............
I won't need to PM for your present, I'll be giving you the same thing I gave last year..
Herb
The name is LEE!
It's my birthday today also!
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Treasury Trivia for today, to keep ever so slightly on coins-
June 23
1836 -- Legislation was approved that required the Secretary of the Treasury to designate at least one bank, so-called "pet banks," in each state and territory for the deposit of government funds.
1860 -- Appropriations that provided for the apprehension of counterfeiters, authorized the establishment of the United States Secret Service, the oldest general law enforcement agency in the Federal government.
1946 -- Fred M. Vinson ended his term as the 53rd Secretary of the Treasury.
Don
Your gift must have gotten lost in the mail. Too bad, it was beaut.
Ray