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<p>[QUOTE="larssten, post: 24482625, member: 78319"]I have become more and more interested in provenance and think it is extra fun to include coins with an exciting ownership history in the collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently, a rather special collection crossed the auction block at Stacks Bowers. The collection of James Allaire Millholland who lived 1842-1911. He was an active participant in the industrial development of the East Coast of the United States, especially in rail transportation related to mining.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1549265[/ATTACH] </p><p>Anyway, the special thing about the collection is that it has never before been for sale and thus been off the market for over 100 years. The collection was painstakingly built up over time, catalogued, registered and stored in a classic cabinet. The toning of many of the coins also indicates a long exposure time in the cabinet. Many purchases, and especially Proof coins, were probably made directly from the US Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1549266[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1549267[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The collection was consigned with 550 coins in the cabinet and associated original documentation, and now sold one-by-one. Where and why it has been off the market for so long, perhaps someone else knows anything about?</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to read the entire collector profile in the link at the bottom - a real Old-School approach to coin collecting that I'm excited about.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/de7e191dae0e45977ac89103d/files/33d5d32b-216f-20a6-4da0-a41a0facd868/SBG_Milholland_Spring2023.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mcusercontent.com/de7e191dae0e45977ac89103d/files/33d5d32b-216f-20a6-4da0-a41a0facd868/SBG_Milholland_Spring2023.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://mcusercontent.com/de7e191dae0e45977ac89103d/files/33d5d32b-216f-20a6-4da0-a41a0facd868/SBG_Milholland_Spring2023.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the coins went for high prices, of course, but I was lucky enough to get a few modest examples:</p><p>- Draped Bust Half Cent 1808 VF details</p><p>- Capped Bust Quarter Dollar 1834 EF-45</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1549268[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="larssten, post: 24482625, member: 78319"]I have become more and more interested in provenance and think it is extra fun to include coins with an exciting ownership history in the collection. Recently, a rather special collection crossed the auction block at Stacks Bowers. The collection of James Allaire Millholland who lived 1842-1911. He was an active participant in the industrial development of the East Coast of the United States, especially in rail transportation related to mining. [ATTACH=full]1549265[/ATTACH] Anyway, the special thing about the collection is that it has never before been for sale and thus been off the market for over 100 years. The collection was painstakingly built up over time, catalogued, registered and stored in a classic cabinet. The toning of many of the coins also indicates a long exposure time in the cabinet. Many purchases, and especially Proof coins, were probably made directly from the US Mint. [ATTACH=full]1549266[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1549267[/ATTACH] The collection was consigned with 550 coins in the cabinet and associated original documentation, and now sold one-by-one. Where and why it has been off the market for so long, perhaps someone else knows anything about? Feel free to read the entire collector profile in the link at the bottom - a real Old-School approach to coin collecting that I'm excited about. [URL]https://mcusercontent.com/de7e191dae0e45977ac89103d/files/33d5d32b-216f-20a6-4da0-a41a0facd868/SBG_Milholland_Spring2023.pdf[/URL] Many of the coins went for high prices, of course, but I was lucky enough to get a few modest examples: - Draped Bust Half Cent 1808 VF details - Capped Bust Quarter Dollar 1834 EF-45 [ATTACH=full]1549268[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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