By Ron Guth for PCGS …… Thomas Cleneay was among the first and most ambitious coin collectors in America. He started collecting in the 1840s and, over the next four decades, built one of the finest and most complete collections of his time. In each year from 1859 to 1888, Cleneay purchased Proof sets from […]
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By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com …… CoinWeek Content Partner …… Editor’s Note: Over the years, Doug Winter has written extensively about many of the greatest coin collections of the 20th century. In this piece, we draw from the archives, Doug’s writing on eight key collections. 1. The Ed Milas Collection of No Motto Half Eagles One of the most ambitious collecting […]
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