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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My guess would be Eliasberg and he collected for 51 years.
Edited by ChristinaM
01/13/2007 12:59 pm
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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Ooooh!!
I need those coins for my type set!
My answer is:
Louis E. Eliasberg. Senior for $45 Million
He collected for....51 years until he passed away in 1976.
1896-1976
Hope its right.
Anyways!
Thanks for the chance!
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Bedrock of the Community
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nope, sorry thats the wrong answer
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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Ah.....
Christina got the same answer 53 seconds earlier than I did.
TKC!
Nice job if you're correct!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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still not the answer I am looking for, I am looking for the FIRST collection to sell at auction owned by a single person for over a million dollars
Edited by Bryan1315
01/13/2007 1:06 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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lets keep it to two guesses per person, I know I should have said that in the first post but forgot about it, that way we don't have one or two people just throwing out guesses until they get it correct. But your second guess was incorrect also
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Valued Member
United States
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The first million dollar sale of a single private coin collection was that of George F. Scanlon auctioned by Stack's on Oct. 24-27, 1973. It brought $1,093,890.00. He had only collected for 10 years.
I am pretty sure this is it, I copied and pasted to try and be quick.
Edited by newdavid
01/13/2007 1:34 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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and we have a WINNER!!!!!! newdavid if you will email me your address I will get the coins out in the mail to you, Thanks for playing
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks for the opportunity to play. I really need a bust half for my type set thank you again I really appreciate it.
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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Well, hope this works....
The first collection:
Miklós Jankovich (1773-1846)
had...1,002 gold coins (almost 2219 ducats in weight-value; 978 survive); 2,300 silver coins; 6,020 other coins: 163 are Greek or barbarian, 1,622 Roman, 91 Byzantine, 2,883 Hungarian, 320 Transylvanian and 586 from other European countries; 451 are commemorative issues.
Some were sold.. Some were lost.....
This is the oldest I could find...
LOL....
I know its wrong...But its interesting!
In US maybe its Reivers collection to be sold....
Hm....
Good luck rest of you guys!
TKC!
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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Congratz!! Newdavid! What coins are you missing in your Type set that I have and I'll tell you what I have and we could trade  TKC! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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guess I need to make my next giveaway a little harder, this one went way to fast
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Pillar of the Community
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quote:
Originally posted by Bryan1315
guess I need to make my next giveaway a little harder, this one went way to fast
Either that or make it last for 48 hours, allow one guess per person, and be ready to either have a tie breaker or have multiple winners and multiple coins ready to mail1!!!  Maybe what was the first Morgan you bought? Unless the long time family members know that already....Than you could make it the first MS68 or 67 Morgan you bought. Again, if it's in your image gallery, that would narrow it down quite a bit. Anyway, just trying to give you ideas so we can squeeze some more of that collection out of you...lololol I personally think you did a great job on the first one, and your gift to this forum is your knowledge and patience anyway. |
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Darn! Missed out. What tightz said is a good idea. Make it longer with a tie breaker so more people can get in!
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Posted 01/13/2007 12:59 pm
