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A new Elder issued SC$ that arrived today----calling Capt. Henway.........................
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Thomas Elder had a fond appreciation of Abraham Lincoln which he expressed with a number of medallic tributes beginning in 1909 and ending, I believe, with this issue from the 1939 New York Worlds Fair. I've seen similar gold medals dated 1910, 1927 and 1939. This one's pretty cool although it's quite small, the diameter of a Gold Dollar and the approximate thickness of a 3 Cent Silver; tiny, tiny, tiny. Tom DeLorey catalogues it as D-49, the gold striking being HK-493 in the Hibler/Kappen reference. This is silver with an issue of only 25 pieces. The medal itself is mostly light grey with a splashing of blue/pink/gold on both sides, no rub or contacts, some reverse die polish evident and a Proof Like quality to the crisp strike. Certainly this would be expected to such a limited run, but I'd assume the same dies were used for each different alloy planchet type, and there were several.
As an unlisted SC$ I imagine that NGC will attribute it as HK-493a. I'd certainly appreciate anything that can be added regarding the numbers and the origin since information in my references is miniscule and Mr. Elder can be a tough dog to follow online. As a giant in the early 20th Century Numismatic world he's underappreciated with regard for how he advanced the hobby. Thanks and enjoy the medal for what it is.
Al H.
As an unlisted SC$ I imagine that NGC will attribute it as HK-493a. I'd certainly appreciate anything that can be added regarding the numbers and the origin since information in my references is miniscule and Mr. Elder can be a tough dog to follow online. As a giant in the early 20th Century Numismatic world he's underappreciated with regard for how he advanced the hobby. Thanks and enjoy the medal for what it is.
Al H.
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tell me, Tom, how much difficulty did you have tracking Elder and his issues?? since he had a tendancy to use the Medallic Art Company i would presume you found many dead ends!!! about two years ago i was stunned to discover that they had "purged" their archives of everything prior to 1976 simply because they could no longer afford to store or transport the stuff whenever they moved. and they were a prolific company in terms of what they issued.
forum member kranky has told me that his wife grew up in the small Pennsylvania hamlet which gave us the esteemed Thomas Elder; i'm curious to know if anyone is aware of anything there such as a historic sight?? it would be a shame to see his legacy slip away much as Prof. Dickeson has vanished from the annals of recorded history, both individuals who furthered the hobby simply because they thought they should.
thanks for the kind words thus far.
Sometimes he quoted one number, sometimes another. He was probably quoting from memory, and his memory was probably like mine. One piece he quoted as unique in silver, and I duly reported it as such. After the articvle appeared, Arlie Slabough came up to me at the ANA convention and beamed "You know the unique 'Prussian Kultur' piece in silver? I have it!" I shook his hand and said "Congratulations! So do I!!!"
TD
Recently I aquirred a Hendrik Hudson Daalder in Bronze D-74 (same size as HK-369) from a good friend and fellow collector. This piece was listed as possibly unique in the Presidential sale of the Robert Marcus Collection in 2001 and also by your reference. The only reason that I was able to get it was that my friend had scooped up another one. At the Baltimore show, I showed the piece to Jeff Shevlin who also said that he had one. So far total 3 unique D-74's. The piece has been holdered by NGC with the designation HK-370A. The chase continues.
Regards,
Dave