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1794 Silver Dollar Coin Sells for World Record $10 Million

Stack's Bowers Galleries — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:04:20 +0000

Leading rare coin auctioneer Stack's Bowers Galleries conducted one of the most highly-anticipated events in numismatic history on January 24, 2013 with the sale of the record-setting Cardinal Collection.

The highlight of the evening was the $10,016,875 sale of the coveted 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar [...]

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The Cardinal Collection Crosses Block Jan. 24 in Americana Sale

Stack's Bowers Galleries — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:45:04 +0000

On January 24, 2013 in New York City, Stack's Bowers Galleries will auction The Cardinal Collection, one of the most significant U.S. coin collections ever assembled.

The Cardinal Collection features some of the rarest and most expensive United States coins of any denomination, type or [...]

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Finest 1792 Silver Half Disme Anchors New York Americana Sale

Stack's Bowers Galleries — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:40:57 +0000

A Superb Gem 1792 silver half disme highlights Stack's Bowers annual New York Americana Sale, held January 22-24, 2013.

Graded MS-68 by NGC, none finer is known. It is the only example certified at this level by any service [...]

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Sixpence Coin Discovered in Potato Field May Top $100,000 in Auction

Stack's Bowers Galleries — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:25:17 +0000

A famously rare New England sixpence, considered the most valuable American coin ever found with a metal detector, will cross the block in the Stack's Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Baltimore Expo. Today, rare coin experts believe the sixpence will sell for a price over $100,000 [...]

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$42+ Million Realized by Stack’s Bowers in Philadelphia Coin Auctions

Stack's Bowers Galleries — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:53:54 +0000

Stack's Bowers Galleries recently conducted the Official Auction of the Philadelphia ANA World's Fair of Money and ANA/PNG Pre-Show from August 4-10, and delivered truly outstanding results.

The sale contained exceptional coins from collections like the Battle Born Collection, the Hoosier Flyer Collection, the Dorchester Heights Collection, the Philip Winston Pillsbury Collection of Flying Eagle [...]

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Battle Born Collection Realizes Nearly $10M, Led by 1873 Dime

Stack's Bowers Galleries — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:29:52 +0000

Leading international rare coin auction house Stack's Bowers Galleries conducted one of the most highly-anticipated events in numismatic auction history on August 9, 2012, with a record-setting numismatic collection, the Battle Born Collection of Carson City Mint Coinage.

The highlight of the night was the coveted '1873-CC No Arrows Liberty Seated' dime, which sold for a record $1.84 million USD -- the most expensive dime ever sold at auction [...]

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Stack’s Bowers June Baltimore Coin Auction Realizes Nearly $11M

Stack's Bowers Galleries — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:57:03 +0000

Stack's Bowers Galleries conducted the Official Auction of the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Baltimore Expo on June 27-29, an impressive sale that realized $10,929,460.

The auction featured coins from several major collections, including the Land of Smiles Collection of Liberty Nickels, Selections from the Anne Kate Collection, the Winecrest Collection Part II, the Walking Liberty Tribute Collection, and much more [...]

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1907 UHR Double Eagle Gold Coin Tops $2.7M in Stack’s Bowers Auction

Stack's Bowers Galleries — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:13:47 +0000

The finest-graded specimen of America's "most beautiful coin," the MCMVII (1907) Proof Ultra High Relief double eagle graded Proof-69 by PCGS, crossed the auction block on the evening of Friday, June 29, 2012.

A price of $2,760,000 had been won with the fall of the hammer at the Stack's Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Expo [...]

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Sacagawea Dollar / Quarter Mule Error to be Sold in August

Stack's Bowers Galleries — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:00:56 +0000

Set to cross the block in Stack's Bowers Galleries Official August 2012 Philadelphia ANA World's Fair of Money Auction is the famously rare Sacagawea dollar / Washington Statehood quarter muling.

This remarkable error was first discovered in 2000 by Frank Wallis of Mountain Home, Arkansas, and that discovery piece was subsequently sold by Bowers and Merena at the August 2000 ANA Millennium Sale for $29,900 [...]

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1907 UHR Double Eagle Featured in Stack’s Bowers Baltimore Coin Auction

Stack's Bowers Galleries — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:58:43 +0000

Stack's Bowers Galleries, the Official Auctioneer of the Whitman Coins and Collectible Expo in Baltimore, is proud to present the blockbuster MCMVII (1907) Ultra High Relief Saint-Gaudens double eagle offered as lot 4438.

The coin is the single finest certified example of the type in the absolutely stunning grade of Proof-69 (PCGS); no examples have been graded finer than this coin at either of the major grading services [...]

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