QUERY: GEORGE H. EARLE, JR COLLECTION

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The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 13, March 30, 2014, Article 16

QUERY: GEORGE H. EARLE, JR COLLECTION

Ron Guth submitted this question for E-Sylum readers. Can anyone provide more information on the collection of George H. Earle, Jr.? Thanks. -Editor

Attached are the front and back of a black-and-white photograph I purchased recently on eBay. The notation on the back of the image tells the story. The loose (?) coins being placed into the safe deposit box were recovered in 1939 following a theft from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1938.

The coins were part of a collection once owned by George H. Earle, Jr., who must have donated them to the Academy at some point. Might I inquire of your readers if anyone knows of this theft or the donation, and is this the same George Earle whose collection was sold by Henry Chapman in 1912?

I took a close look at the image with a magnifying glass in hopes of identifying any of the coins, but not enough details are visible. I swear the guy on the right is Humphrey Bogart!

George H. Earle, Jr coin vault photo back

Wayne Homren, Editor

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