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The Miller Collection of Early Dollars
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Just saw this in my inbox, from the JR Newsletter:
W. David Perkins and Andy Lustig Purchase the Miller Collection of Early Dollars 1794-1803
W. David Perkins and Andy Lustig are excited to announce that they have purchased the extensive Miller early U.S. silver dollar collection and will begin offering it for sale. The coins will be available for viewing and sale at the upcoming Whitman Baltimore Show Wednesday through Saturday, November 4-7, 2015 at Table 818 (The table is listed under W. David Perkins, Numismatist).
Background and the Collection
Imagine collecting the early United States Silver Dollars 1794-1803 for over 30 years, and being the first and only person to complete a set of the business strike early dollars by die marriage with every Bolender (B) and Bowers Borckardt (BB) number. Warren Miller accomplished this feat approximately a decade ago, completing the set by die marriage in 2005. From 2005 to the present, selected coins were upgraded and die states were added. Miller branched out and added errors, including numerous double and triple struck early dollars. Today the collection consists of over 160 early dollars total.
The collection was started in 1983 with the purchase of three different dates of Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Dollars from a local coin shop. On the next visit to the shop, Miller was given a copy of the Bolender book on early dollars 1794-1803 and as they say, the “rest is history!” Miller went on to acquire all of the 118 known die marriages over the next 22 years. Perkins was able to purchase the Unique 1795 B-19, BB-19 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar from the grandson of Frank M. Stirling, and sold it to Miller, enabling Miller to complete the die variety set in 2005. In the last year, two new die marriages have been discovered bringing the number of total known business strike die marriages to 120.
All of the coins are graded by PCGS, and the set overall averages “Almost Uncirculated” in grade, with specimens ranging from Good (a Double Struck Flowing Hair Dollar) to MS63. The majority of the coins are graded in the XF-AU range of, with many unique die marriages, Finest Known and Condition Census Specimens, Plate Coins, and Late Die States. Many of these coins resided at one time in the great collections of the past – Atwater, Eliasberg, Stickney, Amon Carter, Bolender, Ostheimer, Frank Stirling, K. P. Austin, W. G. Baldenhofer, Spies, Reiver, James Matthews, and others. PCGS photos are available for all but a few of the coins in the collection.
The Miller Collection has been listed as the #1 Collection in the JRCS Census for many years. The “Date and Major Type” portion of the Miller Collection was the top collection in the PCGS Registry for early dollars for 2014 and 2015, the only two years it was listed. You can find it under EARLY DOLLARS WITH MAJOR VARIETIES AND SILVER PLUG, CIRCULATION STRIKES (1794-1803), or click on the following link: http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/composite.aspx?c=123
For additional information, please contact Dave Perkins at wdperki@attglobal.net or cell phone 303-902-5366. Images of three of the coins from the collection are below.
W. David Perkins, Numismatist
Centennial, CO
W. David Perkins and Andy Lustig Purchase the Miller Collection of Early Dollars 1794-1803
W. David Perkins and Andy Lustig are excited to announce that they have purchased the extensive Miller early U.S. silver dollar collection and will begin offering it for sale. The coins will be available for viewing and sale at the upcoming Whitman Baltimore Show Wednesday through Saturday, November 4-7, 2015 at Table 818 (The table is listed under W. David Perkins, Numismatist).
Background and the Collection
Imagine collecting the early United States Silver Dollars 1794-1803 for over 30 years, and being the first and only person to complete a set of the business strike early dollars by die marriage with every Bolender (B) and Bowers Borckardt (BB) number. Warren Miller accomplished this feat approximately a decade ago, completing the set by die marriage in 2005. From 2005 to the present, selected coins were upgraded and die states were added. Miller branched out and added errors, including numerous double and triple struck early dollars. Today the collection consists of over 160 early dollars total.
The collection was started in 1983 with the purchase of three different dates of Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Dollars from a local coin shop. On the next visit to the shop, Miller was given a copy of the Bolender book on early dollars 1794-1803 and as they say, the “rest is history!” Miller went on to acquire all of the 118 known die marriages over the next 22 years. Perkins was able to purchase the Unique 1795 B-19, BB-19 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar from the grandson of Frank M. Stirling, and sold it to Miller, enabling Miller to complete the die variety set in 2005. In the last year, two new die marriages have been discovered bringing the number of total known business strike die marriages to 120.
All of the coins are graded by PCGS, and the set overall averages “Almost Uncirculated” in grade, with specimens ranging from Good (a Double Struck Flowing Hair Dollar) to MS63. The majority of the coins are graded in the XF-AU range of, with many unique die marriages, Finest Known and Condition Census Specimens, Plate Coins, and Late Die States. Many of these coins resided at one time in the great collections of the past – Atwater, Eliasberg, Stickney, Amon Carter, Bolender, Ostheimer, Frank Stirling, K. P. Austin, W. G. Baldenhofer, Spies, Reiver, James Matthews, and others. PCGS photos are available for all but a few of the coins in the collection.
The Miller Collection has been listed as the #1 Collection in the JRCS Census for many years. The “Date and Major Type” portion of the Miller Collection was the top collection in the PCGS Registry for early dollars for 2014 and 2015, the only two years it was listed. You can find it under EARLY DOLLARS WITH MAJOR VARIETIES AND SILVER PLUG, CIRCULATION STRIKES (1794-1803), or click on the following link: http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/composite.aspx?c=123
For additional information, please contact Dave Perkins at wdperki@attglobal.net or cell phone 303-902-5366. Images of three of the coins from the collection are below.
W. David Perkins, Numismatist
Centennial, CO
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be published picturing all of the dollars.
BTW, this collection is very meaningful to me because I remember also chasing ED die marriages -- but at the same time as Cardinal and Dr. Miller. Needless to say, I was the odd man out and so decided to branch off to Seated and Trade Dollars.
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A great accomplishment on assembling this collection.
That's a very nice set.
These are a couple of my favorites:
These two coins that Topo has posted are the reason why a
booklet with pictures and descriptions would be so nice,
especially for future generations.
A more than 20 year project. Warren, Dave and Andy are all to be congratulated
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If someone can tell me how to put in carriage returns, or paragraphs, or some sort of proper formatting, that would be great!!!
BTW, this collection is very meaningful to me because I remember also chasing ED die marriages -- but at the same time as Cardinal and Dr. Miller. Needless to say, I was the odd man out and so decided to branch off to Seated and Trade Dollars.
I'd think the same way that you paragraphed/double spaced this post.
Hit enter when you want to start a new paragraph.
I guess the initial copy-n-paste from my iMac had, or was missing, some imbedded characters.
How does one get a hater to stop hating?
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If someone can tell me how to put in carriage returns, or paragraphs, or some sort of proper formatting, that would be great!!!
See my suggestion on the last page of this thread: The unofficial new forum issue thread
If Bajjerfan's suggestion works on a simpler level, then I'll use that too.
Edited to add: the enter key only works to separate lines of text in quick reply. My answer stands as a fix for using the "long form" text box.
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If someone can tell me how to put in carriage returns, or paragraphs, or some sort of proper formatting, that would be great!!!
See my suggestion on the last page of this thread: The unofficial new forum issue thread
If Bajjerfan's suggestion works on a simpler level, then I'll use that too.
Edited to add: the enter key only works to separate lines of text in quick reply. My answer stands as a fix for using the "long form" text box.
Even before the new improved message system, I had a similar problem when trying to copy and paste tables etc. into PMs or posts. always bunched crap together so that I had to fix it before I could post or send it.
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