Estimated price: 8000 €GREECE. MYSIA. Cyzicus. Tetradrachm ø 26mm (15,20g).
350 - 300 BC. Charming style! Finely toned and
well-centred on a broad flan! Extremely fine.
Auctions 306 & 307 - Ancient & Modern Coins and Medals195
Estimated price: 6500 €GREECE. IONIA. Phokaia. Hekte ø 11mm (2,57g).
521 - 478 BC. Electron! RR! Bodenstedt lists only 8 examples!
Masterpiece of archaic art! Extremely fine.
Auctions 306 & 307 - Ancient & Modern Coins and Medals211
Estimated price: 25000 €GREECE. KILIKIA. Tarsos. Mazaios, 361 - 334 BC.
Dareike ø 17mm (8,21g). 361 - 364 BC. Gold!
Otherwise unknown variant of the rare type! RRR!
Auctions 306 & 307 - Ancient & Modern Coins and Medals249
Estimated price: 30000 €ROMAN REPUBLIC AFTER 211 BC.
Marcus Antonius 38 BC. Aureus ø 19mm (8,15g).
Gold! RRR! Very fine.
Auctions 306 & 307 - Ancient & Modern Coins and Medals399
Estimated price: 24000 €ROMAN IMPERIAL PERIOD. Carinus, 283 - 285 AD.
Aureus ø 20mm (5,10g).Gold! RR!
Mint state splendid specimen!
Auctions 306 & 307 - Ancient & Modern Coins and Medals481
Estimated price: 1000 €ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINAGE. NIKAIA. Nero, 54 - 68 AD.
AE obol ø 28mm (14.69g). Marvellous black-brown patina,
extremely fine.
Auctions 306 & 307 - Ancient & Modern Coins and Medals1010
Estimated price: 7500 €GERMAN COINS AND MEDALS UNTIL 1871.
BRANDENBURG / PRUSSIA. Frederick William,
“the Great Elector”, 1640 - 1688. 1682 LCS ducat, Berlin.
Auctions 306 & 307 - Ancient & Modern Coins and Medals2045
Estimated price: 5000 €GERMAN COINS AND MEDALS UNTIL 1871.
CITY OF REGENSBURG. double ducat without year
(1745 - 1765), Regensburg.
Auctions 306 & 307 - Ancient & Modern Coins and Medals2110
Estimated price: 9000 €AUSTRIA - HUNGARY, HABSBURG UNTIL 1866.
Maximilian I, 1490-1519. Guldiner without year, Hall.
Attractive toning, slight mint weakness, almost extremly fine.
Auctions 306 & 307 - Ancient & Modern Coins and Medals2278
Estimated price: 2000 €RUSSIA. GREAT PRINCIPALITY / EMPIRE.
Alexander I, 1801 - 1825. 1812 ruble , St. Petersburg.
Splendid specimen! Extremely rare in this condition.
Auctions 306 & 307 - Ancient & Modern Coins and Medals2479
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Records Shattered in Stack’s Bowers Rarities Night 2023 Global Showcase Auction

Stack’s Bowers Galleries

Global Showcase Auction 2023

Coins

16 August 2023

US-Costa Mesa

Exciting United States rarities saw exceptionally strong bidding activity with numerous record prices achieved in Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ Rarities Night session, held on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. Broadcast live from Griffin Studios, the firm’s state of the art auction facility in Costa Mesa, gold coins performed with particular brilliance throughout the session, which realized more than $11 million. The 229 high-end American rarities drew fierce bidding from active participants worldwide, with online and phone bidders battling to acquire these numismatic treasures. (All prices listed include the 20% buyer’s fee.)

Lot 5157: 1870-CC Liberty Head Eagle. Winter 1-A. AU-58 (PCGS). CAC. Finest Known for this Rare Key Date Issue. Result: $1,080,000.

Lot 5157: 1870-CC Liberty Head Eagle. Winter 1-A. AU-58 (PCGS). CAC. Finest Known for this Rare Key Date Issue. Result: $1,080,000.

Taking top position and shattering the previous record for the issue was lot 5157, the freshly discovered and now finest known 1870-CC $10, graded PCGS AU-58 and approved by CAC. After intense bidding from numerous phone bidders, this historic piece realized $1,080,000.

Other impressive gold coins brought incredibly strong prices, including lot 5113, an 1879 Flowing Hair $4 Stella, graded Proof-67* Cameo by NGC and tied for finest seen by that grading service. This superb example of the perennially popular issue brought a healthy $312,000, attesting to its desirability and outstanding eye appeal.

Lot 5125: 1815 Capped Head Left Half Eagle. BD-1, the only known dies. Rarity-7. MS-64 (PCGS). Only Six in Private Hands, Second Finest Known. Result: $720,000.

Lot 5125: 1815 Capped Head Left Half Eagle. BD-1, the only known dies. Rarity-7. MS-64 (PCGS). Only Six in Private Hands, Second Finest Known. Result: $720,000.

A trove of classic early “old tenor” half eagles saw extremely active bidding as demonstrated by lot 5125, a near-Gem grade 1815, the second finest known of just a half dozen examples traced to privately held collections, which brought $720,000. Once a part of the Garrett Collection, when this MS-64 PCGS example crossed the block it set a record for that grade and, befitting its status as second finest known, achieved the second highest price ever recorded for this great rarity.

Lot 5126: 1819 Capped Head Left Half Eagle. BD-1. Rarity-6+. 5D/50. MS-64 (PCGS). CAC. A Classic American Rarity. Result: $384,000.

Lot 5126: 1819 Capped Head Left Half Eagle. BD-1. Rarity-6+. 5D/50. MS-64 (PCGS). CAC. A Classic American Rarity. Result: $384,000.

Half eagles continued to shine as lot 5126, an 1819 $5 BD-1 variety graded PCGS MS-64 CAC, realized a record price of $384,000, surpassing prices achieved even by higher graded examples. Immediately following, lot 5127 offered another early “old tenor” half eagle, an extraordinary Gem 1830 Large D, graded PCGS MS-66 CAC. Tied for highest graded and the sole finest approved at CAC, this extraordinary Gem realized $420,000, surpassing the $305,500 record price achieved by the MS-66 example offered in the May 2016 Pogue Part IV sale.

Lot 5027: 1821 Capped Bust Quarter. B-5. Rarity-7+ as a Proof. Proof-64 (PCGS). Just Six Traced from All Die Pairings. Result: $252,000.

Lot 5027: 1821 Capped Bust Quarter. B-5. Rarity-7+ as a Proof. Proof-64 (PCGS). Just Six Traced from All Die Pairings. Result: $252,000.

However, it was not only gold coins that attracted huge prices. Bidding was intense when two newly confirmed and certified Proof Capped Bust coins crossed the block. Lot 5027, an 1821 B-5 quarter graded Proof-64 by PCGS, exceeded a quarter million dollars at $252,000. Lot 5034, the sole Proof 1828 half dollar from any die marriage, graded PCGS Proof-58, realized $192,000, confirming this offering as an astoundingly rare opportunity for the advanced Bust Half Nut.

A Fine-15 1792 half dime, graded by PCGS and approved by CAC, shattered the price records for this highly popular collector grade when lot 5023 brought $120,000! Among modern rarities, a PCGS MS-63+ RD example of the 1969-S Doubled Die cent, approved by CAC, realized a very healthy $72,000 as lot 5016.

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