U.S., world coins headline auction

An auction event featuring numismatic treasures spanning the four hemispheres of the globe is set to take place at Heritage’s Sept. 10-13 Signature World Coin Auction at the Long Beach, Calif., Convention Center.

An auction event featuring numismatic treasures spanning the four hemispheres of the globe is set to take place at Heritage’s Sept. 10-13 Signature World Coin Auction at the Long Beach, Calif., Convention Center.

“We’ve put together a very strong, marvelously focused auction,” said Warren Tucker, director of world coins at Heritage Auction Galleries.

The Heritage Signature U.S. Coin Auction, slated for the same venue, features a wide variety including an 1891 $20 PR-67 Ultra Cameo NGC.

Also featured is a 1900 Lafayette dollar MS-67 NGC and an 1892-S $1 MS-62 PCGS.

Leading the way for world coin aficionados is a classic and extremely rare Chinese coin, a Mint State Chihli Tael, Year 33 (1907), KM-Y74.1, L&M-438, MS-63 NGC. This coin is as sculptural as they come, and carries an appeal equally strong numismatically as it artistically. As a classic and exceedingly uncommon issue of the Chinese late Empire series, it carries an estimate of $80,000-$120,000.

“This coin is as attractive as they come,” said Tucker. “It’s fully lustrous with a wonderful gold and gray patina along with superbly defined details on the dragon. There are a lot of collectors bound to be very excited by this coin.”

One of Latin America’s most intriguing coins, the famous Coquimbo Republic Peso 1828-TH, KM88, WR-10, Eliz-98, XF-45 NGC, is an authentic type “A” of this issue. It carries an estimate of $30,000-$40,000.

Scandinavia is well represented by several varieties of Danish coins, including a superb run of specimen Danish 20 kroners featuring a Christian X gold specimen 20 kroner 1926-HCN, KM817.2, Specimen 66 PCGS, with virtually perfect surfaces. Graded 68, this is to believed to be the finest known example of the date. Estimate: $32,500 - $37,500.

The famous “Greenland Dollar,” a Christian VII Danish Asiatic Company Piastre 1777, KM639.2, Davenport 412, Salv-52, AU-58 NGC, rounds out the Danish offerings. It carries an estimate of $40,000-$50,000.

An extreme rarity from Brazil, a Joao V gold 12800 Reis Dobra 1731-R “Italic Shield”, KM148, AU-53 NGC, is one of only a handful of pieces known to exist, most of which are in private museums. As a short-lived type, the 12800 Reis were struck at the Rio de Janeiro mint from 1727 to 1733. It carries a pre-auction estimate of $75,000 - $90,000.

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