The Finest Known 1913 Liberty Head Nickel The Dr. William Morton-Smith Specimen Superb Proof-66 (PCGS). CAC. Ex Eliasberg Lot 1096 Rarities Night • August 15, 2018 • 6:00 pm An Official Auctioneer of the ANA World’s Fair of Money® How to Bid Before the Live Auction There are several ways to bid prior to the start of the live auction. Fax/Mail Bid Sheet Use the enclosed bid sheet and mail or fax it to us. If sending by mail, please allow sufficient time for the postal service. Mail: Att. Auction Department Fax: 949.253.4091 Stack’s Bowers Galleries 1231 East Dyer Rd., Ste 100 Santa Ana, CA 92705 United States Phone Telephone Stack’s Bowers Galleries at 949.253.0916 Internet View additional images and add items to your personal tracking list.You may also place bids and check their status in real time. Visit our website at www.stacksbowers.com. 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If an international order will be settled using a different form of payment, please or 949.253.0916 contact us by phone or email to have the wire fee removed. If the wire will be sent in any currency other than USD, Stack’s Bowers Galleries needs to be contacted prior to the transfer in order to arrange for an intermediary bank. The Finest Known 1913 Liberty Head Nickel The Dr. William Morton-Smith Specimen Superb Proof-66 (PCGS). CAC. Ex Eliasberg Lot 1096 Rarities Night Wednesday, August 15, 2018 6:00 pm Room 115A Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 California Office New York Office New England Office Hong Kong Office 1231 E. Dyer Road, Ste 100 123 W. 57th St. P.O. 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Quinn Richard Ponterio Manning Garrett Ext. 290 – [email protected] Eric Schena [email protected] Steve Price Steve Tureen Ben Mahaffey Ext. 260 – [email protected] Brad Yonaka [email protected] Customer Service Nicole Rose Marketing and Shipping and Receiving Jeremy Carlson Mary Ross Graphic Design Jason Best Samantha Douglas Brian Torre Jennifer Meers Tyler Hartge Cody Gross Kent Tran Millie Wu Jose Martinez Sarah Jackels Erin Zirschky Photography Jolie Jiang Administrative Karen Bridges Cynthia LaCarbonara Accounting Carol Holt Jeremy Katz David Lam Eric Choi Larissa Mulkern David Le Andrew Glassman Dan Malo Travis McDonald Tracey Kasparian Keven Tran Crystal Ng James Nguyen Jacob Ohlemeyer Asha Ramcharan Information Technology Robin Olson Eric Rodriguez Kenny Chao DJ Olivares Naomi Ropati Jay Freeman Rarities Night • Wednesday, August 15, 2018, 6:00 pm et Dr. William “Bill” Morton-Smith Dr. William “Bill” Morton- Their donation of 6000 Japanese prints to Boston’s Museum Smith was born on March 16, of Fine Art in the early 1920s is an important part of that 1948, in New York, New York. Museum’s collection. He and his sister, Adrienne, Bill continued his story by telling me that he was inspect- were raised in the city by their ing the desk’s drawers and compartments one day when he parents, Katrina and James. Bill opened up a compartment and discovered the coins. He attended The Buckley School, St. was stunned that the coins had not been found before! He Mark’s Preparatory School and said this find transformed him from someone with a casual the University of North Carolina, interest in coins into a true collector. New Hampshire Office: 603.569.0823 Chapel Hill. He completed his I advised Bill to submit the set of Liberty nickels to PCGS Q. David Bowers medical degree at the University [email protected] of Southern California. along with other highlights from his collection. He did so and we were both happy with the results. After he received Christine Karstedt While on medical rotation in London, Bill was set up on Ext 361 – [email protected] the graded coins, he remarked that his only complete set was a blind date with his future wife, Rhodabel. After a long- Melissa Karstedt the Liberty nickels. I pointed out that he was missing the Ext 362 – [email protected] distance relationship, Rho and Bill were wed in Gargrave, 1913 date, a very rare coin that would make his set complete. Rho’s hometown in Yorkshire, England. After Bill completed Hong Kong Office: +852.2117.1191 It was then that Bill asked me to find a 1913 Liberty nickel to his residency at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, Nirat Lertchitvikul finish his collection. We eventually acquired one – the Gem [email protected] California, the couple moved to Santa Barbara, where Bill Proof example being offered in this auction. would live for the next 35 years. Bill and Rho had three Ping Lertchitvikul Bill and I became good friends and met regularly for lunch. [email protected] children: Timothy, Nicholas and Emma. We would talk about coins, old cars, the stock market, and Singapore: “Dr. Bill,” as most knew him, ran a private medical practice various topics of the day. He developed his knowledge of nu- Frederick Yow for 20 years. As Santa Barbara’s medical community would mismatics and obtained more rare coins for his collection. [email protected] tell you, Bill was an exceptional physician who cared for his He always looked forward to going to the Long Beach coin Paris: +33.6.14.32.3177 patients with the utmost excellence and deepest compassion. show and would usually bring a special coin from his collec- Maryna Synytsya In 2001, he closed his practice and, after Rho’s passing, he tion to show to other collectors.