The John Gideon Laidacker Collection

John Laidacker lived from 1867-1927 and, among other things, was a station agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad. His work afforded him a nearly unique opportunity to pluck superb coins out of circulation and from fresh bank rolls (and proximity to the Philadelphia Mint probably didn't hurt either).

While it was thought that most of his collection was sold at auction in the 1950s, we were recently fortunate enough to acquire a large number of remaining coins from the estate.