Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III

2014·38.5 MB·English

by  Heritage Auctions

WORLD COIN AUCTION
JANUARY 14-16, 2014 ❘ NEW YORK
SELECTIONS FROM THE
ERIC P. NEWMAN COLLECTION PART III
Items being sold are from the extensive collection
of Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society
(a Missouri not-for-profit corporation) and
have been assembled over a period of 90 years.
Cover Coin Lot Key
Proceeds of the sale of all items will be used
Front Cover Lots: Back Cover Lots: Inside Front Cover Lot:
exclusively for supplementing the Society's
30270, 30047, 30226, 30010, 30044, 30053, 30072
museum operations and scholarly research 30233, 30119, 30249, 30158, 30211, 30264,
30180, 30301, 30237, 30292, 30306, 30109, Inside Back Cover Lot:
efforts and for the benefit of other not-for- 30261 30155, 30208, 30062 30092
profit institutions selected by Eric P. Newman
Cover Background: Adapted from the Medal of the American Numismatic Society
Numismatic Education Society for public purposes. celebrating Eric P. Newman's 100th Birthday in 2011 (Design by Amy Kann).
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World Coins
Selections From the Eric P. Newman Collection Part III
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Dear Bidder:
Welcome to this special catalog of selections from The Eric P. Newman Collection of World Coins Part III
of the series of EPNNES auctions. Items being sold are from the extensive collection of Eric P. Newman
Numismatic Education Society (a Missouri not-for-profit corporation) and have been assembled over a period
of 90 years. Proceeds of the sale of all items will be used exclusively for supplementing the Society’s museum
operations and scholarly numismatic research efforts and for the benefit of other not-for-profit institutions
selected by Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society for public purposes.
Our Newman Week in New York was a tremendous success, with many rarities from Eric P. Newman’s
remarkable United States type coins breaking auction records. The highlight of the November 15 Platinum
Night, the finest known surviving example of a 1796 quarter, sold for over 1.5 million dollars.
In the pages that follow, you will find treasures of Latin America from Tierra del Fuego to the Rio Grande.
The 1751 Ferdinand VI Escudo from Guatemala is the finer of only two known. From the Old World, there
are historic German pieces from Anhalt-Dessau to Würzburg, with dozens of States represented. A particular
highlight is the 1674 Emden 2 Taler with its spectacular city view. A number of superb Swedish silver issues
are included as well. Be sure to see the 1599 Carl IX Daler Regency Issue. Mr. Newman held numerous Italian
coins, especially from the Papal States and Venice, among which you will find iconic imagery including
St. Peter casting his net into the sea. The canal views and depictions of St. Mark represented as a winged,
crowned, and haloed lion are not to be missed. The collection from the British Isles ranges from amazing
hammered issues, such as the Henry VI Angel to milled coinage of the Victorian era. From the Principality of
Transylvania, the collection features an impressive group of gold ducats spanning three centuries. It doesn’t
stop there: the EPNNES collection features rarities from dozens of other countries, as the following pages
will reveal.
Please visit our offices during 2014 NYINC week, January 7-14, and view the 1910 marvels being offered in
the Eric P. Newman Collection Part III. We are located at 445 Park Avenue (at 57th Street), just a few blocks
from the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. We hope you can share in our first World Coin Platinum Night session,
featuring 317 of the top lots in the Newman collection, on January 14. The Signature session follows on the
15th, and the Internet session on the 16th. The presentation of Eric P. Newman’s world coins will continue
in February with dedicated online events that will include another 1600 selections from his numismatic
cabinet.
If you cannot join us in person in New York, we hope you will participate in this historic event on Heritage
Live!, at HA.com, by telephone, or via fax.
Best of luck with your bidding!
Cristiano Bierrenbach Jim Halperin
Executive Vice President Co-Chairman of the Board
Around the World in 102 Years:
From Afghanistan to Zanzibar
Eric P. Newman began traveling at an early age with his family and has never stopped. During their 74
years of marriage, Eric and Evelyn Newman have literally been from Afghanistan to Zanzibar. The couple
has visited, and sometimes revisited, more than 150 countries. Their first journey together took place in
December of 1939. While on their honeymoon cruise, they witnessed the culmination of the first active
battle of World War II: the scuttling of the German battleship Graf Spee in Montevideo’s harbor.
Eric’s habit of keeping meticulous records extends beyond his numismatic transactions and research to
documenting his worldwide journeys with Evelyn. A small sampling of their international travel file folders
reveals the following titles:
1947: Peru; 1956: England, Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda,
Belgian Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Zanzibar; 1963: Moscow,
Mongolia, Siberia, Tokyo, Hawaii; 1965: Central, East and
South Africa via Land Rover; 1967: Germany, East Germany,
Hungary, Russia, Romania, Poland, Denmark, Norway; 1974:
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ireland; 1978-9: Antarctica, Easter
Island; 1985: India; 1987: Ecuador, Galapagos, Jamaica;
1995: England—QE2 and Concorde; 1999: Vietnam, Laos;
2003: Cuba.
Eric and Evelyn’s love of travel off the beaten path led to numerous adventures. They fondly (yes, fondly!)
recall sleeping on top of a dining room table at an airport in India as they waited for the fog to lift in Nepal,
their next destination. Later, during the Cold War, the two were shadowed while on a visit to Moscow. On
one of at least eight trips to Africa, the Newmans were detained when soldiers commandeered their Land
Rover for military use. It was later returned, as promised.
Many of their voyages included the acquisition of numismatic items. After a harrowing automobile journey
through the Khyber Pass where tribesmen “greeted” them with gunfire, they reached Afghanistan. Eric’s
inquiries about coins led to a foray through a maze of alleyways to a shopkeeper near Chicken Street in
Kabul. The merchant had a large sack of copper coins, perhaps 5000 pieces, and emptied them out pile
by pile, onto his mattress; for eight cents each, Eric had his pick. Among these were some unknown pre-
Kushan items. On a trip to New Guinea, they were invited to attend a wedding ceremony. There they
exchanged paper money for coins on a blanket next to the dowry pigs. It was a win-win situation for all.
The groom’s family was pleased because they didn’t have to tote the weighty coins back to their village;
Eric was happy to acquire new material for his collection.
Not surprisingly, Eric’s world coins also range from Afghanistan (1925 1/2 Amani) to Zanzibar (1908 Ali
Bin Hamud Cent), and encompass nearly everything in between. If studied, all provide a glimpse into a
particular place and time. One stellar example from Italy is the 1684 Marcantonio Giustinian gold Osella
of 4 Zecchini. Its unique reverse is as breathtaking as the iconic city it portrays: Venice. The viewer
sees the Piazza San Marco, the Palace of the Doges, St. Mark’s Cathedral and, of course, the Grand
Canal. The undated Basel City gold 2 Ducats (1680-1700) is noteworthy for depicting an elevated
view of the Swiss city, with a bridge spanning the Rhine, boats sailing downriver, and multiple spires
aglow on the gold surface of the coin. The 1674 Emden Leopold I City 2 Taler is a masterpiece in
silver. Remarkably, the foreground shows horses prancing on a small area of land. Ships under sail
are seen rocking in the waves of the outer harbor. One boat enters the calm waters of the protected
inner harbor; the charming city is seen behind its sea wall, and freewheeling birds circle above. These
three city view coins, and others like them, transport the viewer to a precise spot on the globe. Today,
captured with a smartphone, these scenes might have a rather ephemeral existence, but here, they
are memorialized for eternity.
We would like to express our appreciation to the following:
Heritage cataloguers: Cristiano Bierrenbach, Matt Orsini, Sam Spiegel,
Mike Peplinski, and Warren Tucker
Guest cataloguer: Bruce Lorich
Marketing team: Denice Brackemyre, Mary Hermann, Mark Masat, Matt Pegues, and Debbie Rexing
Operations team: Teia Baber, Sally Martinez
Photographers: Doug Plasencia of NGC, coins; Brandon Wade, Newman portraits
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation: Mark Salzberg and Ken Krah
Long-time Newman Money Museum curator: Tom Serfass
We would also like to thank Ute Wartenburg Kagan and the American Numismatic Society for permission
to reprint Eric P. Newman’s article “American Circulation of English and Bungtown Halfpence” that appears
directly after the auction lot descriptions.
Maureen and Stuart Levine
Catalog Editors
November 2013
Items being sold are from the extensive collection of Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society
(a Missouri not-for-profit corporation) and have been assembled over a period of 90 years. Proceeds of
the sale of all items will be used exclusively for supplementing the Society’s museum operations and
scholarly numismatic research efforts and for the benefit of other not-for-profit institutions selected by
Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society for public purposes.
Eric and Evelyn visiting the Sepilok
Orangutan Sanctuary, Malaysia, 1969
Eric in Pakistan, 1974