Sean Kelly sent a revised spreadsheet/template that may be used for recording and reporting your bust quarter census, linked here: https://mcusercontent.com/74a0e3c37d154d935bdeb2daf/files/bb173ff3-4cf0-cc67-82be-5c99f1ed835d/Revised_quarter_template.xlsx
Sean Kelly and Glenn Peterson are teaming up to assemble the bust quarter census. They sent the following:
BUST QUARTER CENSUS –INPUT REQUESTED by JUNE 7, 2024!
The summer issue of the JR Journal will include the Bust Quarter census. Please send your census information (your name and JRCS number, Dates, B-Numbers, and Grades), including any duplicates you may have and mentioning any coins with E and L counterstamps. Sean Kelly will co-author the article, collecting your inputs. Please email your coin census information to Sean at skelly63(at)gmail.com
There is an Excel template available to list your coins / grades – watch for this to be posted on the JRCS website and at the JR Newsletter (linked below), or email Sean for a copy.
You may send suggestions for article content to Glenn Peterson at gpeters(at)tds.net, with subject “Quarter Census” on your email. You may also send US mail to Glenn Peterson, 9301 Park West Blvd Suite B5, Knoxville, TN 37923.
Thanks!
Link to Excel template you may use: https://mcusercontent.com/74a0e3c37d154d935bdeb2daf/files/8904e301-883d-cc7f-b1c0-74b25441c3eb/Copy_of_2024_Template_for_Quarter_Census.xlsx
From the editor:
The JRCS learned that Albert Ingram recently passed away. Those who knew Albert were impressed by his collection of capped bust half dimes by Logan-McCloskey numbers. He had held the number one spot in the PCGS Registry for half dimes for about two years. Here is a link to his set, which he named “Life After Cattle”
Glenn Peterson wrote to me to tell me that Albert Ingram was a collector of half dimes and also very knowledgeable about fossils. Glenn traded an 1835 LM-2 half dime to Albert for the fossil pictured below (metatarsal of ornithromimidae from Hall Creek Formation in Slope County, North Dakota). Those who corresponded with Albert may now understand why he used “paleofiles” as part of his email address!
I remember talking with Albert on the phone, sometimes to arrange a sale or a trade (recently I purchased a common 1836 half dime from Albert), but most of the time it was for the purpose of Albert finding out about half dimes that were being sold or auctioned by Dave Perkins. Albert was an aggressive bidder for half dimes that were the right grade and die marriage/remarriage he needed for his set. He built a truly great set over the years and thankfully, posted it online for all to see. I really appreciate how he recorded notes in his PCGS Registry set indicating where he got each of his coins.
Half dime collector Sean Kelly shared too. Sean wrote, “I got a chance to share some meals with Albert, and we worked together on a few projects. He was a big guy - but always gentle and soft spoken, and a man of few words. No artifice there - he was for real. We were competitors in some ways, and collaborators in others, and I'd looked forward to seeing his research on the Logan - McCloskey plate coins and maybe adding to it. He will be missed.”
Fortunately, Sean was also able to send me a link to Albert’s published obituary, which included a photo. One will note that in lieu of flowers, Albert’s family expressed that Albert would have appreciated donations to a couple of local animal/rescue-based charities.
OBITUARY
Albert J. Ingram
APRIL 12, 1950 – MARCH 18, 2024
Albert J. Ingram, age 73, of Knoxville, Tennessee passed away on Monday, March 18, 2024. He was the CEO of Al Kraemer Farm for 40 years, past president of the Mid South Santa Gertrudis Association, past president of the Breeders of the Carolinas Santa Gertrudis Association, past president of KGEMS and the current president of the Rocky Hill Social Club and current secretary of the Fort Loudon Coin Club.
Albert was preceded in death by his parents, Kent W. and Marie C. Ingram.
He is survived by his son, John H. Ingram; longtime partner, Patsy Monk; brothers, Kent Ingram (Rebecca) and David Ingram; nephews, Anthony Ingram, Jacob Ingram and Alexander Ingram; and longtime friends, Charley and Kathy Garvey, Lynn and Peggy Brown, Walter Gawryla and Richard Combs.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Friday, March 22, 2024 at Berry Highland Memorial, 5315 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Albert's name to Young-Williams Animal Center at www.young-williams.org or Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee at www.sbret.com.
Family and friends can share condolences online
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/knoxville-tn/albert-ingram-11717255/add-memory
Brad Karoleff wrote:
Due to personal and professional reasons Winston Zack is not going to be able to assume the position of editor of the JR Journal.
That means that I will be taking care of it for the foreseeable future.
If anyone has been working on an article I would appreciate getting it soon. We are behind schedule and then will have to have a quick turnaround for the next issue, the pre-ANA. So, if I can not fit all the articles in this issue I will then have a start on the next which will include the Bust Quarter census.
Any articles or correspondence can be sent to me at the usual address, bkaroleff(at)yahoo.com
Also, if you have sent something in the near past and it has not appeared in the journal, please re-send it to me as it is lost at this point. Sorry!
Thanks for your help and support in getting the journal back on schedule.
Brad
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Gary Rosner wrote:
The provided pictures are of a 1806 B-10, R.4+ Quarter, that I just got back today, and now in a “Cleaned-VG Details” PCGS Gold Shield holder. The PCGS Gold Shield holder comes with the TruView picture from PCGS. For this coin the TruView photo is over exposed and doesn't look like the coin actually does in hand. The other two pictures showing the coin in the holder is what the coin really looks like. Have other members noticed that these Truview pictures sometimes don’t look like the actual coin?
The obverse has a nice cameo effect look, the 06B10 variety is pretty scarce, and this is a nice example!
(The coin is for sale on my website at this link, https://www.3centnickel.com/product/1806-b-10-r-4-25c-vg-detail-cleaned-pcgs-gold-shield/. Any JRCS member that wants this coin can email me, 3cnickel(at)gmail.com , and I will give them a discount)
Gary Rosner
JRCS#869
Steve Herrman wrote:
The printed version of the Spring 2024 issue of Auction Prices Realized for Bust Half Dollars 1794-1839, Number 64, was shipped to regular subscribers last week.
A number of printed copies remain, and shall be available at the discounted price of $36.00 postpaid via Media Mail for the next 7 days. Searchable PDF format copies are an additional $6.00, but $24.00 if acquired separately.
Please contact me at herrman102(at)aol.com to reserve a copy. 269 pages, spiral bound.
Thanks,
Steve Herrman
JRCS #474
Brad Karoleff wrote:
I have received reports through the numismatic grapevine that some people did not receive their 100th Issue of the John Reich Journal. If you have not received yours please let me know and I will check with treasurer David and see if you were on the paid list and get another out to you asap. You can contact me at bkaroleff(at)yahoo.com
That being said, it was also time for you to renew your dues for the next year. If you have not already sent David your check please do so immediately. Winston is working on the next issue of the journal and you will not want to miss receiving the first for 2024.
I am also sure that Winston can use some content to fill the next couple issues. If you are working on anything for publication please reach out to him at Winston.s.zack(at)gmail.com
Have a great Spring!
Brad
