My old Thomas Elder collection has been sold. Again.

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CaptHenway
CaptHenway Posts: 34,164 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Yesterday somebody asked me about a unique Thomas Elder die that they had just acquired which I had listed in my catalogue. They were wondering if perhaps it was a second one.

Well, I asked around, and it turns out that my collection, which I sold almost intact to Leon Hendrickson back in 1984, was put up for sale by his estate a few months ago. I wish all of the new owners the joy that I had assembling it.

If anybody has acquired any of these Elder pieces (especially the dies!) please make a mention of it here. I would like to visit with my old friends. Pictures would be welcome.

Tom DeLorey

Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.

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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    How interesting to hear of your collection 34 years later.... Cheers, RickO

  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,164 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Oddly enough, I was 34 when I sold it!

    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,164 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Much of my collection can be seen in my catalogue in the June and July, 1980, issues of The Numismatist. If you are an ANA member you can view the back issues online.

    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • Weiss
    Weiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'm still searching for 373 and 377 ( @CaptHenway 75 ;) ) in gem R or RB.
    I think you said a long time ago that they are a harder nut to crack than the gold or silver. Sure seems like that's the truth.
    So far one 66 377, zero 373s from both our hosts or ATS.

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • DCW
    DCW Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Did you ever think of buying it back? I mean, would you if you had known it was available and at a price you could afford?

    Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
    "Coin collecting for outcasts..."

  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,164 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yeah, but would not have done it. As the baseball legend Satchel Paige used to say:

    "Never look back. Somebody might be gaining on you!"

    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • Walkerfan
    Walkerfan Posts: 10,391 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Just imagine how much they must have appreciated since 1984!!!

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • Paradisefound
    Paradisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Oh ... it was almost like a love story <3

  • Coinstartled
    Coinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 31, 2018 1:11AM
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    @CaptHenway said:
    Oddly enough, I was 34 when I sold it!

    Elder the younger?

  • Zoins
    Zoins Posts: 34,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 31, 2018 1:44AM
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    Great to hear your collection is still around. What die was it? How many dies were in the collection?

    Here are some tributes to Leon. Definitely a giant in our hobby. Great to know he owned the Dexter 1804 Dollar as well.

    Private Mint News | 2010 Lincoln Reverse Finalists
  • BillJones
    BillJones Posts: 35,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 31, 2018 6:21AM
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    I have long had an interest in token and coin dies, expecially when they have not been conceled., but oddly enough most collectors don't seem to care about them. Of course they are almost always far rarer than the coin or token they produced. Almost all of the 19th century token dies are unique.

    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • carabonnair
    carabonnair Posts: 1,481 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I don't think these are from your collection, but at least the St. Patrick has your name on the slab.

    Gawain

    Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
  • Timbuk3
    Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Wow, interesting story, thank you !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • DCW
    DCW Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @CaptHenway said:
    Yeah, but would not have done it. As the baseball legend Satchel Paige used to say:

    "Never look back. Somebody might be gaining on you!"

    I hear you, but it would have been great getting the band back together

    Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
    "Coin collecting for outcasts..."

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