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Does anyone know how many pieces there are in the John J. Ford Collection?

LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
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I'm on a Virgil Brand kick of late, and he had a few hundred thousand pieces in his collection. I know the Ford collection is huge, but I don't recall ever seeing a total piece count. Does anyone know how his collection compares to Brand's (in total numbers)?
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  • stephunterstephunter Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭
    About a billion? I wonder where he kept it all?
  • CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,645 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm not sure even Stack's knows. I think the family just keeps sending them stuff.
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  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭
    i have seen many great itemsf -

    can someone give a short biography of the guy?
  • JulianJulian Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭
    Ford's collection was not as big as Brand's collection in # of specimens, of that I am sure. I believe Brand had in the hundreds of thousands.

    Ford's collection was more focused and Ford was a true collector and Brand was more of an accumulator, although he had spectacular items.
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    I firmly believe in numismatics as the world's greatest hobby, but recognize that this is a luxury and without collectors, we can all spend/melt our collections/inventories.

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