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Harvey Stack: the Smithsonian, the Stefanellis, and how the Mint Got the Eliasberg Collection. Video.

harvey_stack_interview_thumbInterviewer: David Lisot, CoinWeek.com….

In this mini-series of interviews, Stack’s Bowers founder Harvey Stack shares his thoughts and recollections about his 60-plus years in the coin business.

 

Harvey Stack: Stack’s Involvement in the Smithsonian 1987 Display of American Banking. Video: 3:55.

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Hear how Stack’s helped with this important exhibit.

 

Harvey Stack: Recollections of Alex and Elvira Clain-Stefanelli.  VIDEO: 5:01.

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Harvey remembers the Stefanelli’s and how they eventually went to work for the Smithsonian and their work with the National Collection of coinage.

 

Harvey Stack: How the US Mint Ended Up with the Eliasberg Coin Collection. VIDEO: 4:21

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Louis Eliasberg had an enormous coin collection that Stack’s helped to assemble. In 1976 during the Bicentennial a special arrangement was made for the United States Mint to have this collection on view. Harvey shares how this event occurred.

 

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