Chase Manhattan Bank Money Museum inventory
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Chase Manhattan Bank Money Museum
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The Chase Manhattan Bank Money Museum (1928-1977) was located at Rockefeller Center on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. The collection contained legal tender in a variety of forms, including wampum, ancient and modern coins, and paper money. The bank’s collection had originally been acquired in 1928 from Farran Zerbe. The museum closed in 1977 and most of the collection was donated to the Smithsonian Institution, though an 1804 U.S. dollar was given to the American Numismatic Society, ...
Zerbe, Farran, 1871-
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Born 1871 Tyrone (Pa.) Head numismatist at U.S. Expositions 1904 St Louis (Mo.) Head numismatist at U.S. Expositions 1905 Portland (Oreg.) Owner of The Numismatist 1908 1910 Head numismatist at U.S. Expositions 1915 1916 San Francisco (Calif.) Farran Zerbe (1871-1949) was an internationally renowned numismatic lecturer, writer, and collector whose holdings, which included over 50,000 coins and an extensive library, were sold to Chase National Bank in 1928 where it formed the bas...
