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MrEureka · December 16, 2012 4:31AM

I've mentioned this before, but it's worth mentioning again. Check out the incredible coin images at:

www.coinsite.com

ColonelJessup · December 16, 2012 5:27AM

Holy Moley!

Jimmy Hayes was the premier type collector if the 80's and earlier. First year only. His early material was amazingly and consistently world class. In the 70's he once paid 5X catalogue for a 50 piece commem set because he really really liked the Grant Star. He sold his collection (all metals, the gold incomplete) to fund his successful run for Congressman from Louisiana. Retired from that institution, he evidently has enough time to avidly pursue presidential medals and political buttons and other campaign items. He's served for several years as the lobbyist for ICTA and other tangible-assets groups. Mary Jo Myers, his business partner, has a long history of support for the families of veterans independent of her husband's career. He is a recently retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

I was lucky enough to purchase the Carter 93-O S$1 partnered with Jay Miller. A veritable moose, it's among the least impressive coins in this display.

edited to add (or subtract): I can't find my catalogue and a friend told me after this post he doesn't remember any nickel coinage.

Justacommeman · December 16, 2012 5:40AM

Ok, that is flat out SICK

OMG

MJ

emzee · December 16, 2012 6:03AM

The Stack's 1985 Jimmy Hayes Collection Sale was the first major coin auction I ever attended. At this auction, Hayes also sold a 48-piece type set of commemoratives, all with beautiful toning. I purchased (and still own) one coin, a Hugenout 50c, now PCGS ms66. Wish I had bought more !!

johnny9434 · December 16, 2012 6:32AM

thats some nice stuff in there

ColonelJessup · December 16, 2012 7:21AM

I was the guy in the next to last row jabbering with Dan Hamelberg from Champaign, the great book collector and savant.

I'm wondering if TDN ever saw the 1866 S$1 (now P66?) which passed, I believe, through Ed Milas' and Kenny Duncan's hands. Phenomenal frost and full-headed strike. Super-fine lines and yet you can't stop yourself from saying yummy.

Goldbully · December 16, 2012 7:40AM

1804 Capped Bust Gold Eagle

Proof. Plain 4. Actually a "Novodel" (made from copy dies). One of the greatest rarities among early eagles. As many as 8 pieces may have been struck, but only 4 are currently traceable.
Struck around 1834 for inclusion in special sets intended for diplomatic presentation to Muscat, Siam, Japan and Cochin-China. The set presented to the King of Siam remains intact to this day.

Nic · December 16, 2012 7:45AM

<< <i>I was the guy in the next to last row jabbering with Dan Hamelberg from Champaign, the great book and collector and savant.

I'm wondering if TDN ever saw the 1866 S$1 (now P66?) which passed, I believe, through Ed Milas' and Kenny Duncan's hands. Phenomenal frost and full-headed strike. Super-fine lines and yet you can't stop yourself from saying yummy. >>

The 1866 $, now PC7, was part of TDN's set. You either love it or ... not.

K

sniocsu · December 16, 2012 10:08AM

Beautiful coin

tradedollarnut · December 16, 2012 10:13AM

BigMoose · December 16, 2012 10:21AM

WOW! Viewing the Amon Carter 1794 Dollar in Baltimore last month at Stack's table was the closest thing I have ever had to a religious experience in numismatics.

ColonelJessup · December 16, 2012 11:13AM

Thanks TDN. That coin does not suck

Thaks TT, That's in my top 5 all-time faves.

Edited to say: Thanks Goldbully, the 1804 $10 is my cup of meat

TT had some nice stuff, but it was second year of issue

jedm · December 16, 2012 1:41PM

That was a fantastic treat, thanks!

MFH · December 17, 2012 12:21AM

Wish it were the Mike Hayes collection, instead of the Jimmy Hayes collection !!

Beautiful coins of the utmost rarity !!

TwoSides2aCoin · December 17, 2012 12:52AM

Brass. A exceptionally well-preserved example of a rare, unusual and certainly prophetic piece, collected today as part of the numismatic exonumia genre known as "So-Called Dollars." It was conceived and struck around the beginning of the Civil War by Aaron White, an eccentric Connecticut lawyer. Convinced that the war, and the money creation that went with it, would bankrupt the U.S and cause "greenbacks" to be valueless, White wanted to remind people of the inherent worthlessness of paper money created out of thin air. Fresh on his mind were the suspension of specie payments in 1837 and 1857, and the panic and hard times that followed. Listed in the 1963 Hibler and Kappen reference on So-Called Dollars as HK-830 and described as "Very Rare."

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... copied the above off of a description of a "so called dollar". Great bit of history.
Gratzi. It's bookmarked, not just for photos.

WinLoseWin · December 17, 2012 11:03AM

The Garrett-Jimmy Hayes 1795 Draped Bust Dollar "Choice Brilliant Proof" doesn't look to shabby either. It sold for record $170,000 in the 1980 Garrett auction and $143,000 at the 1985 Hayes auction.

Has this appeared on the market since the 1985 sale or been graded anywhere? Wonder if it got a specimen or proof designation.

http://www.coinsite.com/content/coinpics/1795BU$.asp

1795 Draped Bust Dollar, Small Eagle - Ex. Hayes
Ex Jimmy Hayes Collection, Stacks, October 1985, lot 73, where it was catalogued "Choice Brilliant Proof." Struck from polished dies and exhibiting extremely sharp detail on the highest parts of the hair and the eagle's breast feathers. Undoubtedly one of the presentation pieces made for influential vistors and others under the administration of Mint Director Henry DeSaussure, many of which found their way to Europe. While this piece traces its provenance back to U.S. collector J. Colvin Randall, circa 1880, Randall made a number of trips across the Atlantic to make acquisitions for his collection. Since there is no record of a "Proof" or specimen 1795 Draped Bust Dollar in America prior to the Randall Sale in 1885, it is quite possible that he acquired the coin abroad. The Lester Merkin specimen, illustrated in Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States and Colonial Proof Coins was one such piece. Presumably, it was in England from sometime around the year of issue until its appearance in America in the 1970's, nearly 180 years later.

Ex. Garrett Collection, Bowers & Ruddy, lot 680, March, 1980; earlier from the J. Colvin Randall Collection, W. Elliott Woodward, lot 12, July, 1885

MacCrimmon · December 17, 2012 1:50PM

So, it's safe to assume these ex-Jimmy Hayes coins would be a good start for a "Box of 20"!

baseballjeff · December 17, 2012 4:44PM

Thank you! Now I know where I am going to get my background images for my computer at work!

Sweet!

jhdfla · December 17, 2012 6:15PM

That '40-O seated quarter is nothing short of amazing, I've never seen one as pretty as that, in hand or as an image. The date tends to come looking like crap. Not this one....

'40-O

The '68 seated quarter I viewed at 2010 FUN and couldn't put the coin down, in hand it is also amazing and the image does not capture the luster that coin has. It now resides in arguably the finest seated quarter collection ever assembled.

'68

The '42 proof is amazing and beyond rare, what an incredible coin!

1842 proof

Thanks Andy for reposting this.

mariner67 · December 18, 2012 12:29AM

Wow, each and every one of those is a jaw dropper.
Amazing images of amazing coins.
Thanks.

DoubleEagle59 · December 18, 2012 12:49AM

Fantastic coins (eventhough most have been dipped).

ColonelJessup · December 18, 2012 1:59AM

<< <i>Fantastic coins (eventhough most have been dipped). >>

Ignoring the obvious irony, are you an alt for Ricko?

fastfreddie · December 18, 2012 2:09AM

Breathtaking indeed. Love that 1842 small date proof quarter!!

Justacommeman · December 18, 2012 2:30AM

I've been clicking that link every chance I have gotten since Andy posted it. I remain blown away. Oddly enough I find myself especially drawn to Aaron White So called dollar. This is just something you don't see everyday or any day for that matter. MJ

Julian · December 18, 2012 5:34AM

<< <i>I was the guy in the next to last row jabbering with Dan Hamelberg from Champaign, the great book collector and savant.

I'm wondering if TDN ever saw the 1866 S$1 (now P66?) which passed, I believe, through Ed Milas' and Kenny Duncan's hands. Phenomenal frost and full-headed strike. Super-fine lines and yet you can't stop yourself from saying yummy. >>

FYI, the 1866 dollar passed from my hands to JAH for about $700.

crypto79 · December 18, 2012 8:01AM

Thank you, I had forgot about this site. Happy holidays

tradedollarnut · December 18, 2012 8:47AM

One more ex Hayes coin:

tradedollarnut · December 19, 2012 1:00AM

Wasnt his type set composed of all first year of issue examples?

DAVEatHLRC · December 19, 2012 1:50AM

<< <i>Wasnt his type set composed of all first year of issue examples? >>

Yes, it was.

johnny9434 · December 19, 2012 5:43AM

i was looking at the note again. they sure are nice

MrEureka · December 22, 2012 9:55AM

Wasnt his type set composed of all first year of issue examples?

Spooky thing is that there's another "first year of type" collection out there that is probably better than the Hayes Collection.

AuroraBorealis · December 22, 2012 10:22AM

WOW! Amazing treasures...

AB

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