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The E-Sylum: Volume 18, Number 40, October 4, 2015, Article 15

MORE ON GEORGE THOMAS MCCOMBE, JR.

Julia Casey chimed in on George Thomas McCombe, locating his obituary in the Buffalo Courier (August 22, 1908) and a couple articles on coins he handled in the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle (November 8, 1883) and the Evening Auburnian (March 1 1881). Thanks! John Lupia has updated his biography entry accordingly. Below are excerpts from the updated article and an image of one intriguing coin reference. -Editor

McComb 1804 dollar exhinit It was reported in the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle, November 8, 1883, that McCombe exhibited an 1804 Dollar. (Not cited by Eric P. Newman and Kenneth Bressett). The next we hear of an 1804 Dollar is eleven months later, the so-called Adolph Weyl specimen at Berlin, Germany. There were several counterfeit 1804 Dollars in circulation by 1883. It is unknown at this time if the 1804 Dollar exhibited by McCombe was a counterfeit or one of the genuine specimens that has not been recorded in its respective provenance.

McCombe died at his home on High Street, Lockport, New York, of Typhoid fever on August 21, 1908. He was survived by his wife Sarah, his two sons George, Jr., and Howard and his two brothers William and Frederick.

Joel Orosz adds:

Julia Casey's research skills are impressive! Since McComb's name has not turned up in any of the 1804 provenance chains, I suspect that he had one of the spurious examples.

Dave Hirt adds:

I was interested in the Chapman's address on the letter, of 2043 Tower Street. That was their first address as coin dealers, when they were still really boys. That is not in the Philadelphia business district, but along the Schuylkill River in a section of the city called Manayunk. Perhaps it was their parents' home.

McCombe 10-29-1881

Thanks, everyone. Great information. These articles call him McComb (no final "e") versus McCombe. But his own printed envelopes give it as McCombe, so that must be correct. -Editor

To read the updated Encylopedia article, see:
McCOMBE, GEORGE THOMAS (https://sites.google.com/site/numismaticmallcom/encyclopedic-dictionary-of-numismatic-biographies/mccombe-george-t)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
GEORGE THOMAS MCCOMBE, JR. (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n39a10.html)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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