The Numismatic Bibliomania Society

PREV ARTICLE       NEXT ARTICLE       FULL ISSUE       PREV FULL ISSUE      

V23 2020 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 23, Number 30, July 26, 2020, Article 14

LANGE: PRR LOCOMOTIVE, 1ST SHIELD NICKEL FOLDER

Researcher and author David Lange submitted these notes related to items appearing in our previous issue. Thanks! -Editor

As so often happens, I found something of specific interest in the latest issue that warrants a few comments.

Pennsylvania Railroad K4 locomotive

Pennsylvania Railroad Heroic Service Medal awarded Gingras obverse As a youngster my interest in coin collecting had to compete with an equal passion for railroading, both the real thing and in model form. The Pennsylvania Railroad medal for heroic service submitted by Kristen Reichardt depicts that line's celebrated K-4 locomotive, a passenger hauler so successful that 425 examples were built. It has a 4-6-2 wheel configuration, known generically as a Pacific Type. It became a symbol of fast and reliable passenger service starting in 1914 and lasting through the end of steam on the PRR in the late 1950s. Needless to say, there have been many models offered of this superstar in various scales over the years. I'm attaching a photo of No. 5385 that reveals its handsome profile.

1866 Shield Nickel Pattern J-489 obverse 1866 Shield Nickel Pattern J-489 reverse

The other item that caught my attention is the pattern Shield Nickel offered by Northeast Numismatics. The First Edition of Whitman's blue coin folder for this series includes two openings for the 1866 nickel, one for the variety having a large date and small motto and the other for the small date and large motto variety. Whoever designed this folder was clearly unaware that the former was solely a pattern coin and not a regular part of the series. This was corrected fairly quickly when someone more knowledgeable pointed out the error. A First Edition folder for Shield Nickels is extremely rare, and I've seen just three examples. These include the one in my own collection and another I sold to a fellow collector. An image from my new book is attached, showing the two varieties.

Whitman First Edition Shield Nickel folder W5cBa - detail

Coin Collecting Albums v3 Whitman cover For more information on Dave's book, see:
NEW BOOK: COIN COLLECTING ALBUMS, VOLUME THREE (https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum
_v23n25a03.html)
MORE ON COIN COLLECTING ALBUMS, VOLUME THREE (https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_
v23n26a08.html)

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD HEROIC SERVICE MEDAL (https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_
v21n39a11.html)
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JULY 19, 2020 : On the Pennsylvania Railroad Heroic Service Medal (https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n29a15.html)
NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JULY 19, 2020 : 1866 Shield Nickel Pattern J-489 (https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n29a21.html)

Guth E-Sylum ad02 Detective Agency


Wayne Homren, Editor

Google
 
NBS (coinbooks.org) Web

The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org.

To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com

To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum

PREV ARTICLE       NEXT ARTICLE       FULL ISSUE       PREV FULL ISSUE      

V23 2020 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

Copyright © 1998 - 2020 The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS)
All Rights Reserved.

NBS Home Page
Contact the NBS webmaster
coin