Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-09-24
OLD COINS WORTH $4,000.
The Unequalled ParmeIee CoIIect1o,
Lately Sold to - New Yorker.

Lately Sold to - New Yorker.
Com Dealer T.. Locke Mason WAS
sltting IN his six-foot square office in
Boston carefully scrutinizing a tar
hlehed-Iooking, circular piece of metal,
"hen reporter recently, entered, and
asked N there was any truth in the
rumor that there had been, within n
few days, an important sale of old
coins. Instantly Mr.. Mason was all
attention. Il should say that there
had, my friend" said he. land in ALI
my 80 years experience | have never
known it to be equalled in Importance
The collection just sold was valued at
no less than S15 900, and was the
property of MIR. Loring G.. Parmelee
OF No. 10 Chester park, who for 20
years has been one of the most enthu-
slasuc coin collectors whom | have
ever known. 1t was his ambition to
collect perfect specimen of every
American coin and medal ever issued,
whether IN gold, silver, bronze, copper
or nickel-and he succeeded.
ellis collection was the most perfect
IN the country, surprising even that at
the United States mint in Philadclphia.
You haven't space in the Herald TO
mention half the notable coins which
he got together. Take. for instance.
his silver dollar of IsO4.- Ii cost him
800, and when it is sold again, a. il
will he in MAY or June. il will I'M
doubtedly bring $500. There are
only IL of these coins in existence.
and SIX of that number are restrikes-
that Is, they Were struck from the
original dies at a later date and have
never been in circulation. Col. Stick
ney OF IA EN- has one of the originals;
there was one in the Davis collection
which was recently sold in New York:
another Is in the possession of Mr..
Walter. "A wealthy corn merchant of
Liverpool. Eng; Col. Adams of the
Stark mills at Manchester. y. H.. has
a NTH, and Mr.. William :. Appleton
OF Beacon street has the sixth. The
SIX restrikes were struck surreptitious-
ly, in the dead of night, at the Phila-
delphia mint, about 1883. from the
original dies. \ great to-do was made
about 1t at the time. These restrikes
are IN various parts of the country.
''TwO Of the 1904 dollars are exhibit
ed in securely fastened ease at the
Philadelphia mint. | think they are
restrikes, though the mint officials.
believe, consider them originals.
made special journey from this coun-
try to Liverpool, "A few years ago. TO
buy the dollar owned by Mr. Walter,
but l came back empty-handed. lie
refused $1,000 for it; in fact. he said
that money was no object TO him. lie
saw it somewhere and bought it for
sm~ll fraction of its real value.
think he told me he wanted II because
it was issued in the wear of hi own
birth He carries it a. "A pocket piece:
and as he is a man of wealth, he can
crafty his taste by holding on 10 it if
he likes.
..But to go back TO the Parmelse col.
lection. Its most important depart
ment, perhaps, was that of gold coins,
1t containing a specimen of every gold
coin minted in the country from 1898,
when the coinage of this class OF money
was begun, down To date. A large
part of this portion of the collection
was purchased by Mr.. Parmelce Z. ON
Mr.. George Seavey of Cambridge, "A
few years ago, for $1,000 IL il be-
iieved TO be the only complete assort-
meat of the kind in the world. The
Psrrielee collection, too, contained
about 25 absolutely unique pieces of
United SsateS and colonial coinage, in
gold, silver and copper. These are
worth anywhere from $500 To 5000
each. The government ought to have
bought the collection, but the member.
of Congress to VIII Sc attention il wsu
brought did not seem To appreciate ths
value of the treasures which II con
tained, and so it was permitted to fab
into private hands. The purchaser
was New York man, and | am in
formed that it is to be subdivided and
sold at auction in sections in the COM
ing MAY and June. 1t l. too bad that
this highly valuable collection should
be again scattered, but such seems
IEaIy, tn ba tho case -