On November 2, 2022, Heritage Auctions will offer Mike Coltrane’s U.S. coin collection at an unreserved Signature Sale. Mike enjoyed a variety of numismatic pursuits including currency (to be sold in a Showcase auction on October 30), coins, and related financial documents. He was a student of history, always seeking to learn something new as […]
Stack’s is offering some of the rarest issues that came out of the Georgia gold rush. 1840-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle obverse. Stack’s Bowers is offering a selection of vintage US gold coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company™ (NGC®) that were struck at the Dahlonega Mint, which was active in Georgia from 1838 to 1861. […]
1840-D Liberty Head Half Eagle (Obverse). Winter 3-B. Tall D. MS-61 (PCGS). CAC. Stack’s Bowers Galleries is thrilled to announce the incredible Hendricks Set of half eagles from the Fairmont Collection, a landmark feature of their Spring 2022 Showcase Auction. Spanning the Classic Head and Liberty Head half eagle series from 1834 through 1908, the Hendricks Set […]
Historic sunken treasure is finally back in The Big Easy after a 167-year journey from the California Gold Rush, an arduous railroad trip across Panama, and being submerged more than 7,000 feet underwater when the S.S. Central America sank in 1857 A unique, sunken treasure gold coin that made its way from New Orleans to […]
Heritage Auctions senior numismatist Sarah Miller recently shared on social media that a 1861-D gold dollar struck by the Confederacy is up for bid in their United States Coins Signature Auction #1327, February 18-21, 2021. The coin’s catalog description reads: 1861-D G$1 AU55 PCGS. Variety 12-Q. The 1861-D is one of the most famous gold […]
1861-D $5 NGC/CAC VF35. An elusive and historically significant southern branch mint issue that has an official mintage of just 1,597 pieces and an unknown (but tiny) production under the auspices of the Confederacy. Numismatics is filled with a wide range of historical aspects, but one of the most popular focuses for collections is Southern Mint […]
The obverse of the 1830 $2.50 PCGS MS61 gold coin struck by private assayer, Templeton Reid. (Photo courtesy Kagin’s) A small gold coin with a face value of $2.50 when it was struck in northern Georgia in 1830 sold for a record price of $480,000 to an anonymous Georgia collector in an auction in Atlanta […]
The obverse of the 1830 $2.50 Templeton Reid. The first privately issued gold coin in the United States. (Photo courtesy Kagin’s) The finest PCGS MS-61 certified 1830 $2.50 Templeton Reid pioneer gold coin is being offered in the official American Numismatic Association National Money Show auction by Kagin’s Auction on February 27th in Atlanta, Georgia. […]
1853-D Quarter Eagle, MS62, Rare in Mint State, None Certified Finer. Scarce in all grades, the 1853 Dahlonega quarter eagle is rare in Mint State and unknown any finer than the MS62 level. The latest Doug Winter reference pegs the number of surviving pieces in all grades at 85 to 105 coins — a figure […]
An 1849-C G$1 Open Wreath MS62 PCGS Secure, one of the rarest and most valuable coins in the U.S. gold series, is the centerpiece of Heritage Auctions Aug. 13, 2015, Platinum Night offerings from the company’s Aug. 12-16, 2015 ANA U.S. Coins Auctions in Chicago, IL. “This is an issue of the rarest gold dollar ever […]
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