Peter Mougey was not well known as a coin collector. It was only after his death that the highquality of his collection was revealed.

Pierre Nicolaus Mougey was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 23, 1841, the son of DesireMougey (1807-1879) and Felicite Clement Mougey (1815-1882). His parents came from Franceand were Ohio farmers. In numismatic references, his name only appears as Peter Mougey.

He was married in 1871 to Josephine Fieber (1848-1923) and had three sons and two daughters.

Mougey and his partner, F. M. Boyer were partners in Colter & Company wholesale grocers atSixth and Main streets in Cincinnati. They acquired the firm after the 1880 death of founderAaron A. Colter.

Peter Mougey joined the ANA in February 1893 as member 131. A few years later, he was listedas member number 47.

In 1901, Mougey was appointed to the board of directors of Provident Savings Bank and TrustCompany.

Mougey died of pneumonia after a brief illness on February 13, 1908, and is buried with his wifeand parents at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The Cincinnati Post reported on February 21, 1908:

The article went on to describe storage of coins in cotton-lined boxes filed in a heavy tin box.Mougey did not share his collection and showed coins only to his wife.

The Quad-City Times of Davenport, Iowa, had a report on September 7, 1910:

The article did not identify the New York millionaire but it was subsequently revealed to beWilliam H. Woodin. After selecting what he wanted, Woodin consigned the rest to Thomas Elderfor his sale of September 1, 2 & 3, 1910. The sale was timed to run just before the 1910 A.N.A.convention held at the American Numismatic Society in New York City.

Elder emphasized the quality of the collection:

The February 1911 issue of The Numismatist reported on the sale of his collection:

This 1793 Liberty Cap Cent is now known as Sheldon-13 in a PCGS holder as MS-64+BN.

Thomas Elder produced more than a hundred tokens and medals. These were cataloguedoriginally by Thomas K. DeLorey in The Numismatist for June and July 1980. They were thenpublished as Thomas L. Elder A Catalogue of His Tokens and Medals.

DeLorey-13 was a medal Elder produced to commemorate his sale of the Mougey collection.This illustration is from the book.

Pete adds: