The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 8, February 17, 2002, Article 5

INCOGNITO PARMELEE COINS

  ANA Museum Curator Lawrence Lee (formerly curator of
  the Byron Reed Collection) writes: "Carl Honore raised the
  question of the Parmelee plated coins and how they may or
  may not have shown up in subsequent auctions.  It may interest
  Mr. Honore to know that Omaha realtor Byron Reed was one
  of the heaviest buyers at the Parmelee sale of 1890, purchasing
  at least 105 lots from the Boston bean merchant's collection.
  These included seven plated coins (Lot 38, Plate 3, 1839 half
  dollar pattern; Lot 305, Plate 3, Mass. oak tree shilling; Lot
  344, Plate 4, Mass. pine tree shilling; Lot 724, Plate 7, 1796
  half dollar w/ 16 stars; Lot 733, Plate 9, 1796 half cent, Lot
  817, Plate 8, 1804 dollar and Lot 951, Plate 12, 1824 half
  eagle).

  The interesting thing is that three of the plated Parmelee coins
  (the 1796 half dollar, the 1796 half cent and the 1824 half
  eagle) in the Reed Collection were among those subsequently
  sold in the 1996 sale of portions of the Reed collection without
  being attributed to Parmelee. Other unplated Parmelee coins
  (such as the 1795 heraldic reverse half eagle and the 1797 half
  eagle with 16 stars) were also sold in 1996 without a pedigreed
  reference to the Parmelee Collection.  So several lucky bidders
  out there have Parmelee coins without even being aware of it!"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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