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L.E. Eliasberg Jr. pedigree?? Was he a collector?
pennyannie
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Was junior a coin collector or did he just get the coins passed down to him? I thought that i had read in the past that held onto the gold for a while but that the rest was auctioned. The main reason i am asking is because i purchased a Liberty V-nickel with a L.E. Eliasberg Jr. pedigree and was wondering if this was a coin he may have bought or just a group of coins he inherieted.
Mark
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NGC registry V-Nickel proof #6!!!!
working on proof shield nickels # 8 with a bullet!!!!
RIP "BEAR"
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tycoon who hoarded $20's turned dyed-in-the wool collector who assembled the ONLY complete collection of every copper nickel silver and gold federal coin in the Redbook.
Neither heir was a collector.
The other brother sold the gold in 1982.
Louis Jr.'s world and other coins were an afterthought to Sr. compared to the US effort Some really nice pieces there. He had sold the US copper thru silver in 96-97.
<< <i>He was one of the sons of Louis Sr., a Baltimore (railroad?/banking?)
tycoon...... >>
Garrett = Railroad
Eliasberg = Banking
Both were from Baltimore and both were famous coin collectors.
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<< <i>He was one of the sons of Louis Sr., a Baltimore (railroad?/banking?)
tycoon who hoarded $20's turned dyed-in-the wool collector who assembled the ONLY complete collection of every copper nickel silver and gold federal coin in the Redbook.
Neither heir was a collector.
The other brother sold the gold in 1982.
Louis Jr.'s world and other coins were an afterthought to Sr. compared to the US effort Some really nice pieces there. He had sold the US copper thru silver in 96-97. >>
As PerryHall noted, Eliasberg Sr. was a banker and financier in Baltimore.
And actually, according to Q. David Bowers in an article on Stack's website, when Eliasberg Sr. died, his collection passed in its entirety to his two sons, Louis E. Eliasberg, Jr., who chose the United States gold coins and certain other items (including some 341 coins, medals and tokens sold by Stack's in early March 2010), and Richard A. Eliasberg, who selected the United States copper, nickel, and silver coins, as well as other American series and other sections. Eliasberg, Jr. sold the U.S. gold coins in 1982.