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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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? were my thoughts exactly. It's an old small envelope in an old holder. Guess the previous owner? Did a google search and it led me nowhere.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like the former owner of the coin. Quote:
Clarence B. Wolfe
Died Jan. 19, 2011
NORTHPORT - Clarence "Bud" Burnside Wolfe, 93, of Northport, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 at Northport Highlands.
Bud was born Oct. 22, 1917 in Agosatown the son of Clair and Myrtle (Keyes) Wolfe. On April 8, 1959 at the Oak Park Congregational Parsonage he married his loving wife of fifty one years, Avis Doe Nelson, who survives.
As a young man Tech Sergeant Wolfe served his country in the Army Air Corps. After the battles he was stationed at Iwo Jima and Saipan.
Bud returned to the Detroit area and in 1955 moved back to Leelanau and setting roots in Northport. He was a carpenter and lifelong member of the Trinity Church of the United Church of Christ. He was also a member of the American Coppers Association.
In addition to his wife, Avis, Bud is survived by a daughter, Janice Trudeau of Brighton, a step son-in-law, Robert Smith of Beverly Hills, Fla.; a nephew, Michael Ralph, three grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two step great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a step daughter, Harlene; a son-in-law, Martin; a brother, F. Nelson and a sister, Maude Ralph.
Graveside services at Omena Hillcrest Cemetery will be held in the spring.
Bud's family expresses their deepest appreciation to Dr. Ziter and his staff, the staff of Northport Highlands for their care and compassion given to Bud.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Northport Area Heritage Association, PO Box 453, Northport, MI, 49670 and/or Trinity Church UCC Endowment Fund, PO Box 156, Northport, MI, 49670.
Arrangements are with the Martinson Funeral Home of Suttons Bay. Looks like Bud was a member of the American Coppers Association. The EAC in the envelope you have probably refers to an Early American Coppers (EAC) reference number (2589). R.I.P fellow coin collector. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice find Numinsmatic Student! How cool is that? We always wonder about the coin's journey before landing in our hands. Based on the aging of the envelope, I would guestimate this man owned it for 40-50 years of his life.
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You got your FUN stuff already? Still waiting for mine. I think its great when you have provenance on a coin. I have a PF 65 3c nickel that came from the Teich family collection. I crossed it to NGC as the holder was bunged up and I asked them to keep the provenance as it was kind of cool, eventhough I do not know the Teichs. Make sure when you sell it to send the original holder as well as your information so the next owner can know he has the Wolfe-Mike F coin.
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CCF Advertiser
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Numismatic_student, however did you find that?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Google. The american coppers association seems like an interesting org. They have a few coins on display and I think for sale.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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What did you search? I also put the C.B. Wolfe Northport, MI, coins/numismatics/dollars in Google and came up with nothing.
Edited by Andrew99
01/18/2017 12:08 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I think I did Wolfe and northport mi. I figured he went by a name other than C.B.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Rest in Peace
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 Very nice to have a bit of history. |
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So, I guess after 6 years C.B.s family decided to contact Heritage. "I wonder if this old stuff is worth anything?"
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Bedrock of the Community
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EAC people can be very obsessed with provenance. Many track the previous owners of the coins in their collection and often will even have the envelopes and other holders that the previous owners kept the coins in. An important coin might have a series of envelopes from each of the owners going back a hundred years or more. Even after slabbing began the envelopes would be passed on to the new owner. At least until the coins started being sold by the major auction houses. Then we would usually find that the coin you bought that had a well documented provenance had had all the envelopes thrown in the trash by the auction house. There is even a book to help identify envelopes from well known EACer that can help establish at least some kind of provenance. Unfortunately Mr Wolfe is not in the book.
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Bedrock of the Community
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That is very cool ..
As others are posting ... would be very cool to know the past owners of
better coins in our collections.
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Valued Member
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I think that is awesome that you can track the past owners of a particular coin. Shows who else appreciated that coin as much as yourself.
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Pillar of the Community
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You got your FUN stuff already? Still waiting for mine Yeah I did a money wire to expedite things. I think I'm going to crack it out and put It back in its original holder. |
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