Virgil Brand Ledgers Finding Aid

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by  Saul Teichman

Brand gold proof sets
1821 - $2.50 from Woodin sale 57041, ex Parmelee
1829 - $5 large planchet, 37148 D.S. Wilson sale in 1907 one-sided
1831 - $2.50 from Woodin sale 57043 (of course is this really a proof by today’s standards)
1832 - $5 from Chatlin in 1908 44913
1834 - $2.50 no motto from US Coin Company in 1913 68314 $400
1836 - $2.50 see 81210 at $30
1838 - $10 from Woodin sale 57063, ex Parmelee
1843 - $2.50 57049 and $10 57065 from Woodin sale
1844-O - $10 from Woodin sale 57068, ex Parmelee
1848 - $2.50 57050 and $10 57066 from Woodin sale
1854 - $1 from Woodin sale 57033 ex Parmelee
1855 -$1 2 examples, see Stickney 39050 for one of them, other in 1919 91922
Note: Wurtzbach gold $1 set had proof run from 1855-1871 91922-91940 – range includes 55-C & 70-S.
It is unclear if the later pieces 1872-89 were also proofs – they are not marked liked the earlier dates.
1856 - $1 from SH Chapman 4/8/07 37701 and Woodin sale 57034 and 91924, $2.50 Earle 61699, $3
Dewitt Smith 46912
1857 - $1 52364, 57035, 91925 and $2.50 57051 from Woodin sale
1858 – complete set assembled $1 Dewitt Smith 46861, Woodin sale $1 57036, $2.50 57052, $3 DeWitt
Smith 46918, $5 62958 Low 11/12 sale lot 31 $68, $10 - 57067 and $20 57069, other $1s from SH
Chapman 4/8/07 37702, 61197 and 52365, also 12707 for a possible other.
Note: Dewitt Smith shows proof $1 from 1858-63, 66, 69-89, $3 from 1856, 58, 60, 62-77, 79-89 – see
46861 etc
1859 – complete Randall 4/19/98 18322-7, $1 from Woodin sale 57037
1860 - Randall 4/19/98 18328-32 (No $20), $3 Dewitt Smith 46920 and all other proof $3 from 1862
forward except for 1878 ?
1861 – complete S H Chapman 63633-8 in 1913, $3 from Woodin sale 57053, DS Wilson $1-$10 37174-8
1862 - Wilcox in 1897 (no $1, $3, $5), complete S H Chapman 63639-44 in 1913
Note: Wilcox purchase journal id #16817-32 listed by denomination, not year
1863 – complete James B Wilson (Elder 21st 10/08 45138-43), another set in 1920, $2.50 – 17082
(randall, 1897), $3 possibly 16860
1864 – complete assembled Wilcox in 1897 (no $1, $3), $1 from Stickney sale (39051), see also 82537,
84567), $3 see also SH Chapman 38660, 15230 & 17099 – are these proofs ?, $10 13965, 91999
1865 - Wilcox in 1897 (no $1, $3, $5, $10), complete S H Chapman 63645-50 in 1913, $3 from Woodin
sale 57054
1866 - complete S H Chapman in 1907 37575-80 is this a proof set, another complete in 1920
1867 – complete assembled set Wilcox in 1897 (no $1, $3), $1 63772 Low 1/13 sale, $3 from Woodin
sale 57055
1868 – complete Wetmore 33768-3
1869 - Wilcox in 1897 (no $1, $3, $10), complete Wetmore 33774-9 (note: for missing Wilcox $3 pieces
see 17098-17101 not marked proof as potential gap fillers)
1870 – complete Wetmore 33780-5, $1 possibly 12708
1871 - $1 Dewitt Smith & Wurtzbach, $3 Dewitt Smith, see 85125
1872 – complete Wetmore 33786-91, Nagy in 6/3/1907, $1 86988, 79435
1873 – complete assembled Wetmore 33792-5 ($3-20), $3 34435, 35953 G Adams 11/06 sale described
as almost proof 25 struck, $2.50 Earle 61700, $1 from Dewitt Smith also 67784 US Coin, Complete proof
set 1 cent to $20 w/arrows & trade dollar 95060-72 ex StLouis S&C (probably ex Elder 4/20 lot 1476)
1874 - $1 57029, $3 57056 and $20 57070 from Woodin sale + Dewitt Smith $1 and $3
1875 - $1 Dewitt Smith in 1894 12062, 13295 and in 1895 14329, 14782, 90380 (of course any of these
could be PL Unc), 82268, $3 Dewitt Smith & in 1895 14330
1876 – complete Wetmore 33796-801, D S Wilson ($1-$5 37152-6) and a set in 1920, + several $3 14331,
Earle 61698, 82152, 68131, 82152, 91412-3 and also $5 & $2.50 -18064-5, $1 84575 & possibly 36839
1877 – complete Wetmore 33802-7, and D S Wilson ($1-$3 37157-9), $1 17089 (NYC&S 5/97), see also
$3 68132?
1878 – complete Wetmore 33808-13
1879 – complete Wetmore 33814-9
1880 – complete Wetmore 33820-5, $3 possibly 13387 cost $10, 14780 Massamore sale
1881 - Wetmore 33826-30 (no $10) and complete H Chapman 9/08 45118-23
1882 – complete James B Wilson (Elder 10/08 45144-9), $3 Mehl 79422, $2.50 89434
1883 - complete James B Wilson (Elder 10/08 45150-55), $1 84576
1884 - complete James B Wilson (Elder 10/08 45156-61), $1 and $2.50 16300-1
1885 - complete James B Wilson (Elder 10/08 45162-7), $20 13964, $5 33551, $3 86706
1886 - complete James B Wilson (Elder 10/08 45168-73), E Michael 3/16 79109-14, $1 84577
1887 - complete D S Wilson 37160-5, $1 84578
1888 - complete James B Wilson (Elder 10/08 45174-79), $3 11105, 86912, $1 84579, $2.50 79428
1889 - complete James B Wilson (Elder 10/08 45180-5)
1890 - complete Mehl 5/14 72278-81, $20 from Woodin sale 57071, $2.50 79428
1891 - complete S H Chapman in 1907 (37581-4) is this a proof set ?, $2.50 82084
1892 - complete Chapman 6/6/1898 18616-9, $10 88859
1893 – complete James B Wilson (Elder 10/08 45186-9), 11367-8 $5 and $2.50 (4), 11419 another 10
$2.50 another $2.50 89435
1894 – Mint 12263-4 $5 and $2.50 10 pieces, 12694 $2.50 10 pieces 12695 $5 2 pieces, 12723 $5 2
pieces, 12724 $10, 12725 $20, also 15270-3, set 21138-41 Low in 1900, $5 89982
1895 – Mint 13372-5 includes 2 $5 and 10 $2.50
1896 – Mint 16264-7 includes 2 $5 and 10 $2.50, 16563-4 $20 & $10, $2.50 82085
1897 - Mint 17427-30 includes 2 $5 and 10 $2.50 and complete James B Wilson (Elder 10/08 45190-3),
$2.50 89436
1898 – Mint 18360-3 includes 2 $5 and 10 $2.50, also 19251-2 additional $20 and $10, $2.50 82086
1899 – Mint 20782-5 includes 2 $5 and 10 $2.50, $2.50 82088
1900 – Mint 21117-20 includes 2 $5 and 10 $2.50
1901 – Mint 22221-4 includes 2 $5 and 10 $2.50
1902 – Mint 23787-90 includes 2 $5 and 10 $2.50
1903 – Mint 26246-9 includes 1 $5 and 10 $2.50
1904 – Mint 27823-6 includes 2 $5 and 10 $2.50
1905 – Mint 30011-14 includes 1 $5 and 10 $2.50, $2.5 86908
1906 – Mint 34235-8 includes 10 $2.50, 34239 $10, 34240 $20, $2.50 82089
1907 – Mint 39463-6 includes 10 $2.50, additional $10 92128, additional set 93209-12
1908 – Mint 45986-9 includes 10 $2.50, First National Bank of Chicago in 1919 92129-32
1909 – Mint 50741-4 ? includes 10 $2.50, $2.50 78493
1910 – Mint 52077-80 ? includes 5 $2.50
1911 – Mint 61065-8 includes 5 $2.50, 90669-72 Mehl 51st 12/15/18
1912 - 90673-6 Mehl 51st 12/15/18
1913 - 90677-80 Mehl 51st 12/15/18
1914 - 90681-8 Mehl 51st 12/15/18
1915 – 90685-8 Mehl 51st 12/15/18, $10 89411
Quarter eagles from 1883-9 13968-13974, gold dollars 1884,86,87,89 13975-8
Additional gold dollar see also 84575-9 1876,83, 86-88
Journal 4696 was a 40 gold dollars from 1849-89 for $125 from SC Stevens in 1890, unknown if any
proofs were in it.

Regular Proof Sets & Coins
Note: This listing ignores runs of proof seated or minor coinage like 10666-10680 and many others.
Half Cents
Brand had 1831, 1836, 1840-49 original half cents and restrikes including 1852 as well – also check 50081-6 Sears
FPL for possible proofs of non-proof only dates.
1811 Mickley restrike 30608, Dr Hall 49986:1192
1825 87428 Jackman
1829 82727 HC Miller
1831 49986:1199 Hall original, 92001:22 Wurtzbach, 82728 original HC Miller, 11573 (dented on both sides),
28728, Dewitt Smith 46590, 27730 restrike, Woodin 57023, 36730:82
1832 82729 HC Miller
1833, 12171, 32273, 50082 tarnished obv, 57024 tarnished, 92001:24, 82730 HC Miller, 91217
1834 39097 tarnished, 46593, 80047, 82731 HC MIller, 91218
1835 57025, 82732 HC Miller
1836 11574, Dewitt Smith 46595 restrike, 49986:1204 Hall original, 92001:27 Wurtzbach original, 49986:1205 Hall
restrike with later reverse, Woodin 57026 2nd restrike (to Malcolm Jackson?)
1840 11575, Dewitt Smith 46596 original, 82733 original HC Miller, 13064 & 99734 restrike, 36730:88 restrike
1841 11342, 11576, 15509, Dewitt Smith 46597 original, 82734 original HC Miller, 12762, 15510 restrike, 36730:89
restrike, 92001:28 Wurtzbach restrike
1842 82735 original HC Miller, 12763, Dewitt Smith 46598 restrike, 36730:90 restrike, 92001:29 Wurtzbach
restrike
1843 11577, Dewitt Smith 46599 original, 82736 original HC Miller, 15511, 32842 restrike, 36730:91 restrike
1844 11578, 49986:1206 Hall original? listed as small berries later in Tettenhorst papers, 82737 original HC Miller,
92001:30 Wurtzbach original, 15512, 32843, Dewitt Smith 46600 restrike, Woodin 57027 restrike, 36730:92
restrike
1845 32844, 46601 Dewitt Smith restrike, 36730:93 restrike, 92001:31 Wurtzbach restrike
1846 15157 restrike, 46602 Dewitt Smith restrike, 36730:94 restrike, 92001:32 Wurtzbach restrike
1847 13382, 82738 original HC Miller & 99735, 12764, Rice 32845, 46603 Dewitt Smith restrike, Woodin 57028
restrike, 36730:95 restrike, 92001:33 Wurtzbach restrike
1848 13065, 82739 original HC Miller, 32846 restrike, Dewitt Smith 46604 restrike, Woodin 57029 restrike, 99736
restrike, 36730:96 restrike, 92001:34 Wurtzbach restrike
1849 26156, Dewitt Smith 46605 original, 26738, 32847 restrike, 92001:35 Wurtzbach restrike
1850 15514, Dewitt Smith 46608, 82740 HC Miller, 87429
1851 50084
1852 11579 restrike, 12513, DS Wilson 37171, Dewitt Smith 46610 restrike, 48873 (only brought 50 cents
–electro?), Woodin 57030, 80669 restrike, 36730:100 restrike; 49986:1209 Hall restrike, 92001:38 Wurtzbach
restrike
1854 15518? Listed as copper-nickel ie J155 in Armin Brand sale to BGJ, 46612 spotted The actual copper-nickel
came to Brand from Brenner in 1919
1855 Dewitt Smith 46613, 87430
1856 26745, 33865, 43917, Dewitt Smith 46615, 49986:1214 Hall, 92001:42 Wurtzbach
1857 25746, 29428 spotted, 36730:105 dull, 49986:1215 Hall, 50086, 92001:43 Wurtzbach
Items noted as proof
1818 half dollar 10634
1821 cent 49986:1501 (Dr Hall may be PL Unc priced as a proof at $200)
1822 dime 36736 ?
1824 over 2 dime 14292 ? at $20
1825 dime 27573, 81650, quarter M2575 (Chicago Coin Co)
1827 cent 49986:1513, dime 28837
1828 dime 28837, quarter 92369 Mehl 7/19 Granberg
1829 cent 27989 (A-1 - Unc with proof surface), 34088 bronze proof, half dollar 57009 Woodin
1830 dime 81652
1831 55438-43 complete set from SH Chapman in 11/17/10 at $200 believed earlier to be ex Chapman 6/1889
sale lot 886, cent 33446, 46762, half dime 82674, quarter 57015, 81627 B-6
1832 cent small letter 45283 (J.B. Wilson 1908)
1834 cent 20712, half dollar 57010 Woodin (medium large date, large 50C, so not Norweb coin), 50C 29047 small
date, stars and letters
1835 half dollar 32792 (Rice 1906)
1836 LE half dollar 57011 Woodin, 80306, RE half dollar 82707 - 5/27/36 BGJ consignment has slight rubber burn
on obv.
1837 dime 19080, 78666, 82919
1838 cent 27981, 1838 half dollar (ex Cox, not identified in journal)
1839 dime 81658, quarter 44111 Gschwend lot 443 brought only $1.25 offered to Raymond 10/30/33 and
doesn’t appear to match the Pittman coin see Kelly 2/13/41, seated half dollar with drapery 82708 Elder
4/13/17 Henry C Miller lot 523, consigned to BGJ 5/27/36), 1839-o half dollar 92362 from Mehl 1919 Granberg
sale
1840 cent 27982, 92000:136, ½ dime see Kelly 2/13/41 invoice
1841 Low 11/06 lots 95a dollar 35895 (a little short of perfect) and lot 117 (silver set from half dime-dollar
35896-900 with dollar described as not as brilliant as remainder), the dime 35899 is described as no drapery in
1935 !, 27983, 29434, 78743, 79593 cent, 92000:138 cent

1843 cent 27984, dollar 33407 somewhat tarnished
1844 cent 46797, 49986:1550, half dime 49986:1101, dime 49986:893
1845 cent 49986:1552, quarter 81634, dollar 81609
1846 39098-104 complete set from Stickney sale at $340, another cent 33863 HP Smith II, half dime 49986:1106
and 84517, dime 49986:897, half dollar 91222, dollar 33851 tarnished, 39098 spot on obv, 78610 recut date
1847 cent 33627 A-3 from Nagy at $10, half dime 85160, half dollar 81617 US Coin 2/20/17, dollar 81610
1848 cent 27985, 46806, 49038 (Zabriskie), 49986:1560, 92000:150, half dime 92372 Mehl 7/19 Granberg, quarter
28824
1849 cent A-5 27986, 92000:153, dime 39073, 81663, quarter 75541, half dollar 81618 US Coin 2/20/17
1850 cent 92000:154, half dime 85161, quarter 33427, dollar 17240 dull, 39057, 78611, 92345
1851 dollar 10019 restrike, 80648
1852 cent 45289 (J.B. Wilson), dollar 10020, 80649 restrike
1853 quarter 39066 (Stickney)
1854 cent 49986:1571,92000:159, dime 81665, quarter 81638, dollar 52612
1855 cent 27987, 75588, 79594, dollar 33852, DS Wilson set 37172 lot 1034
1856 large cent 33865, A11 46819, A11 79595, 89833, 92000:162, dollar 35959 Adams 11/06 sale, DS wilson set
minus large cent has flying eagle 37173 lot 1035, half cent Woodin 57031 also 90774, dollar 75533, complete set
126760 Hesslein 6/14/23 lot 1467 no flying eagle
1857 29421-8 complete set both cents cost $20, 87431 half cent, 27988, 31099, 36730:105, 49986:1577, 75596,
cent 31099, 79596, 92000:163, 75539 half dollar, 81612 dollar, set 37173, set 126761 Hesslein 6/14/23 lot 1468
both cents
1858 – 10022-28 Steigerwalt 2/1/93, 88576:36 fine, dollar 10022
1864 small motto 2 cent – 34208, Dr Hall 49986:?? from Page collection
Proof Set Runs
1856 37173 & 126760
1857-74, 76-79, 82-94 36730:486-519 Worthy collection, 1857 set missing half cent, 2 1873 sets one 7 piece
w/arrows, trade dollar, other 10 piece w/o arrows seated dollar
1859-1894 12765 37 proof sets 295 pieces from Stevens 12/8/94 $150 includes 2 1873 sets one no arrows with
dollar, other with arrows and trade dollar – see subsidiary ledger.
1860,61,64,67,69,71,72 16669-76 Low 1/97
1872-1886 2359-2487, the 1873 only had one of the dime, quarter, half, dollar-unknown which one, later sets had
both dollars, 3 1883 nickels etc
1873 87454 Jackman with arrows and trade dollar 7 pieces, 95066-72 w/arrows with the gold as well
1875-6 12613-12636 missing 1875 cent, Wurtzbach 92004:253
1877 94351-8 – set also included the gold
1881 45124 complete set from H Chapman which included the gold
1887-9 11198-11218
1867 minor set 39105-8 from Stickney lot 1846
1873-1891 11299-11317 minor sets based on the coin counts
1876 Wurtzbach 92004:257
1877 Wurtzbach 92004:262
1882-3 31101-5 minor sets ?
1884, 1885, 1887 (2) minor sets 90065-8
1889 minor sets Dr Hall 49986:780-98, Wurtzbach 92004:252
1890 minor sets Dr Hall 49986:799-817
1890 Wurtzbach 92004:259
1891 Wurtzbach 92004:263
1892 Wurtzbach 92004:255
1893 Wurtzbach 92004:254
1894 Wurtzbach 92004:256
1895 Wurtzbach 92004:260
1896 Wurtzbach 92004:261
1904 Wurtzbach 92004:258
1905-1915 92147 11 proof sets at $11.11
1908-12 106032-44 (1908 4), (1909 with indian cent 3), (1909 with lincoln cent 8), 1911 (5), 1912 (5)
Brand yearly purchases
1892 11319-11324 complete set + 11325 minor set
1893 11369-11374 complete set + 11375 minor set, 11420 another 10 sets, 15274-9 another set
1894 12265-71 10 sets + 12272 20 minor sets, 12692 20 minor set, 12693 10 full sets
1895 13376 10 sets + 13377 20 minor sets
1896 16268 10 sets + 16269 20 minor sets
1897 17431 10 sets + 17431 10 minor sets
1898 18364 10 sets + 18365 20 minor sets
1899 20780 10 sets + 20781 10 minor sets
1900 21121 10 sets + 21122 10 minor sets
1901 22225 10 sets + 22226 10 minor sets
1902 23791 10 sets + 23792 10 minor sets
1903 26250 10 sets + 26251 10 minor sets
1904 27827 10 sets + 27828 10 minor sets
1905 30009 10 sets + 30010 30 minor sets
1906 34234 10 sets + 34233 40 minor sets
1907 39467 10 sets + 39468 20 minor sets
1908 45990 10 sets + 45991 30 minor sets
1909 49066 20 minor sets 6/09 which pennies are in these ? 50745 10 sets, 50746 60 minor sets, 78582 set 5
piece for $1, Elder 2/23/17 81994 7 pieces, 1909 VDB 82003 elder 2/23/17
1910 52081 10 sets + 52082 40 minor sets, 56853 5 sets from Comparette (Mint) 2/8/2911
1911 61069 10 sets + 61070 19 minor sets, 81995 Elder 2/23/17 5 pieces
1912 92147 from the 11 year set run above
1913 81996 Elder 2/23/17 6 pieces both nickels
1914 81997 Elder 2/23/17
1915 81998 Elder 2/23/17