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The E-Sylum: Volume 14, Number 50, December 4, 2011, Article 8

MAJOR EARL 1836 GOBRECHT DOLLAR LETTER DISCOVERED

An 1888 letter relating to the Major Earl specimen of the 1836 Gobrecht dollar has been discovered. Len Augsburger wrote about it in his The Budget Collector column in the December 2011 issue of The E-Gobrecht, the online newsletter of the Liberty Seated Collectos Club (LSCC). Here's an excerpt from his article. -Editor

About a year ago an 1836 Gobrecht dollar came into the marketplace, eventually landing in the Heritage FUN sale in January 2011. Several months after the dollar was sold, the consignor found further information on the coin in her mother’s effects. The letter, from 1888, revealed that the dollar had been originally transmitted from a Major Earl to the family of the consignor.

Major Earl, it turns out, was a member of the Andrew Jackson household who effectively served as the “court painter” to the Jackson family. There are other connections between President Jackson and numismatics, most notably a Gobrecht dollar presented at auction several years ago by American Numismatic Rarities, believed to have been Jackson’s personal coin. An attendee at our meeting has acted as a go-between me and Heritage, our goal is to reunite the coin with this 1888 letter of transmittal. More will be posted as the story unfolds.

-Editor

THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE FIRST U.S. MINT

The Secret History of the First U.S. Mint, by Joel Orosz and Leonard Augsburger, debuted at the 2011 FUN Show. Bowers calls it “amazing” and “brilliant.” You will, too! Learn how Frank H. Stewart destroyed"and then saved"a national treasure. 336 pages, hardcover, full color, $24.95. Order your copy at www.Whitman.com , or call 1-800-546-2995.


Wayne Homren, Editor

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