| Description |
Unique and Important Inventory of the Freeman Collection of Early American CurrencyLarge leather three-ring binder with zipper housing 558 pages of carefully maintained and augmented inventory records describing in detail the massive and important collection of Colonial and Continental paper money formed by Harley Freeman. Data sheets are printed forms, which are neatly filled out by hand in pencil and ink. Some extra (blank) data sheets are enclosed. Generally fine. Eric P. Newman and Harley L. Freeman maintained a numismatic friendship for over 20 years, striking up a correspondence during the Second World War that focused on their shared interest in early American paper money. Freeman had assembled one of the foremost collections of Colonial and Continental currency, and Newman was eager to exchange both information and, where possible, notes through trade. Eventually, he arranged to purchase the entirety of Freeman's collection in a transaction that took from 1962 to 1964 to complete. This unique inventory is important for tracing the provenance of notes from Newman's collection back to Freeman's and from Freeman's back to many of his sources. It gives a most impressive view of one of the most extraordinary collections of this material ever formed, and has been called "one of the most important works in colonial paper money" (Stuart Hanebuth, writing in the E-Sylum). Fine. Estimate $2,500. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15224 (realized $1920).
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