Lenningrad-Dutch Flying Eagle Collection - Thanks PCGS!
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Many thanks to PCGS for showing this collection at the ANA. Also, thanks to BJ, or whoever it was that helped this collector.
I wrote an article about the collection in the Longacre's Ledger which spurred this collector to see this magnificent collection.
Here is a E-mail from a collector who arrived on Sunday and expected everything to be still up. Anyway, the e-mail, which he allowed me to share tells the story:
Subject: The Leningrad Dutch Collection
Dear Mr. Snow,
Thank you for publishing that awesome article about the Flying Eagle collection that was exhibited at ANA. I have been looking forward to this show for quite some time, especially since it was in driving distance from San Diego. Due to other commitments, I was only able to attend on Sunday, but having seen the pictures of this collection, there was no way I was not going to go.
We arrived early Sunday and due to some misinformation started on the wrong side of the convention hall. By the time I worked around to the opposite wall, much of the Smithsonian exhibit had been packed up and when I arrived at the PCGS booth, so had the Leningrad Dutch Collection! My disappointment must have been very obvious! The lady I spoke to said, "Have a seat" and proceeded to remove the collection from the cabinet behind her. I was treated to a private showing of this marvelous collection as coin after coin was handed to me! I thanked her profusely several times and examined coins I could not even imagine ever owning. Thank you PCGS. Thank you ANA. Thank you Rick!
Marty Katz
I wrote an article about the collection in the Longacre's Ledger which spurred this collector to see this magnificent collection.
Here is a E-mail from a collector who arrived on Sunday and expected everything to be still up. Anyway, the e-mail, which he allowed me to share tells the story:
Subject: The Leningrad Dutch Collection
Dear Mr. Snow,
Thank you for publishing that awesome article about the Flying Eagle collection that was exhibited at ANA. I have been looking forward to this show for quite some time, especially since it was in driving distance from San Diego. Due to other commitments, I was only able to attend on Sunday, but having seen the pictures of this collection, there was no way I was not going to go.
We arrived early Sunday and due to some misinformation started on the wrong side of the convention hall. By the time I worked around to the opposite wall, much of the Smithsonian exhibit had been packed up and when I arrived at the PCGS booth, so had the Leningrad Dutch Collection! My disappointment must have been very obvious! The lady I spoke to said, "Have a seat" and proceeded to remove the collection from the cabinet behind her. I was treated to a private showing of this marvelous collection as coin after coin was handed to me! I thanked her profusely several times and examined coins I could not even imagine ever owning. Thank you PCGS. Thank you ANA. Thank you Rick!
Marty Katz
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It is a favorite game of the owner.
If anyone wants to join the Fly-in Club, (it's $20 per year and $35 for two years) I'll send out the latest issue of the journal, Longacre's Ledger. It includes the article and an application to join.
Just PM me with your address and I'll send it out.
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It is a favorite game of the owner.
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Not to be flip, but isn't the L-D somewhat unsound? It does not appear to be used very much in super-GM play.
And regarding Rick's offer to send a copy of the Ledger if you join the Fly-In Club, if any of you have ever seen the Ledger, you'd know that the annual $20 fee is really a bargain. The Ledger is a top quality color booklet published by Heritage on the Fly-In Club's behalf. There is always a lot of very useful information written by Rick, Chris Pilliod, and several different members, with excellent photo of some very unique coins. The most recent Ledger had beautiful pictures of some of the Lenningrad collection, and also had an article on Chinese fakes and detecting counterfeit Indian cents (Rick even gave an excellent talk to club members at the ANA on counterfeit Indian cents). Any way, as I mentioned, just getting the Ledger is well worth the price of joining the club!
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