The Collection of Irish Coins formed by the Late Adolf Ganter
Adolf Charles Ganter (1925 - 2009)
Adolf Charles Ganter (1925-2009), born into a family of watch and clockmakers in Dublin, qualified as a dental surgeon in 1949 and ran his own practice in the city from 1951 to 1991. An enthusiastic amateur genealogist, he traced his family tree in Germany back to 1590 (his grandfather had emigrated to Dublin from the Black Forest in 1862). He had a huge range of interests,from trout .fishing (being a past President of the Dublin Trout Anglers Association) to gardening and numismatics.
Mr Ganter began collecting Irish coins in the late 1960s, coinciding with the publication of the popular catalogues by Dowie and Finn and Seaby. He bought most of his coins from the late Emil Szauer and the late Stuart Lane, augmented by occasional purchases from dealers in England; a few later additions were made by his son in recent years. Mr Ganter published two articles on the subject in Irish Numismatics in the early 1980s, one of which researched references about coins in the works of James Joyce.
Collection Information
This collection was sold on 26 September 2011.
Other Collections Sold in 2011
- The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection
- The Allan and Janet Woodliffe Collection of Medals relating to the Reconquest and Pacification of The Sudan 1896-1956
- The Collection of Militaria Formed by The Late R.E. Handley
- Medals to Great War Casualties from the Collection of the late Ian Livesley
- World Paper Money From The Collection of The Late Julian Da Graca
- British Medals From the Collection of David Corrick
- British Coins from the Collection of Dr George de Bruin
- The Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins formed by the late Edward Roehrs
- The Collection of Irish Coins formed by the Late Adolf Ganter
- 18th Century Tokens from the Dr Allen Bennett Collection
- Greek Coins from the Collection of the Late Alan Harrison
- The Great War Medal Collection of Robin H.J. Darvell
- Roman Coins from the Collection of the Late Alan Harrison
- Collection of Sixpences formed by the late Alfred Bole
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