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has there ever been a president that was a coin collector?
chumley
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If we had an avid coin guy as president perhaps he/she could stoke a fire under the mint(and melt all the bullion?) no...maybe come up with some new classics in design....just a thought
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<< <i>IMO, Teddy Roosevelt did more for the collectors than any other president in history. He understood the beauty of US coinage and he wanted coins which would be easily recognized anywhere in the world as a US coin. Too bad FDR had most of his gold designs melted. >>
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
<< <i>Thomas Jefferson collected coins >>
Can you imagine some of the specimens he had in his collection?
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<< <i>IMO, Teddy Roosevelt did more for the collectors than any other president in history. He understood the beauty of US coinage and he wanted coins which would be easily recognized anywhere in the world as a US coin. Too bad FDR had most of his gold designs melted. >>
Are any of the people running for Congress now coin collectors?
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<< <i>Thomas Jefferson collected coins >>
Can you imagine some of the specimens he had in his collection? >>
can you imagine all the new halfs and dollars in his collection? that would be unreal
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<< <i>Thomas Jefferson collected coins >>
Can you imagine some of the specimens he had in his collection? >>
...do you think his coins were considered modern?
Ron Paul
Don Willis is a coin collector.
Karl Malone owned a 1913 V 5c. Dwight Manley was his sports agent and got it for him from auction.
Andre Dawson had some really nice type coins which, I believe, Heritage sold.
President James Tyler had his own personal 1843 proof set (copper thru gold) in a special leather presentation case. I believe it stayed in his family for a century or more. It was sold as part of the Pittman collection. It was in a group of coins robbed from Summit Rare Coins at the FUN show several years ago ($4mil total). More info on the web.
Buddy Ebsen (Beverly Hillbillies) sold his collection in 1987 thru Superior. I believe he liked territorial gold. I had some coins consigned that sale too. I did great. Gary Burghof (Radar from MASH) sold thru them too. Also Jerry Buss (owns the Lakers) who had, among other things, a 1913 V 5c and, if I recall, a 94-S 10c. That might have been '83 or '84.
Adolph Menjou (film actor in '30s-'50s) was, as I understand it, quite a connoisseur with a truly superb collection. The composer Jerome Kern had a name collection too.
Hon. Jimmy Hayes, former congressman from Louisiana, had a truly amazing first year of type collection sold in 1985 by Stacks. Jimmy still comes to shows, especially Baltimore, and now avidly collects political memorabilia.
David Vitter, current senator from that state, collected whorehouse tokens, but he spent them all.
I was around (not necessarily collecting) for all these guys except Tyler.
Can you name the retired pro football player who posts on this forum occasionally? Likes tarnished commems.
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<< <i>what about John Quincy Adams or something along those lines with Adams as the last name and in Politics, sorry my memory sucks. >>
Indeed, John Adams, 2nd President of the US and ancestor of our own Lordmarcovan was indeed a casual coin collector but his son and President John Qunicy Adams was a more serious collector of coins.
He also designed the back of the one dollar bill.
<< <i>F.D.R collected stamps. >>
FDR collected stamps big time, but according to the notes that appeared with the leatherette covered FDR $5 gold and stamp set, he collected coins too. The number 400 coins sticks in my brain for the FDR collection, but I don’t know where I got that figure.
What cheesy display.
Looks like 4th grader's school project, elmer glued to poster board. (I know they're not glued, but it looks that way)
Who ever put that together had no respect for the coins.
What a relief!
Additionally, the major consignor to the Buddy Ebsen sale was not Buddy (or me, giggle). The buzz was that many of the best type coins were consigned by a dealer who got them from the Lester Merkin estate.
Minus the Merkin aspect, the same can be said for the Gary Burghof sale.
I sit corrected.
And that's Hollywood , Baby !