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Eric P. Newman is a famous numismatist who bought all 5 known 1913 liberty head nickels from EHR Green. He sold his coin collection in a series of sales for $55 million in 2013-2014. According to Wikipedia he was born in 1911. There is a CCF thread congratulating him on his 105th birthday. Is he still alive and 106 now? Wow... here he is being honored at 100. Maybe coin collecting should be marketed as the fountain of youth.  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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Yes, Eric Newman is still alive, to the best of my knowledge; it would be front page Numismatic News if he were to pass on. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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I'm privileged to have a few tokens from his massive collection. Not only did he collect the "normal stuff" but he had amazing sets of some truly esoteric items, too.
I'm hoping he's our first 110+ new-Numismatist.
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I've got a 1901 Barber dime & a nice 1818 Bust half, both in NGC holders, the Barber dime has the old style label, the Bust half has the "EPN" label. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Apparently he owned some nice coins. This one eventually received a CAC sticker. Like it needed it. Maybe the most useless use of $13.   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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Apparently still going strong at age 106. One of the great collectors of all time.
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That quarter is, like, awesome. Caught me flat-footed when I looked closer.
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I had a conversation with JA at CAC about Eric P Newman. Most of the coins from the Newman collection were sent to CAC for the sticker. JA told me that I found interesting is that Newman liked to store his coins in many different settings as he liked to observe the natural toning of the coins. He stored his coins in many different types of coin albums, different types of wood cabinets, cigar boxes, envelopes, etc.
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Apparently he owned some nice coins. This one eventually received a CAC sticker. Like it needed it. Maybe the most useless use of $13. Yes, I think the label is good enough. Very nice!  |
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Who was EHR Green? I have seen his name on a number of slabs
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Eric Newman lived in my neighborhood when I was a kid, 1960-64. I was his paperboy. About 5 years ago, I had a chance meeting with him. Both of us relived the early 1960's. His memory is fantastic. A great neighbor and mentor.
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Who was EHR Green? To answer this question the gentleman was named Edward Howland Robinson Green son of Hetty Green. His mother was a wealthy miser. He was a wealthy collector of various things coins being one. He inherited half of his mother's fortune and went on a buying spree. Upon, Green's death some of his coins were purchased in partnership by B.G. Johnson and Eric Newman. More about Green: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwar...binson_Green-MV |
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Eric Newman lived in my neighborhood when I was a kid, 1960-64. I was his paperboy. About 5 years ago, I had a chance meeting with him. Both of us relived the early 1960's. His memory is fantastic. A great neighbor and mentor. That sounds like an amazing experience! Would love to hear more about that conversation! |
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Thank you Meadowview Collector for your knowledge. I'll be sure to think twice before I ask questions on here again.
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Thank you Meadowview Collector for your knowledge. I'll be sure to think twice before I ask questions on here again. Don't let one bad experience prevent you from asking questions on the forum... 99% of the time, members of the forum are more than willing to share their knowledge and assist with questions... Believe me, I'm sure there are several questions I asked on here a few years ago that could have been found out if I dug around more, but luckily, no one gave me a hard time about that... |
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