Maris, Edward
Born near Chester, Pennsylvania. Instructor of mathematics at Haverford College. Graduate of Jefferson Medical College in 1856. Married Eleanor Wood October 14, 1857. They had four children. Married Rachel Scattergood June 5, 1873. He is known as "The Quaker Physician" by copper collectors. He was a member of the Society of Friends and wore the customary conservative clothes and broad brimmed hat.
Author of Varieties of the Copper Issues of the United States Mint in the Year 1794 in 1869. He gave colorful names for the various obverses of 1794 that are still used occasionally. Author of A Historical Sketch of the Coins of New Jersey in 1881.
In 1883 a reunion was held to commemorate 200 years since George Maris settled in America. Dr. Maris commissioned a medal (Julian CM-27) to be distributed to those attending.
He conducted one auction November 27, 1893. Part of his collection was sold at auction by the Chapman Brothers November 16-17, 1900.
obit: AJN 35 Jul 1900 page 29; NUM 13 Jun 1900 page 160
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1/1/1869Varieties of the Copper Issues of the United states mint
Small 8vo [18 by 12 cm], contemporary pebbled black cloth, sides paneled in blind; original printed paper covers bound in. 15, (1) pages. Fine. Rare. A well-preserved copy of the first separately published work on United States cents and half cents. Remembered beyond its landmark status mostly for the colorful appellations given by Dr. Maris to the thirty-nine varieties of 1794 cents that he managed to identify. The names include the Coquette, Scarred Head, Venus Marina, Roman Plica, Double Chin, and Patagonian. Born in 1832, Maris graduated from medical school in 1855. According to W.T.R. Marvin “He began his collection soon after engaging in practice, as many others have done, by the effort to complete a set of the U.S. Cents, and then of the national coinage.. His first contribution to the literature of the science was his well-known work on the Cents of 1794, still regarded as a high authority.” Of remaining significance. A relatively small percentage of the 100 copies originally printed appear to have survived.
![Varieties of Copper Issues of the United States Mint in the Year 1794 [Second Edition]](https://archive.org/services/img/varietiesofcoppe0000edwa_z5r8)
1881A Historic Sketch of the Coins of New Jersey
A Historic Sketch of the Coins of New Jersey by Edward Maris, M.D. This is an in-copyright publication. "Snippet" results will appear in the Newman Portal search results.
