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--- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Rothschild"
<nrothschild@n...> wrote:
>
>
> Bob Martin and I have spent a great deal of time investigating
inked
> Connecticuts and the contemporary "tickets" that accompanied the
Ford
> coins. We are interested in photos of any coins with Ink on
obverse or
> especially on edge, and any paper that came with the coins, such
as the
> little rectangular slips of paper, envelopes that came from
earlier Ford
> sales, and especially the small circular tickets.
>
>
>
> We would appreciate the folllowing:
>
>
>
> 1) MOST IMPORTANTLY, especially for dealers. Please DO NOT throw
away the
> related paper tickets. If you are going to sell the coin without
the
> papers, maybe you could donate the paper to C4 where it can be
researched?
> I know the dealers do not generally hang out here; maybe there is
some way
> the club can pass the word? Much of this material was quickly
lost after
> prior Ford offerings. It would also be helpful to have the Ford
lot tickets
> for future documentation.
>
>
>
> 2) We would appreciate scanned images or, even better, color
photographs of
> the tickets, front and back as soon as it is convenient. Also
images of the
> coins, with or without ink. Especially for coins released in
earlier Ford
> sales that may not have been plated. Even where plated, the
earlier catalog
> half tones often do not clearly show the ink.
>
>
>
> 3) Bob and I have discussed for years a "ticket and ink
happening" at a
> future C4. This is the time to do it, in Boston in November. We
would like
> people to bring in their coins with tickets and and/or ink. Even
if you
> supply photographs and/or scans, it will be helpful to see the
tickets in
> the flesh. We are interested in differentiating things written at
different
> times, in different hands and with different writing instruments.
That is
> not always obvious from a photo and especially a scan. We would
like to get
> started to get the word out. I would especially like to
photograph the
> edges of any inked on edge coins you have. ESPECIALLY coins that
did not
> come from major offerings, but every inked coin is important and a
piece of
> the puzzle. If you have an inked on edge coin with a rectangular
envelope
> with something like "HALL COLLECTION" written or stamped on it,
that is also
> very important- any evidence of a prior provenance is important
even if
> seemingly unrelated.
>
>
>
> We are about 80-90% through the process of digesting the public
data on
> these coins. We hope that the "ink happening" will fill in
whatever can be
> filled in for the remaining pieces of the puzzle. At the
conclusion we will
> publish a paper detailing what we have learned.
>
>
>
> If anyone has or has knowledge of a 1920 Miller sale or the Mills
sale or
> any other sale referenced in the recent Ford sale with buyers
names, please
> let me know.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Neil
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