The latest additions to the Newman Numismatic Portal are photo files contributed by Saul Teichman. Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report.
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Saul Teichman Adds U.S. Coin Photo Files to Newman Portal
Saul Teichman continues to build condition censes of significant U.S. coins, with the most extensive work being done in the pattern series. Saul recently contributed a file on the Low 54-A Hard Times token, the well-known AM I NOT A MAN AND BROTHER anti-slavery piece. Until 2011 only three examples were known, from the Ford, Newman, and Partrick collections. The fourth piece was discovered in Canada and has since been offered by both Stack's and Heritage.
Eric P. Newman recounted his research work on the AM I NOT A MAN AND BROTHER token in the video "Promotion and Suppression of Hard Times Tokens," from the 1989 ANA convention. The work required extensive examination of the anti-slavery newspapers, many of a religious bent. "I read so many of them I nearly turned fundamentalist," Newman recalled.
Image: Low-54A, from the Newman collection (Heritage June 2016, lot 98196, realized $70,500).