Bowers and Merena, the world’s preeminent auctioneer for rare coins and currency, will conduct the Official auction of the June 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. This 1930-S Double Eagle is one of nearly 3,500 U.S. coin rarities up for auction at the June 2010 Baltimore Expo (Click to Enlarge) Scheduled for June 16-20, [...]
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The Neil/Carter/Contursi specimen 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar has been sold for $7,850,000, setting a new record as the world’s most valuable rare coin.
The Neil/Carter/Contursi specimen 1794 Flowing Hair dollar, graded PCGS SP66, has been sold by Steven L. Contursi, President of Rare Coin Wholesalers, to the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation for a world’s record $7,850,000. (Photos credit: Rare Coin Wholesalers.) Click to Enlarge.
Graded PCGS Specimen-66, it is the finest known 1794 dollar and believed by several prominent experts to be the first silver dollar ever struck by the United States Mint.
It was sold by Steven L. Contursi, President of Rare Coin Wholesalers of Irvine, California, to the nonprofit Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation (CCEF) in Sunnyvale, California.
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DALLAS, TX – With the final tallies for Heritage’s April 28 to May 3 Milwaukee Central States Numismatic and Currency auctions in at more than $20 million jointly – $16.9 million in rare U.S. Coins and $3.1 million in rare currency – the totals of the two auctions, in combination with the previous week’s Chicago [...]
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DALLAS, TX — There can be no doubt as to the continuing strength and ever-growing interest in the World Coin market after Heritage Auction Galleries April 21-22 Signature® World Coin Auction at the Chicago International Coin Fair (CICF) brought almost 3350 bidders to the table and realized a stunning total of more than $5.2 million. [...]
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Saint-Gaudens coinage continues to anchor demand for rare gold in April 28-30 Milwaukee event DALLAS, TX — A 1921 double eagle, graded MS63 by PCGS and pedigreed to the famous Norweb Collection, is the signature rarity of the upcoming Heritage Auction Galleries U.S. Coin Auction, with floor sessions held April 28 – 30 in conjunction [...]
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Bowers and Merena Auctions, America’s leading rare coin and currency auction house, continues its long-standing and successful partnership with the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo.
This finest PCGS-certified 1901-S Barber Quarter in MS-68 went for a record-setting $327,750. (Click Image to Enlarge)
As Official Auctioneer of the March 2010 expo, Bowers and Merena realized more than $8.5 million in U.S. and foreign, coin and currency sales.
Prices realized for U.S. coins exceeded $5.5 million while U.S. currency accounted for a further $1.3 million of the total, for a combined U.S. prices realized of more than $7 million.
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Russia 1882 3 Rubles Realizes an Astonishing $41,300 IRVINE, Calif. — Ponterio & Associates, America’s premier auction house for foreign coins and paper money, realized more than $1.5 million as part of the Official Auction of the March 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. The three-session sale netted nearly $500,000 in foreign paper money [...]
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World class collections are the name of the game at Heritage Auction Galleries March 25-28 Signature® ANA U.S. Coin Auction, part of the week-long happenings at the ANA National Money Show in Fort Worth, just down the highway a spell from Heritage headquarters in Dallas.
Highlights include commemorative gold, cents large and small, and quarter eagles.
"As always, it’s an honor to present the official auction," said Greg Rohan, President of Heritage Auction Galleries. "Our track record of successful events speaks for itself and is a sign of trust from both the ANA and our consignors. This auction will add to that legacy."
The most impressive grouping of the auction is the commemorative gold, which features no less than seven 1915-S Panama-Pacific fifty dollar gold coins, three round and four octagonal.
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IRVINE, Calif. — Bowers and Merena Auctions, America’s leading rare coin and currency auction house, will conduct the Official Auction of the March 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo.
Scheduled for March 2-6 at the Baltimore Convention Center, the sale will present over 3,300 lots of important United States coins and currency. Ponterio & Associates, division of Bowers and Merena, will present more than 2,400 lots of world and ancient coins and currency.
"We have an impressive selection of rare U.S. coins and notes set for auction at the upcoming March 2010 Baltimore Expo," stated Bowers and Merena president Steve Deeds. "Anchoring the sale is a trio of extremely important coins, all of which have been off the market for decades."
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IRVINE, Calif. — Ponterio & Associates, Inc., the world and ancients auction division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, will conduct its Baltimore Auction of World and Ancient Coins and Currency as part of Bowers and Merena’s Official Auction of the March 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. This extremely rare 1876-A Greek 50 Drachmai [...]
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