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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Analyst, post: 2051607, member: 29854&quot;]<i>PriceOfWaldo: &lt;&lt;Pittman is my favorite, I have three of his including this one, plus a 1905 DWI gold 4-Daler in MS65 and a 1933 Fuad 10 Piastres in MS63. Also own an Eliasberg 1938 Egypt 100 Piastres in MS62 but it&#039;s a pretty pedestrian coin, as MS65 examples are not that rare. All else being equal, Pittman coinage blows away most of the coins with Eliasberg&#039;s name on the holder, especially anything from outside the United States. &gt;&gt;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, this is not a fair statement. I wrote articles for Numismatic News newspaper and for World Coin News about the ANR auction of Eliasberg&#039;s world gold coins in April 2005. Was PrinceOfWaldo there? I viewed most of the items in the collection, some very carefully. Eliasberg had many world gold coins that are among the finest known for entire design types, and most were physically rare as well, some extremely so. Pittman had a lot of condition rarities and some fascinating Proofs and other special strikings. The two collections of world coins were very different. The Clapp-Eliasberg group of 19th century Latin American gold coins was simply amazing; many of those issues do not exist in high grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>Besides, experts in world coins tend to think of the Eliasberg collection as being dramatically more important than the Pittman collection of world coins. Experts in U.S. coins likewise tend to think of Eliasberg&#039;s collection of U.S. coins as being the all-time best, the merits of Pittman&#039;s collection notwithstanding. Those who have been reading my articles over the years could have learned a lot about both collections.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.coinweek.com/featured-news/fabulous-eric-newman-collection-part-9-european-world-coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinweek.com/featured-news/fabulous-eric-newman-collection-part-9-european-world-coins/" rel="nofollow">The Fabulous Eric Newman Collection, part 9: European Coins</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Let us not forget the Millennia Collection of world gold and silver coins!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.coinlink.com/News/world-coins/the-greatest-world-coin-auction-of-all-time-part-6-of-6-the-event-of-the-millennia/print/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinlink.com/News/world-coins/the-greatest-world-coin-auction-of-all-time-part-6-of-6-the-event-of-the-millennia/print/" rel="nofollow">Part 6 of a Six-Part Series on the Millennia Collection</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Neither Pittman nor Eliasberg had great pre-1700 British coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.coinweek.com/featured-news/coin-rarities-related-topics-amazing-english-gold-sovereign-of-henry-viii/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinweek.com/featured-news/coin-rarities-related-topics-amazing-english-gold-sovereign-of-henry-viii/" rel="nofollow">Amazing English Gold Sovereign of Henry VIII</a></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><a href="https://www.coinweek.com/featured-news/rare-historically-important-english-gold-sovereigns-king-henry-vii/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinweek.com/featured-news/rare-historically-important-english-gold-sovereigns-king-henry-vii/" rel="nofollow">Rare &amp; Historically Important English Gold Sovereigns of King Henry VII</a></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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