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Eric P. Newman Correspondence Files: Joseph R. LasserOver 300 pages, consisting of original letters to Eric P. Newman from Lasser and carbon copies of Newman's letters in return, 1972-2011, as well as various other original and photocopied material including catalogues of Lasser's collections, drafts of articles he had written, and many photocopied bank notes often annotated by him. Materials are generally well-preserved. The friendship enjoyed by Eric P. Newman and Joseph R. Lasser spanned almost 40 years, but never strayed very fair from their shared true love of early American paper money. Their early correspondence often centers on trades--both trading examples of Colonial and Continental currency and trading information about them. Lasser was particularly interested in researching the signatures found on Continental notes, eventually publishing an article on the subject in the May-June 1976 issue of Paper Money. Counterfeits were another fruitful area of discussion for the pair, who collected examples of contemporary counterfeit Colonial and Continental currency seemingly with the same alacrity as the genuine specimens. Drafts of various research projects of Lasser's are included in these files, including works on the February 17, 1776, issues of Continental currency and on the cob coinage of Cartagena. Several articles or publications regarding Lasser's donation of his collection to Colonial Williamsburg are also present. The inventories here present make clear the extent of Lasser's collections, which included exceptional Colombian gold and silver, trade coinage, siege coinage, rose nobles, French and Dutch coinage, all in addition to his extensive early American paper money collection. An important archive. Estimate $2,000. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15127 (realized $660).
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