Richard Picker coin photograph files, 1950 - 1983

Descriptive Summary

Repository
American Numismatic Society
Extent
1 cubic foot (1 box)
Language
English
Abstract
Six small boxes of coin photographs, correspondence, and a handwritten list with notes on U.S. colonial coins.

A photograph from the collection of a 1776 Continental dollar


Creator

Name
Picker, Richard, 1915-1983
Abstract
Richard Picker (1915-1983), a collector and dealer in colonial and early American coins.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection open to all researchers.

Preferred Citation

Richard Picker coin photograph files, mid to late 1900s, Archives, American Numismatic Society.

Restrictions

Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to publish or reproduce must be secured from the American Numismatic Society.

Biographical Note

Richard Picker (1915-1983), a collector and dealer in colonial and early American coins, was born in New York City, received a B.A. from New York University in 1938, and served in the Army during World War II. He published articles in The Colonial Newsletter and was the author of "Variations of the Die Varieties of Massachusetts Oak and Pine Tree Coinage," published in Studies on Money in Early America (1976). He became an associate member of the American Numismatic Society in 1953 and was a founding member of the Long Island Coin Club. After his death, his collections, including a non-colonial collection of brockages, were sold off in several auctions during the 1980s and 1990s.

Scope and Content Note

Six small boxes of coin photographs filed in glassine envelopes, one folder of correspondence, unfiled coin photographs, and a handwritten list with notes on U.S. colonial coins. The filed coin photographs are in the following categories: Continental Dollar, Fugio, Nova Constellatio, Sommer Islands, Higley, French Colonies, Maryland, Rosa Americana, Voce Populi, Connecticut, Massachusetts Copper, Vermont, New York, Virginia, Medals, Miscellaneous, Massachusetts Silver, New Jersey, Woods, Foreign, Paper Money, U.S., Washington, Mark Newby, Large Cents, and Half Cents. Correspondence (1973-1982) mostly relates to researching and photographing colonial coins.

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