The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 43, October 24, 2004, Article 5

GREEN COLLECTION INVENTORY QUESTION

  Gregg Silvis writes; "In a recent Penny-Wise article, I
  proposed some possible purchasers of  the William Colgate
  Eaton Collection of Half Cents.  Bob Yuell has  proposed
  "Colonel" Edward Howland Robinson Green as a possible
  candidate.  Bob writes,  "He [Green] died of heart disease
  in Lake  Placid, NY on June 8, 1936. This means he was
  alive in June 1928 to  purchase the collection and owned a
  home in Massachusetts -- close enough to receive the June
  1928 Guttag's Coin Bulletin within 24 hours.

  In the John Ford Reference Library Part I auction on
  6/1/2004 by Kolbe, there is an inventory of the Green
  Collection. That would be lot #518.  It sold for $37,000.
  In this lot it says 'His numismatic holdings were  amassed
  on a scale exceeded by few, and the truly remarkable
  inventory present here confirms it.'  It also says '..... which
  are arranged by  date of acquisition'."

  Would the purchaser of this lot be willing to contact me
  (gregg at udel.edu) to further pursue this idea?"

  [Penny-Wise is the journal of the Early American Coppers
  club.  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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