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The E-Sylum: Volume 18, Number 48, November 29, 2015, Article 21

THE COL. GREEN 1845 PROOF SET

Saul Teichman submitted these research notes gleaned from information in the B. G. Johnson invoice archives digitized by the Newman Numismatic Portal project. Thanks! -Editor

Edward Pease 1845 Proof set case Edward Pease 1845 Proof set case inside

With regard to the cased 1845 proof set that was offered in Heritage’s Newman One sale, the set was offered in its entirety by B.G. Johnson to J F Bell in October 1946 !! It was from the Col Green collection.

Col Green 1845 Proof set invoice1

As you can see Bell returned it but was offered just the gold in 1947 and purchased it on 1/13/47. Newman ended up buying the rest of the set – offered in the Newman One sale.

Col Green 1845 Proof set invoice2

Of course the gold ended up in Pittman’s assembled proof set but it would be nice if all of these pieces could be reunited.

Here are images of the copper and silver coins (no, they're not shown to scale). Click to see larger versions on our Flickr archive or the Heritage site. -Editor

1845 Half cent reverse 1845 Cent reverse 1845 Half Dime Reverse

1845 Dime reverse 1845 Quarter reverse 1845 Half dollar reverse

1845 Dollar obverse 1845 Dollar reverse

To read the Heritage lot description, see:
1845 Proof Set Case. (http://coins.ha.com/itm/miscellaneous/other-collectibles/1845-proof-set-case/a/1184-3907.s)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NEWMAN NUMISMATIC PORTAL SCANS B. G. JOHNSON INVOICES (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n47a03.html)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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