SOURCES FOR ZERBE'S 2ND LESHER DOLLAR COLLECTION SOUGHT

Farran Zerbe was an early collector and cataloguer of 1900-01 Lesher Referendum Dollars and they are usually referred to now by Zerbe numbers. In 1928 he sold his entire collection, including his Lesher Dollars, to the Chase National Bank of New York, remaining in New York as curator. But not long after this he began a second collection, which he donated to the American Numismatic Society Dec. 10, 1947.

I'm working on a book on Lesher Dollars, to be published in 2016 by The History Press, and would like to track down Zerbe's sources for these 14 coins. He acquired his Zerbe 11 and 12 from B. Max Mehl's Auction 86, Nov. 8, 1932, lots 455 and 456, and according to Adna Wilde, his Zerbe 1 and 4 are ultimately from the Judson Brenner collection. On Oct. 12, 1934, he exhibited an "uncatalogued' variety at a meeting of the New York Numismatic Club, but it is unclear which one because both Zerbe 13 and 14 were not in his original 1918 list.

Since Zerbe lived in New York during the 1928-1947 period, I assume that he acquired most of these at auction. Can any reader point me to auction sales of Lesher Dollars during this period? Or any dealer correspondence with Zerbe relating to Lesher Dollars? Since nearly all Lesher Dollars were serially numbered, it will be possible to match the ANS pieces to particular lots.

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