Post a James A. Stack Collection Coin!

GeorgeKellogg · February 25, 2012 9:19PM

If you've got one, post it! Here's one to get the ball started. I purchased this 1851-D half eagle right before Christmas 1994, from Wynn Carner (Winthrop Coin Co.). It was in an NGC AU53 holder but did not have the provenance on the cert label. I had it crossed to PCGS, with the addition of the Stack provenance. In addition to being a quality-conscious collector, Mr. Stack is also famous for having owned one of the infamous 1933 double eagles. The photography is courtesy of BluCC Photos.

GeorgeKellogg · February 26, 2012 5:27AM

<< <i>Good timing , just posted this 2 days ago, but oh well here it is again, sorry for the redundancy:

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That's a very nice coin, Realone! I'm impressed with the quality of Mr. Stack's collection. Also, I think that the mintmark above the wreath is really neat. Does it have a backstory? How long have you owned it?

coindeuce · February 26, 2012 5:40AM

In the nearly 20 years that I have been actively back in this hobby, I have yet to personally see any of the Morgan Dollars from the Stack collection in holders with the provenance. I still open the catalog occassionally to drool.

smallchange · February 26, 2012 8:51AM

Beautiful coins, my question is how do you prove where the coin came from. Do you look at a catalog from a auction house that was selling the Stacks collection for example and send in the pictures to PCGS. Always wondered how this happens. I am glad you were able to get it listed as such,

Jim

GeorgeKellogg · February 26, 2012 8:54AM

<< <i>Thanks GK.
This was part of a small collection that I purchased late last year, it was a collection from an estate of a family where in which the patriarch of the family an avid coin collector with obviously a great eye, name wasn't disclosed to me for privacy purposes, purchased a mid sized collection in the '80's -'90's which fortunately was offered to me, and I chose only the dimes and half dimes and let everything else go to another collector(s). All the coins were slabbed in older holders. predominantly in old ngc no line fatties with a sprinkling of pcgs oghs. The minute I saw the coins, I made arrangements to buy them, only later after taking months of research did i come to find that many were pedigreed to the finest collectors. i still have many that i have been unable to trace yet since they are the finest or near finest known I realize that they almost have to have a well known pedigree in their past. With regards to the bust dimes and liberty seated dimes, one was a Lovejoy, one a Norweb, one a Stack (this one), the other four dimes are still works in progress. >>

Congratulations on your research! It's always thrilling to discover an important provenance.

ColonialCoinUnion · February 26, 2012 9:03AM

<< <i>Do you look at a catalog from a auction house that was selling the Stacks collection for example and send in the pictures to PCGS.

Jim >>

Yes.

oreville · February 26, 2012 10:04AM

<< Good timing , just posted this 2 days ago, but oh well here it is again, sorry for the redundancy:

Never apologize for that kind of lovely redundancy!

Dripping with originality!

GeorgeKellogg · February 29, 2012 1:50PM

Here's my other James A. Stack coin. Mr. Stack had a full set of Dahlonega pieces, when his U. S. gold holdings were auctioned by Stack's in October 1994. An Atlanta firm considered both of these coins among the "20 Most Special" Dahlonegas in the Stack Collection, due to their "superb originality" (their words). I didn't buy either coin from the Atlanta firm, but acquired each in separate transactions after the auction had taken place.

BestGerman · August 22, 2018 9:45PM

I've started going through the 1975 Stack's catalog of the James A. Stack Collection of Quarters and Half Dollars, trying to match up images in the catalog with PCGS True-Views. Lot #4 was the first to be positive ID'ed:

PCGS AU53 27328754
James A. Stack Collection - Stack’s 3/1975:4 (as Raw About Uncirculated), $1,100

Regulated · August 22, 2018 10:01PM

Probably my very favorite 20th Century pedigree:

Zoins · August 22, 2018 10:07PM

Here's a great thread with lots of photos on James A. Stack Sr.'s coins.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/988150/appreciating-james-a-stack

OriginalDan · August 23, 2018 6:04AM

Posted this one in the other thread, but I'll post it here too. One of my favorite coins of all time, and didn't know it was James A. Stack when I bought it. Was quite pleased to reattach the pedigree.

Zoins · August 23, 2018 8:35AM

@OriginalDan said:
Posted this one in the other thread, but I'll post it here too. One of my favorite coins of all time, and didn't know it was James A. Stack when I bought it. Was quite pleased to reattach the pedigree.

That's a beautiful coin and it's great to know it's from Stack.

PCGS hasn't reattached the pedigree yet. Have you asked them to do so?

https://www.pcgs.com/cert/30039284

Zoins · August 23, 2018 8:50AM

@BestGerman

Is there any way to get the Stack pedigree reattached to many of his coins in the PCGS cert verification database? A number of the coins in your blog article show pedigrees from Eliasberg, Holmes and others, but not Stack.

Also, is it possible to create a legacy Registry Set for him to tie these coins together? It would great if the pedigrees were clickable links in cert verification.

OriginalDan · August 23, 2018 12:51PM

@Zoins said:

@OriginalDan said:
Posted this one in the other thread, but I'll post it here too. One of my favorite coins of all time, and didn't know it was James A. Stack when I bought it. Was quite pleased to reattach the pedigree.

That's a beautiful coin and it's great to know it's from Stack.

PCGS hasn't reattached the pedigree yet. Have you asked them to do so?

https://www.pcgs.com/cert/30039284

I'm not sure if they'll add the pedigree if it's not on the label, but I'll ask. Ron did update the CoinFacts page with the pedigree, listed near the bottom in the condition census.