Newman Surprise!
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I just received my Newman coin along with its original envelope. I opened up the envelope and notice the attached ad in there and the hand writing on it is 1945. I presume it was hand written by Eric Newman but I am not sure. In the auction catalog it stated that the Newman coin was acquired from the Col Green estate. The article shows a similar coin was being sold by Malcolm Chell-Frost for $150. My guess was Newman might have been following this date and rare variety. Any thoughts? Did anyone else see articles in their Newman envelopes? I find the enclosed to be very very cool. Malcolm Chell-Frost is one of the original authors of the Redbook and Boston Town is still in business!
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It looks like he was tracking the value. The $100 penciled in on the envelope may have been based on the ad. Wonder if the 1945 date might be a clue that, since the Red Book started the next year, he may not have tracked values by using ads after that.
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I found it rather odd that the 1822 B-1 did not receive a full catalogue page description in sync. with all of the other Large size dates, considering the NGC assigned grade of MS-64*.
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BTW - Heritage had in NYC at lot viewing a proof 1822 25/50 in pcgs65. Thats a real WOW coin and from what I understand they are auctioning it off in Jan at FUN.
Thats a real special coin and I got a chance to view that coin. Would love to get that one but need to win the lottery!
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I had thought that coin would go to $25k or so, given that really nice VG-10s have been selling 13-16k.
Is there a "Easton Bust quarter collection?" I would love to see more jewels like this!!!
<< <i>The 1822 B-2 remains a truly rare coin that few collectors are ever able to acquire. It doesn't get enough publicity, really. Maybe one of our quarter experts can tell us how many of these are around compared to the 1823 overdate, which tends to overshadow it. >>
I don't know that I would consider myself an expert, but I have handled a few of these. The consensus is that there are about 45 1822 25/50's, about 30 1823/2's, and 9 Original 1827's. I don't care about the 1827 Restrike so I don't know the count on that one.
I remember a couple of years ago at a large show, I had a Good-4/6 in my case priced around $5K. A potential customer examined the coin, said the price was too high, and that it should be about $1,600. I asked where he got his information, and he said another dealer told him that. I asked if that dealer had ever sold any 1822 25/50's. The customer said No. I then told the customer to buy every one he could find at $1,600 and I would be happy to buy them for much more. Never heard back from him.
Congratulations, Easton Collection, on acquiring a very nice and very rare coin!
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Semi-OT I am still stunned by the memory of the Eliasberg 1822 B-1 25c proof. I think it brought $280K + vig