Stacks Bowers to Offer Newly Discovered 1804 Dollar- WOW!!
LeeBone
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After the recent discovery of the 35 MS 89-CC Dollars (Desert Find), this is yet another simply amazing discovery in the Numismatic World.
Will be quite an item to see where it ends up.
Any guesses?
What an incredible piece 
Let the surprises keep coming!!
Check it out here....
https://stacksbowers.com/sbpressreleases/magnificent-unpublished-1804-dollar-highlights-james-a-stack-sr-collection/
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https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1115995/will-you-be-bidding-in-this-auction
Much better thread title here!
Nice, I'll be low bidder to 👍
Agreed. People really need to be more thoughtful with thread titles. Much easier to search and find relevant comment if threads don't have generic click bait titles and actually say what the thread is about.
http://ProofCollection.Net
Fantastic Link! Thank you!
$8mm today would have been approximately $650k in 1951. That's zero profit, just riding inflation. We will see if it was a good family plan or not.
Restrike. No interest at all on my part.
Where’s the “emphatically agree” button when I need it?😉
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Be careful of your thread titles folks
The posse's all saddled up
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
I have all the James A. Stack auction catalogs . He had some INCREDIBLE coins in his collection.
Not much is known about him compared to other collectors of his calibre .
From what little i have read ..
Not related to the Firm .
Was a Stock broker ?
Died in a 1951 Car accident ?
Was only actively collecting for about 20 years ?
Does anyone know if there is a list of all the coins. The article said there were a bunch of double eagles.
call stacks and see if they make auction catalogs for the current auctions eventually the coins for auction will be online
perhaps the newman numismatic portal has past auction catalogs
I agree with tradedollarnut. A later 1860s restrike or novodel much like the 1801-03 proof restrike Bust dollars or novodels. Worth perhaps 1/3rd the value of an “ original striking “ which itself is a fantasy , first struck in 1834 ! There are many forthcoming James Stack coins more desirable and perhaps more desirable.
I previously posted that I'm always interested in knowing more about these famous collectors. This is what I learned from the Stack's website.
James A. Stack, Sr., was no relation to the Stack dealership family. He was a widower who resided in the Hotel Roosevelt, East 45th Street and Vanderbilt Ave., just around the corner from Stack’s on West 46th Street. He was a broker and finished his day’s work at 3:00 each afternoon. He would visit Stack’s several times a week to see “what’s new” in our stock, view items in our upcoming auctions, and sit with my Uncle Joe or my father, Morton, to discuss coins.
In the 1940s and early 1950s Jim, as we all called him, formed one of the biggest collections of United Sates coins, U.S. paper money and English coins. Jim’s family immigrated to the United States in the late 19th century, and undoubtedly his sense of heritage attracted him to English coinage.
Jim, of course, also deeply loved the coins of the United States and pursued the classic American coins from 1793 to date in all metals – gold, silver, and copper. As he added to his holdings, he had vast collections to choose from as they came onto the market in the 1940s. It was a fact that many legendary collections formed during the late 19th and 20th centuries up to World War II, became available as either the old timers or their estates decided to sell them. The resulting “pickings” were great for collectors then active in the hobby.
Among these available collections were those of Geiss, Col. E.H.R. Green, J.F. Bell, F.C.C. Boyd, James Clark and numerous others. When Jim Stack died in 1949, the Stack collection was divided among his three children, with instructions that it remain intact until his youngest grandchild has turned 25. This directive ensured that none of his coins returned to the market until Stack’s Rare Coins (the predecessor of Stack’s Bowers Galleries) began auctioning portions of the collection in 1975. These landmark sales—held through the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s—cemented the Stack name as a byword for rarity and quality among a generation of collectors.
Pretty good.
One edit: he passed away in 1951, not 1949.
Ron Guth wrote a cool article in 2017, tracing some of his coins.
https://web.archive.org/web/20171007033959/http://www.pcgsblog.com/ron-guth/news/rediscovering-the-james-a-stack-sr-collection
We discussed it at the time in this thread:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/988150/appreciating-james-a-stack
Very short bio:
James Aloysius Stack
Biography
Born in New York City. Attended New York University. Married Martha Agnes Clinton January 10, 1910. They had three children. Employed with Lincoln National Bank after 1901; with National Bank of Commerce 1908 to 1930. President of Seekunk Lace Company 1930 to 1951. He died in New York City.
Stack had a long term business relationship with the firm of Stack's. There was no family relationship. Coins from the Stack collection were included in sales conducted by Stack's March 13, 1975, and by Bowers and Ruddy April 23, 1979. More sales were conducted by Stack’s November 29, 1989, January 16, 1990, March 15, 1990, and October 19-20, 1994.
His 1894-S dime bought at the 1947 H. R. Lee collection sale was sold at auction by Stack's January 16-18, 1990. It realized $275,000. The paper money collection was sold at auction by Stack's March 15, 1990. Many pieces had been bought from the Grinnell collection.
https://nnp.wustl.edu/Library/PersonDetail/1835
Family tree of James Aloysius Stack 1887-1951:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/L1W4-XSD
A wonderful re-discovery, though I question the comment that in my lifetime 15 1804 Dollars have always been known. The King of Siam proof set only came to light in 1962. I did not subscribe to Coin World until 1967, but I was collecting coins in 1962.
(By coincidence, the very first issue of my CW subscription reported on the sale of an 1804 Dollar and other rarities at the ANA convention in Florida.)