This has also been called the ‘Schoolgirl’ design in many sales although today most people prefer to use the Shield Earring designation and leave the ‘Schoolgirl’ designation to J1608-J1610. The earliest occurance for this design was the copper set in the June 1886 Maris sale. They are described as being plated in the sale catalog. I believe the dollar went to Doughty (possibly via Woodward’s September 1888 Vicksburg and January 1889 Stetson sales) while the quarter and half went into the Stickney collection. This half apparently ended up in Henry Chapman’s Zabriskie sale. The first silver set was in the June 1890 New York Coin & Stamp sale of the Parmelee collection. I do not know if this is the same as the H.P. Smith, J.S. Jenks, Clapp, Eliasberg set. It is likely that most known today in silver and copper trace their pedigree to the Woodin collection and were obtained in trade for ‘returning’ the two $50 gold patterns to the mint collection. A partial set was sold in the February 1911 Edgar Adams sale of some of the Woodin duplicates as well as additional examples in both metals in some circa 1913 fixed price lists. Note: The shield earring appear to be the rarest of the so called name patterns with about 10 struck in silver and at least 6 struck in copper. The order of these from rarest to most common appears to be Shield Earring, Schoolgirl, Amazonian and finally Washlady. Photo links are provided. To view, click on the Judd / Pollock number. QUARTERS 1) Smithsonian 2) Dibello-Stacks 5/70, Sieck, Fred-B/M 11/95 at $24,200, Hanks 6/97, Higman-Alterman, Alhambra/Hanks, Superior 9/99 at $28,980 (did it sell?), Superior 2/00 at $26,450 – PCGS67 - illustrated above 3) Merkin 9/67, Turoff-B/M 3/94 at $14,300 - PCGS64 4) Taylor-NN61st, Bass-HWBRF 5) Judd, B/R 10/76, Sieck-81 ANA - gem proof Pollock plate 6) Champa-B/R 5/72, Hughes 1/80, Novoselsky, Alhambra/Hanks, Heritage 10/99 (not sold), Superior 4/00 FPL, Heritage 1/07 at $43,125 – NGC67 7) Gunmetal blue-gray toned example once in possession of Julian Leidman - gem proof 8) H.P. Smith, J.S. Jenks, Clapp, Eliasberg-B/M 5/96 at $30,800 !! - gem proof 9) Rothchild-Stacks 10/03 at $48,875 - gem proof 1) 1978 Steve Ivy Coin World Ad, Saul Teichman via Renrob at $2800, NY Collection in 1999 - NGC65RB 2) Farouk, Bass-HWBRF, B/M 5/99 at $4370 – PCGS60RB cleaned, lacquered, restored Teletrade 6/7/00, Teletrade 7/31/00, Teletrade 11/29/00, Teletrade 1/31/01 as NGC64RB, Heritage 4/01 inventory, R. Kay, Goldberg 9/03 as PCGS65RB at $26,450. 3) Hughes 7/80, D.A.Holt - choice proof 4) Crouch-Superior 6/77, Ivy 10/77, 82 ANA - choice proof 5) Kosoff 11/55, Bergin-Stacks 6/84 - gem proof 6) Dibello-Stacks 5/70, Sieck-81 ANA - choice proof HALF DOLLARS 1) Smithsonian - Pollock plate 2) Dibello-Stacks 5/70, Bass-HWBRF 3) Turoff-B/M 3/94 at $12,100 - PCGS63 4) Taylor-NN61st, Fred-B/M 11/95 at $16,500 - PCGS64 5) Judd, B/R 10/76, Sieck-81 ANA - gem proof 6) Hughes 1/80, Hughes 7/80, Novoselsky, Alhambra/Hanks, Heritage 10/99 (not sold), Superior 4/00 FPL, B/M 5/04 at $28,750 - NGC66 7) Nerca 3/77, Nerca 7/78, Heritage 1/04 at $19,550 - PCGS61 8) Anderson/Dupont-Stacks 11/54, Bergin-Stacks 6/84 - choice 9) F.K. Saab, Auction 81, Heritage 2/85 – choice 10) Evans-B/M 8/98 at $9775 - proof 60 - cleaned 11) Rothchild-Stacks 10/03 at $34,500, Queller Note: H.P. Smith, J.S. Jenks, Clapp, Eliasberg was not in sale - possibly one of above. An example in Heritage Inventory 2/99 as NGC64 556266-007 is probably one of above. 1) T.R. Walsh 2) 53 ANA, Bergin-Stacks 6/84, 93 ANA as PCGS65RB (not sold), Superior 1/94 at $14,575, B/M 11/02 at $25,300 - PCGS66RB 3) Heritage 2/87, Tangible Assets, Teletrade 3/3/93, Marin, Superior 5/94 (not sold), Marin, 94 ANA at $10,120, Heritage 5/2003 at $24,150 - PCGS65BN 4) Johnson, Hughes 7/80-privately, Sieck-81 ANA, Rubin - NGC65RB – stolen 5) Hughes 7/80, Evans-B/M 8/98 at $16,100, R Shippee - PCGS66RB See also Farouk; Anderson/Dupont-Stacks 11/54; and Lohr, Cox-Stacks 3/62 for additional listings. DOLLARS 1) Smithsonian - Pollock plate 2) Dibello-Stacks 5/70, Bass-HWBRF 3) Ewalt, Turoff-B/M 3/94, A. Terranova at $27,500 - PCGS63 4) Fred-B/M 11/95 at $28,600 - PCGS64 5) Judd, B/R 10/76, Sieck-81 ANA - gem proof 6) Hughes 10/79?, Auction 82, Auction 90, R. Meek at $35,000, Teletrade 2/6/02, Superior 1/03 at $32,200, Superior 4/04 - PCGS63 7) New York Coin Mart ? at Secaucus NJ 1995 coin show, 97 ANA at $27,025, 2001 ANA (not sold), Heritage 1/07 (not sold) - PCGS63 gray toned 8) H.P. Smith, J.S. Jenks, Clapp, Eliasberg-B/M 5/96 at $85,250 !! - gem proof 9) Novoselsky, Alhambra/Hanks, Heritage 10/99 at $40,250, Heritage 4/3/01 Internet sale, Heritage 8/01 inventory - NGC64 possibly one of above The Lohr coin probably duplicates #4, #6 or #9. 1) Doughty 4/1891, Reed, OCL-WHM - ICG66RB possibly the Maris and/or Vicksburg-Stetson coin 2) Stacks privately to David Queller 3) B/R 10/77, Superior 1/89 at $28,875, Superior 10/89 at $30,800, Auction 90 at $26,000 as PCGS64RB with carbon spot in lettering, now PCGS65RB with spot removed 4) Taylor-NN61st, Hughes 7/80?, Tangible Assets, Teletrade 3/3/93, Marin, Alhambra/Hanks, Superior 4/00 FPL, Heritage 2/01 (not sold), Heritage 5/01 (not sold) as PCGS66RB, ANR 7/05 at $63,250 - PCGS66BN 5) Burke-B/M 5/94 at $24,200, Superior 8/95 (not sold), Superior 3/01 at $29,900, Heritage 1/07 at $51,750 - PCGS66RB See also: 52 ANA, Farouk (2 specimens-one ex Olsen), Lohr for additional listings which probably duplicate some of above. Note: Specimens 4 & 5 are owned by the same collector(s) who has been liquidating his patterns via Larry Hanks and Alhambra (Higman/Alterman). See many Coin World ads circa 1996-1997. The Jenks, Clapp pedigree on these comes from what is believed to be B.G. Johnson’s named Jenks sale sold by George Kolbe. The Eliasberg half dollar appears to have been misplaced, lost, sold or the pedigree is incorrect (possibly George Clapp or C. E. Clapp). |