SOME FORGOTTEN ITEMS REVEALED My books on the products of both the Coin & Currency Instituteand Whitman Publishing Company made reference to certain products that were likely to have been produced buthad not yet been seen. The recent acquisition of a supply catalog published in 1964 by the Omaha dealership ofAubrey and Adeline Bebee revealed both images and pricing for three products that previously were in the dark.I'm reproducing those images here as a supplement to those books.

The first photo shows Whitman's Executive Coin Hobby Kit, which is described on pages 11-12 of Volume Three.The Bebee catalog reveals that the bulk of its $26.95 price (a whopping amount of money in the '60s) was due tothe attaché case rather than its contents! I seriously doubt that more than a very few of these were sold.

Far more practical would have been the album carrying case seen in the second image. I recall one of these beingoffered on eBay years ago with a really terrible photo, but that was long before I believed there really was such athing. I'd love to have one now, but I've never seen it listed since that time. A similar product for Whitman'sfolders was produced under the Laymond brand, and this is illustrated on page 45 of Volume Three.

Finally is theslip case made for Whitman folders. I do have a number of these, and I'm surprised the company could have soldthem so cheaply even then. The 35¢ retail price was the same as that of the folders 1953-67, but the materials surelymust have cost more. Perhaps, it was viewed as a loss leader.

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