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thecointraderthecointrader Posts: 480 ✭✭
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An eBay seller from Oregon is selling this reproduction photograph from the 1937 ANA Convention.

The caption reads: "1937 photo Rare old coins on display at numismatic convention. Washington, D.C. Aug. 24. The collection of first coins minted in America, dating back as early as 1652, was envied by coin collectors from all over the country as they attended the American N..."

Granted, this image is some 73 years old, but perhaps there's an old timer or numismatic historian who can tell us who the names of those pictured.

Any ideas?

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    NumismanicNumismanic Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭
    image
    Don

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    customrollcustomroll Posts: 523 ✭
    Just a guess, but is one of them J. Henri Ripstra?
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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,414 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Why do all the coins look like they are in rattler holders? Clear Plastic wasnt even invented then, was it?
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I could not find this in "coinfacts". image


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    StubbyMcNumbthumbsStubbyMcNumbthumbs Posts: 1,259 ✭
    From left to right: Alfred Hitchcok, President Harry Truman and our very own Longacre.


    Thanks for entering me in your generous giveaway.





    Sorry, but I was forced to misspell Alfred H.'s last name due to the apparent rudeness of his Hitch.
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    timber100timber100 Posts: 863 ✭


    << <i>From left to right: Alfred Hitchcok, President Harry Truman and our very own Longacre.


    Thanks for entering me in your generous giveaway.





    Sorry, but I was forced to misspell Alfred H.'s last name due to the apparent rudeness of his Hitch. >>



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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,009 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Notice that all three gentlemen are wearing suits and ties?
    Numismatics was a much more genteel hobby back then.....
    TD
    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    customrollcustomroll Posts: 523 ✭


    << <i>Notice that all three gentlemen are wearing suits and ties?
    Numismatics was a much more genteel hobby back then.....
    TD >>


    Everything had more class back then. Men wore suits to boxing matches and baseball games, too.
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,009 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I remember flying from Detroit to Washington, D.C. in 1971 to go to the ANA convention for one day. It was my first flight and my first ANA convention. Of course I wore my sports coat and a tie. I was 20.
    TD
    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    NumismanicNumismanic Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Notice that all three gentlemen are wearing suits and ties?
    Numismatics was a much more genteel hobby back then.....
    TD >>



    I wonder at what point did Hawaiian shirts take over. image
    Don

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    RWBRWB Posts: 8,082 ✭
    Caption:
    "Rare old coins on display at numismatic convention. Washington, D.C. Aug. 24. The collection of first coins minted in America, dating back as early as 1652, was envied by coin collectors from all over the country as they attended the American Numismatic Convention here today. The collection is owned by T. James Clarke, (center) President of the American Numismatic Association, who is showing them to F.E. Hodge (Left) and C. Shirley Leachman. The coins are made of silver. 8/24/37"

    PS: The seller is charging $10 for photos that you can download free from the Library of Cngress.
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    customrollcustomroll Posts: 523 ✭
    Thanks, it was killing me to know exactly who they were.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,090 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Notice that all three gentlemen are wearing suits and ties?
    Numismatics was a much more genteel hobby back then.....
    TD >>



    I wonder at what point did Hawaiian shirts take over. image >>




    Notice that all three had "glasses". This could explain why the TPGs were created.

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    cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 8,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wonder how many members here own coins that are in that photo?
    You Suck! Awarded 6/2008- 1901-O Micro O Morgan, 8/2008- 1878 VAM-123 Morgan, 9/2022 1888-O VAM-1B3 H8 Morgan | Senior Regional Representative- ANACS Coin Grading. Posted opinions on coins are my own, and are not an official ANACS opinion.
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    CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,654 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I remember flying from Detroit to Washington, D.C. in 1971 to go to the ANA convention for one day. It was my first flight and my first ANA convention. Of course I wore my sports coat and a tie. I was 20.
    TD >>



    Yup, in those days you dressed up to go on a plane. I flew from O'Hare to Kingston in 1967. I was four years old. Probably the only time in my life that I wore a tie on a jet.
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    CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,654 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The one in the middle looks like Ken Bressett image
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    CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,654 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wonder what they were saying to each other in the photograph.

    "Wow, who bought all this dreck?"

    "I keep telling you to stop buying all that POS crap!"

    "I'd rather be looking at the photographer - she's a lot cuter than you ugly guys!"

    "Are they any good bars in this city?"

    "Some of these coins need a cyanide bath - you got any?"

    "Hey - distract this guy in the middle while I swap out one of these with another in my coat pocket!"

    "Why is that only old balding white guys with glasses are interesting in coins?"

    "Do you know how hard it is to find a checkered tie to match this jacket?"

    "It's sad but true - I can attribute Massachusetts silver from a distance of over two feet!"

    "I got Stack's'ed on that coin - but I still like it!!"
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    JulianJulian Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Notice that all three gentlemen are wearing suits and ties?
    Numismatics was a much more genteel hobby back then.....
    TD >>



    That was my first impression also, Tom.
    PNG member, numismatic dealer since 1965. Operates a retail store, also has exhibited at over 1000 shows.
    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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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 33,120 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Why do all the coins look like they are in rattler holders? Clear Plastic wasnt even invented then, was it? >>



    thats the same questions i got as well. any imput anyone
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,009 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The one in the middle looks like Ken Bressett image >>



    I thought that too.
    TD
    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    RWBRWB Posts: 8,082 ✭
    Both trays seems to be Pine Tree 3 pence, 6 pence and shillings by variety.
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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I want Leachman's tie. image
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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Why do all the coins look like they are in rattler holders? Clear Plastic wasnt even invented then, was it? >>



    Funny...I thought the holders looked like rattlers too. image
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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Notice that all three gentlemen are wearing suits and ties?
    Numismatics was a much more genteel hobby back then.....
    TD >>



    Not just the hobby...
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    customrollcustomroll Posts: 523 ✭
    I had some of those snap together plastic holders back in 1948 when my uncle gave me some coins for my third birthday. They were a little milky and not completely clear, but clear enough at the time I guess.
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    RWBRWB Posts: 8,082 ✭
    The holders appear to be made of pressed paper board, with the coin inserted into a hole with a rolled flange to keep the coin in place. The white labels have the coin type, denomination and variety typed on them. There do not appear to be covers over the coins.

    The expert on coin holders is David W. Lange.
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    garrynotgarrynot Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I wonder what they were saying to each other in the photograph.

    "Wow, who bought all this dreck?"

    "I keep telling you to stop buying all that POS crap!"

    "I'd rather be looking at the photographer - she's a lot cuter than you ugly guys!"

    "Are they any good bars in this city?"

    "Some of these coins need a cyanide bath - you got any?"

    "Hey - distract this guy in the middle while I swap out one of these with another in my coat pocket!"

    "Why is that only old balding white guys with glasses are interesting in coins?"

    "Do you know how hard it is to find a checkered tie to match this jacket?"

    "It's sad but true - I can attribute Massachusetts silver from a distance of over two feet!"

    "I got Stack's'ed on that coin - but I still like it!!" >>




    C. Shirley Leachman points to one of T. James Clarke's coins.

    C. Shirley Leachman: "Hey, this one looks like one of them Bolen restrikes!"

    T. James Clarke: "Surely you jest!"

    C. Shirley Leachman: "Don't call me Shirley!"

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