Newman Portal (NNP) Presents Alan V. Weinberg Collections, Formerly on NeoCollect.com

NeoCollect.com, created by John Sallay, served as a virtual platform for exhibition of numismatic collections. Closed earlier this year, Sallay graciously made available to NNP a portion of thesite content. With the permission of John Sallay and Alan Weinberg, NNP adopted this content and now exhibits a number of Weinberg collections. These focus on early American coinage (Massachusettssilver, 1792 patterns, early large cents) and American medals in a number of specialized areas including Agricultural and Mechanical societies, lifesaving medals, Civil War, and others.

All of these pieces tell a story. The 1871 George F. Robinson medal was awarded by Congress to Robinson for his heroism in saving the life of William Seward, Secretary of State, on the night ofApril 14, 1865. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the same evening, was actually a conspiracy - the President, the Vice President Andrew Johnson, and Seward were all targeted. John Wilkes Boothalone achieved the aim of the conspirators. Today, Robinson's gold medal is in the Smithsonian. Weinberg knows of only two in silver, while the copper examples are more plentiful. Still, the NewmanPortal identifies only 30 auction appearances in total since the 1850s - indicating an "availability" of once every 5-6 years. A single collection held two pieces, the identity of which is nosurprise - John J. Ford had both a silver and copper example.

Link to Weinberg collections on Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/imagecollections

Link to George F. Robinson medal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/imagedetail/510892?col=510054