The greatest coin club show and tell ever??? --- June 11, 1909 NY Numismatic Club
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Was browsing through a copy of an old issue of The Numismatist from July 1909 and came across the page below. What an amazing Show & Tell they had at that meeting, a $4 Stella, branch mint proof Morgan, pattern coins and of course the two $50 gold coins which I believe are now in the Smithsonian and were the first two coins to sell for $10k. Some pretty famous coin folks at that meeting as well!
Also neat that Henri Weil who cut the new Lincoln Cent dies was at the meeting. In other issues of the Numismatist from this time, I've seen that Brenner himself was a member of the club and attended some of the meetings.
Also neat that Henri Weil who cut the new Lincoln Cent dies was at the meeting. In other issues of the Numismatist from this time, I've seen that Brenner himself was a member of the club and attended some of the meetings.
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<< <i>ANA politics and election of its officers for 1910 were the principal matters discussed >>
Doesn't seem that different from CU forum discussions a century later
Very cool find!
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That's a very neat looking ancient. I know very little about ancient coins, is that one a major rarity like some of the other coins brought to that meeting???
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<< <i>We need a time machine. >>
ill agree with that, big time
Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.
<< <i>I remember that meeting very well. I was seated next to Scrooge McDuck, who had taken the express train from the west coast. His money bin had only recently been completed. He gave a short talk describing its construction. At the time it was only filled to the eight foot level.
You quack me up.
<< <i>I remember that meeting very well. I was seated next to Scrooge McDuck, who had taken the express train from the west coast. His money bin had only recently been completed. He gave a short talk describing its construction. At the time it was only filled to the eight foot level.
Too bad he didn't pass his smarts on to "The Donald!"
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That's a very neat looking ancient. I know very little about ancient coins, is that one a major rarity like some of the other coins brought to that meeting??? >>
No, I don't think so. Although I may not know anything more about ancients than you do.
Coins of this general type seem to be generally available, and sell for $1,000-$10,000 and of course higher for the gems.
http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=similar%3A541834
I wonder if the "Mr. Raymond" present was Wayte Raymond?
<< <i>You.can just feel the walnut panelling and smell the cigar smoke. >>
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<< <i>I wonder if the "Mr. Raymond" present was Wayte Raymond? >>
It is.
In the June 1909 Numismatist, the NY Numismatic Club also had a report from their meeting and there is says "Wayte Raymond" and he brought a Tetradrachm of Gela in Sicily to that meeting.
At that May 1909 meeting, E.H. Adams brought a $20 aluminium pattern from 1885, an 1879 pattern Dollar in silver and Snowden's Silver Dollar of 1885 in aluminium. S.K. Nagy brought a Gold Stella of 1880... W.H. Woodin brought an 1879 Stella in white metal... Stella's were apparently common back then
Also, the reports in other issues note that the club's seal at the top of the page was designed by Victor D. Brenner, but wasn't officially adopted as such until their November 1909 meeting.
Michael Kittle Rare Coins --- 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set --- No. 1 1909 Mint Set --- Kittlecoins on Facebook --- Long Beach Table 448
I was thinking the same thing>
Thaks for reviving this. Very cool Mike
Does anyone have a photo of the 1877 patterns?
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Go to uspatterns.com for more info. It's a wonderful site.
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It is documented in the minutes of the Rochester Numismatic Association to the effect that B.Max Mehl displayed all 5 of the 1913 Liberty Nickels at a regular meeting. He was a regular member for about a decade. The occasion on which he displayed the 1913's was probably the only time he physically attended an RNA meeting.
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Is anyone here a member of the New York Numismatic Club? Sounds like it would be a fun group to spend time with.
That's very cool. Never knew that but it's an awesome story.
I know a number of sharp NY coin dealers, but those who would know about the rare coins and the history behind this club are real specialists and scholars like Roger Burdette.
Cool to see this one bumped this weekend... lots of great stuff in the old back issues of The Numismatist... all of which can be searched and viewed online now as part of your ANA membership!
Michael Kittle Rare Coins --- 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set --- No. 1 1909 Mint Set --- Kittlecoins on Facebook --- Long Beach Table 448
No one in shorts and gym shoes like at my club meetings.
I believe that you can attend a meeting of this club only if you are the guest of a current member. When I lived in the New Jersey in the 1970s, one of the members, invited me to go with him one evening, but I had a prior engagement. I could have never become of member because getting into New York City from Morristown, New Jersey took a fair amount of effort for an evening meeting. Still it might have been interesting.
I feel like I should be smoking a cigar and drinking brandy while reading that.
@LoveMyLiberty .... beautiful gold coins....
Great old thread, not sure how I missed it years ago...oh yeah.... I know, at that time I was pulled out of retirement to help a company in WA state..... missed a lot of threads at that time.
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More information and a photo in this link to the E-Sylum
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Wonder how he came to have them as he was never an owner:
REGISTRY OF SPECIMENS: The five 1913 Liberty Head nickels, representing the total number believed to have been struck, were in the possession of Samuel W. Brown by 1920. In January 1924 August Wagner, a Philadelphia coin dealer, advertised the five for sale. The buyer was Stephen K. Nagy, who then sold them to Wayte Raymond, who in turn sold them to Col. E.H.R. Green, the super-collector who once owned the original 100-subject sheet of 1918 24¢ airmail stamps with the inverted Curtiss JN-4 biplane. To say that Green led a colorful life would be an understatement.2 After Green's death (June 8, 1936), his coins were appraised in 1937 by F.C.C. Boyd of New York and sold in 1942 through B.G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) who with Henry Chapman had participated earlier in the distribution of the Virgil M. Brand estate. Eric P Newman of St. Louis purchased all five of the 1913 Liberty Head nickels in partnership with B.G. Johnson.
What was so "colorful" of Col Green?
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This is correct. I was invited to a meeting last year. Amazing group of people, knowledge and secrecy. There are forums members here who belong. If you do get invited, you better bring a suit along as they may not let you in without. The show and tell is still amazing. You go around and talk about the coins, not the price. Then you leave them out and people wander around looking at everything. Total trust. Great club.