Who owned the "Private Chicago Collection"?
MrEureka
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According to Frese, speaking of the Queller 1804 Dollar:
"Without question, the star of the collection is the fantastic Queller-Hawn-Lilliendahl-Mickley 1804 Class I silver dollar. This 1804 Silver Dollar is one of the most storied and desirable of all American rarities. It also comes with an incredible pedigree, tracing back to Pennsylvanian Joseph J. Mickley, who acquired it about 1850; Mickley's collection started with his search for a cent from his 1799 birth year. W. Elliot Woodward auctioned Mickley's Collection in 1867, and William A. Lilliendahl acquired the 1804 dollar. The next owner was William Sumner Appleton, who ultimately bequeathed it (and most of his collection) to the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1903. The Society deaccessioned most of their numismatic items in 1970 and, after a few years in a private Chicago Collection, Texan Reed Hawn acquired the Mickley Specimen. David Queller purchased the Reed Hawn 1804 dollar in 1993." The coin has resided in the Queller Collection for the last quarter century.
So which lucky collector got to buy this coin in 1970, and how did that happen?
"Without question, the star of the collection is the fantastic Queller-Hawn-Lilliendahl-Mickley 1804 Class I silver dollar. This 1804 Silver Dollar is one of the most storied and desirable of all American rarities. It also comes with an incredible pedigree, tracing back to Pennsylvanian Joseph J. Mickley, who acquired it about 1850; Mickley's collection started with his search for a cent from his 1799 birth year. W. Elliot Woodward auctioned Mickley's Collection in 1867, and William A. Lilliendahl acquired the 1804 dollar. The next owner was William Sumner Appleton, who ultimately bequeathed it (and most of his collection) to the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1903. The Society deaccessioned most of their numismatic items in 1970 and, after a few years in a private Chicago Collection, Texan Reed Hawn acquired the Mickley Specimen. David Queller purchased the Reed Hawn 1804 dollar in 1993." The coin has resided in the Queller Collection for the last quarter century.
So which lucky collector got to buy this coin in 1970, and how did that happen?
Andy Lustig
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Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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If you owned Washington's Comitia set AND an 1804 dollar, why the heck would you sell either?? But that is what the Mass. Historical Society decided to do, for a (relatively) paltry 77.5K in 1970. Hopefully it has been well invested.