Stewart, as a rule, did not “provenance” his coins. Since his passing in 2022, others have as they acquired them, particularly from the November, 2023 GC auctions.
I’ve resisted the temptation to do so, preferring to leave them as they were when the “master” owned them.
This coin is interesting as he preferred to keep this one over a 65RD he owned. It’s also an officially undesignated Shallow N, a rare subset of a rare date, especially in RD.
This 1907-s has a very short provenance tracing back to the SF Mint. Likely came directly from SF Mint in 1907/ John H. Clapp -->Louis Eliasberg-->Larry Miller Collection-->Eldorado
@Copperindian said: @Eldorado9: very special coin; I had no idea until I read the CoinFacts info prompted by your comment! And, a pop of 2/1! Just beautiful - congrats!
From the Geoffrey Cope Collection... a significant British Numismatist and co-author of the book, The Standard Catalog of English Milled Coinage in Silver, Copper and Bronze 1662-1972
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
I first examined this coin @ the summer FUN show. The selling dealer was previewing it & other coins prior to a sale held on his website about 10 days after the show. It’s beautiful, original, semi PL & with exceptional eye appeal.
I bought it out of the sale. He included a complimentary submission to “pedigree” the coin & add the variety. It’s the JR-3, which is a rare R5. There are only 4 graded, with this piece being the only one in MS. That process has just been completed, with the coin now @ CAC getting restickered. I don’t have the new photos yet that show the provenance, designation & bean. I’m going to pick the coin up @ WFOM & take new images at that time.
The last photo above shows the coin’s provenance. There is an error in the description: the last owner was John Whitney Walker, not John Whitney. He was well known in coin collecting circles as “Mr. 1796”, as he acquired a complete set of higher end 1796 US coins.
Walker was a business entrepreneur, politician & historian, along with other pursuits. Perhaps he is better known as a first cousin to President Donald Trump. A family member described whenever he greeted DJT that he would click his heels, salute & say “Hiel Hitler” in jest.
Walker passed away in 2018 at the age of 83.
Update 9/2/26: coin is attributed, reholdered & “CAC’d” again. PCGS has updated the TV as well:
Somehow, PCGS returned the new slab with two scratches on the reverse. The coin will have to be reslabbed again!
I just bought this coin, but knew nothing about the provenance. Mr. Laidacker was a well known coin collector who lived over 100 years ago. Among other pursuits, he was a station agent for the old Pennsylvania Railroad during the latter 1800’s. His position permitted him to pick out great coins from circulation as well as bank rolls from his dealings with local banks. He was also in close proximity to the Philadelphia mint.
Even with that, he was actually more renowned as a gun collector & considered the leading aficionado in the entire country. Who knew? Certainly not me, but it was thought his coin collection was dispensed over 50 years ago. This coin was part of recent discovery & bought in auction. It’s my understanding there’s a second one to be held this coming November.
Update: received coin today, 10/7/26, with the provenance added. Now it’s official: JG Laidacker. But, CAC? What’s with the bean location? Poor placement!
One of the greatest CBH collectors of all time, Allgood currently ranks #2 (#3 all time) in the Registry category of Complete Overton varieties (there are 450(!) of these required to complete this monumental collecting endeavor). His set is 80%+ complete; he replaced my coin above with a 65! Awesome achievement!
MS62; O-102. I posted once before about Dr. Link. To that I’ll add that he’s by far & away the leading CBH collector of all time. No one else comes close!
@retirednow: good question! I don’t know any specific person’s identity, but can add a little. This collector accumulated an impressive set of Dahlonega gold; many of those were tough dates. I believe Doug Winter assisted “them” with acquiring many of the pieces. The collection of some 20+ coins was auctioned by HA in 2004. Im not aware of any other “Green Pond” provenance gold from any other branch mints. I’m curious enough, though, to ask Doug next time I see him at a show.
Comments
Stewart Blay:
Stewart, as a rule, did not “provenance” his coins. Since his passing in 2022, others have as they acquired them, particularly from the November, 2023 GC auctions.
I’ve resisted the temptation to do so, preferring to leave them as they were when the “master” owned them.
This coin is interesting as he preferred to keep this one over a 65RD he owned. It’s also an officially undesignated Shallow N, a rare subset of a rare date, especially in RD.
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Bust Caps
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: Eagle Eye, redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector, BruceS
End Systemic Elitism - It Takes All of Us
ANA LM, LSCC, EAC, FUN
@edwardjulio: I love that one (& the provenance)!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Bust Caps
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: Eagle Eye, redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector, BruceS
Simpson
Buffalo Nickel Digital Album
Toned Buffalo Date SetDigital Album
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/mysetregistry/album/411385 7070 Registry<
Incredible coin….
Other passions include golf, Moto Guzzi motorcycles, and Euro motorcycles in general.
Chris
This 1907-s has a very short provenance tracing back to the SF Mint. Likely came directly from SF Mint in 1907/ John H. Clapp -->Louis Eliasberg-->Larry Miller Collection-->Eldorado
@Eldorado9: very special coin; I had no idea until I read the CoinFacts info prompted by your comment! And, a pop of 2/1! Just beautiful - congrats!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Bust Caps
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: Eagle Eye, redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector, BruceS
Thanks Copperindian. She actually has a twin:
From the Geoffrey Cope Collection... a significant British Numismatist and co-author of the book, The Standard Catalog of English Milled Coinage in Silver, Copper and Bronze 1662-1972
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
POP 1 in 53
Gorgeous coin. Norweb's are just not available every day, or week, or year, or.............
Here's a Hansen castaway in my collection:
Superb collections are built more by omission than by addition.
Historic NEWP:
I first examined this coin @ the summer FUN show. The selling dealer was previewing it & other coins prior to a sale held on his website about 10 days after the show. It’s beautiful, original, semi PL & with exceptional eye appeal.
I bought it out of the sale. He included a complimentary submission to “pedigree” the coin & add the variety. It’s the JR-3, which is a rare R5. There are only 4 graded, with this piece being the only one in MS. That process has just been completed, with the coin now @ CAC getting restickered. I don’t have the new photos yet that show the provenance, designation & bean. I’m going to pick the coin up @ WFOM & take new images at that time.
The last photo above shows the coin’s provenance. There is an error in the description: the last owner was John Whitney Walker, not John Whitney. He was well known in coin collecting circles as “Mr. 1796”, as he acquired a complete set of higher end 1796 US coins.
Walker was a business entrepreneur, politician & historian, along with other pursuits. Perhaps he is better known as a first cousin to President Donald Trump. A family member described whenever he greeted DJT that he would click his heels, salute & say “Hiel Hitler” in jest.
Walker passed away in 2018 at the age of 83.
Update 9/2/26: coin is attributed, reholdered & “CAC’d” again. PCGS has updated the TV as well:
Somehow, PCGS returned the new slab with two scratches on the reverse. The coin will have to be reslabbed again!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Bust Caps
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: Eagle Eye, redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector, BruceS
@Copperindian Man, that coin is epic. Congrats!
Other passions include golf, Moto Guzzi motorcycles, and Euro motorcycles in general.
Chris
John Gideon Laidacker:
I just bought this coin, but knew nothing about the provenance. Mr. Laidacker was a well known coin collector who lived over 100 years ago. Among other pursuits, he was a station agent for the old Pennsylvania Railroad during the latter 1800’s. His position permitted him to pick out great coins from circulation as well as bank rolls from his dealings with local banks. He was also in close proximity to the Philadelphia mint.
Even with that, he was actually more renowned as a gun collector & considered the leading aficionado in the entire country. Who knew? Certainly not me, but it was thought his coin collection was dispensed over 50 years ago. This coin was part of recent discovery & bought in auction. It’s my understanding there’s a second one to be held this coming November.
Update: received coin today, 10/7/26, with the provenance added. Now it’s official: JG Laidacker. But, CAC? What’s with the bean location? Poor placement!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Bust Caps
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: Eagle Eye, redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector, BruceS
Present label:
Famous owner's label, before he had it regraded preparatory to the huge auction:
SUPER Example!!
CTN Allgood:
One of the greatest CBH collectors of all time, Allgood currently ranks #2 (#3 all time) in the Registry category of Complete Overton varieties (there are 450(!) of these required to complete this monumental collecting endeavor). His set is 80%+ complete; he replaced my coin above with a 65! Awesome achievement!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Bust Caps
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: Eagle Eye, redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector, BruceS
Retracted
Empty Nest Collection
Deleted
Empty Nest Collection
Eliasberg-Milas. iMO, Milas is the most important provenance in the Liberty half eagle series.
"Look up, old boy, and see what you get." -William Bonney.
1824 O-111 AU55+ CAC ex. Prouty
1828 O-101 AU55+ CAC ex. Gerrie
Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici
BHNC #253
Stewart Blay (again):
Just won this in the post-WFOM SB auction. A real beauty, which was typical of Stewart’s selections.
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Bust Caps
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: Eagle Eye, redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector, BruceS
Dr. Charles Link:
MS62; O-102. I posted once before about Dr. Link. To that I’ll add that he’s by far & away the leading CBH collector of all time. No one else comes close!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Bust Caps
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: Eagle Eye, redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector, BruceS
All previously owned.
Joseph J. Singleton - First Superintendent of the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega Georgia
Findley Ridge Collection
About Findley Ridge
Is there a specific BIO on the Green Pond collection and collector behind it?⁹
OMG ... My Mother was Right about Everything!
I wake up with a Good Attitude Every Day. Then … Idiots Happen!
@retirednow: good question! I don’t know any specific person’s identity, but can add a little. This collector accumulated an impressive set of Dahlonega gold; many of those were tough dates. I believe Doug Winter assisted “them” with acquiring many of the pieces. The collection of some 20+ coins was auctioned by HA in 2004. Im not aware of any other “Green Pond” provenance gold from any other branch mints. I’m curious enough, though, to ask Doug next time I see him at a show.
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Bust Caps
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: Eagle Eye, redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector, BruceS
1810 o-101a ex. Eliasberg
Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici
BHNC #253
One of my best provenances back to the 1864 McCoy Sale. Purchased in 2015 at the StacksBowers Twin Leaf Sale.