Finest CWT collection - Who has it?

Shamika · May 19, 2014 12:11PM

Is there any one Civil War Token collection widely considered to be the finest extant?

Edited for the grammarians.

amwldcoin · May 19, 2014 12:16PM

<< <i>Is there any one Civil War Token collection widely considered to be the finest extent? >>

You mean Extant?

mdwoods · May 19, 2014 12:31PM

I think he meant the extent of the extant collection.

Shamika · May 19, 2014 12:41PM

Okay, you guys got me. Ugh!!!

coinsarefun · May 19, 2014 1:14PM

One of the best CWT Patriotic collection I know of
and one of the most knowledgeable members regarding CWT Patriotic's.

brg5658 · May 19, 2014 2:00PM

In my opinion -- if you're thinking "best ever, past or present" -- I would vote for that of the late Steve Tanenbaum. I was very happy to add a piece with his provenance to my small collection. The guy was a walking encyclopedia of patriotic, store-card, and other types of tokens from that era.

Shamika · May 19, 2014 2:01PM

I knew of Steve Tanenbaum and would have loved to have seen his collection.

Unknown · May 19, 2014 2:28PM

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EagleEye · May 19, 2014 2:52PM

I would say Q.David Bowers.

Sonorandesertrat · May 19, 2014 2:54PM

<< <i>I would say Q.David Bowers. >>

Lakesammman · May 19, 2014 3:57PM

I would have suggested QDB as well but I don't know what he has vs what he's handled/sold.

Dentuck · May 19, 2014 9:15PM

Bowers purchased a goodly portion of Steve Tanenbaum's collection
after he passed away, adding considerably to his own already
considerable collection.

291fifth · May 19, 2014 10:17PM

This may be a bit off the topic but there seems to be some similarity here with the market situation in So-Called Dollars.

Back in the 1980's I collected both Civil War tokens, mostly patriotics, and So-Called Dollars. The material available was very unspectacular. Mint state or rare pieces were seldom seen. Then came the 2000s. Suddenly it seemed the market was filled with high grade and rare material, much of it from collections that had been formed in the 1950s and 1960s. The collectors of that earlier era were passing from the scene and their collections were coming to market. Now we seem to be past the peak and choice items are again becoming hard to find ... because there never were many of them anyway.

Lakesammman · May 19, 2014 10:38PM

Well, if the recent fixed price list from QDB is dups and extra's, then he really does have a fantastic collection!

BillJones · May 19, 2014 10:47PM

Cindy Wibker, who was once Cindy Grellman, had a really nice collection that totaled 5,500 varieties. Cindy is now one of the top officials in the FUN organization. Her collection was close to half of the known varieties. She consigned her collection to Steve Tannenbaum who in turn sold or consigned a good number of the pieces to me. There a lot of wonderful Mint State Brown and R&B tokens in her collection, and I was fortunate enough to be able to keep some of them.

Shamika · May 20, 2014 1:15PM

<< <i>Cindy Wibker, who was once Cindy Grellman, had a really nice collection that totaled 5,500 varieties. Cindy is now one of the top officials in the FUN organization. Her collection was close to half of the known varieties. She consigned her collection to Steve Tannenbaum who in turn sold or consigned a good number of the pieces to me. There a lot of wonderful Mint State Brown and R&B tokens in her collection, and I was fortunate enough to be able to keep some of them. >>

Bill - It sounds as though you have a respectable collection of your own.

Finest CWT collection - Who has it?

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