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24 08, 2018

Joel. R. Anderson Collection of United States Currency Auction Realizes Nearly $10 Million in 2nd Sale

By |2018-08-24T22:16:13+00:00August 24th, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on Joel. R. Anderson Collection of United States Currency Auction Realizes Nearly $10 Million in 2nd Sale

Stack's Bowers Galleries' August 16 offering of Part II of the Joel R. Anderson Collection of United States Paper Money in Philadelphia, achieved nearly $10 million as a room full of enthusiasts vied with online bidders to take home unique, extremely rare and finest-known pieces, as well as type notes in incredible condition. In all, the 70 lots realized $9,652,860, with two notes bringing over $1 million each and well over a quarter of the lots crossing the $100,000 mark. Lot 2021, an 1861 $50 Interest Bearing note (Fr. 202a), the only collectible example of the series and an incredible [...]

23 08, 2018

Ultra Rare 1854-S $5 Gold Coin Acquired By David Lawrence Rare Coins and John Albanese

By |2018-08-23T22:13:15+00:00August 23rd, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on Ultra Rare 1854-S $5 Gold Coin Acquired By David Lawrence Rare Coins and John Albanese

  On August 15th during an auction held at the American Numismatic Association's World Fair of Money in Philadelphia, John Brush of David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC) and John Albanese of Certified Acceptance Corporation (CAC) acquired the fourth identified example of the world-famous 1854-S No Motto Half Eagle for $2.16 million. The coin, which was graded and authenticated by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as Extremely Fine 45, was recently discovered by a New England collector who had the coin submitted to NGC by a dealer acquaintance believing it to be counterfeit. Prior to the discovery of this piece, only three examples [...]

20 08, 2018

Newly Discovered 1854-S $5 Gold Coin Sold for $2.1 Million at Heritage Auctions

By |2018-08-20T22:17:40+00:00August 20th, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on Newly Discovered 1854-S $5 Gold Coin Sold for $2.1 Million at Heritage Auctions

Newly discovered fourth existing 1854-S $5 gold piece initially called a fake One of the world's rarest coins, the fourth known genuine surviving 1854-S San Francisco Mint $5 gold piece  – initially believed to be a fake – sold for $2,160,000 Thursday, August 16, by Heritage Auctions in Philadelphia. The 19th-century gold rarity is one of just 268 struck by the San Francisco Mint in 1854, an extraordinarily low mintage for a U.S. gold coin produced during the California Gold Rush. Of the three remaining 1854-S $5 Liberty half eagle gold coins, one is sequestered in the National Numismatic Collection [...]

13 08, 2018

Mint to Display Three 1933 Double Eagles at ANA World’s Fair of Money

By |2018-08-13T22:18:40+00:00August 13th, 2018|Coin Shop Blog|Comments Off on Mint to Display Three 1933 Double Eagles at ANA World’s Fair of Money

Display Will Include Previously Unknown Piece The United States Mint announced that it will display three of the nation's 1933 Double Eagle Gold Coins in booth 218 at the American Numismatic Association's World's Fair of Money in Philadelphia from August 14 to August 18. The display will feature two of the 10 pieces recovered by the government in 2004. Those coins were the subject of 11 years of litigation, which was resolved last year in favor of the government. The Mint will also display the previously undisclosed specimen that was voluntarily and unconditionally given over to the government by a [...]

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