Media Relations
Press Release - May 8, 2002
Heritage Breaks Internet Currency Bidders Record
Dallas, TX -- Heritage's CurrencyAuction.com sale, which closed Sunday night, April 15, sold 654 lots (80.739%) for a total sell-through of $52,213.45. With 342 bidders participating, 154 were successful.“342 bidders is a lot for an Internet currency auction,” said Heritage’s co-chairman, Jim Halperin. “In fact, with respect to the number of participants, this was our best currency Internet-only auction to date. But keep watching. We’ll be looking to break this record very soon.”
All Heritage auction results are posted at Heritage’s award winning website, http://www.HeritageCoin.com.
Every single-item lot includes full-color enlargeable images of the obverse and reverse, to help bidders determine their bids with confidence.
Below are a few of the highlights from the April 15 CurrencyAuction.com sale:
1880 $10 Legal Tender Note, Fr-113, Gem $2,817.50
http://images.heritagecoin.com/images/hnai/75/32041/32041001040o.jpg
1896 $1 Silver Certificate, Fr-224, CGA Gem $2,472.50
http://images.heritagecoin.com/images/hnai/75/32041/32041001001o.jpg
1862 $1 Legal Tender Note, Fr-16, CGA $2,300.00
http://images.heritagecoin.com/images/hnai/75/32041/32041009001o.jpg
1934 $1,000 Light Green Seal Federal $1,207.50
1934-A $1,000 Federal Reserve Note $1,207.50
1896 $1 Silver Certificate, Fr-224, CU $1,035.00
1878 $2 Legal Tender Note, Fr-48, Choice $977.50
1934-A $500 Federal Reserve Note $747.50
The complete prices realized along with full-color images of every coin in this sale, and all other Heritage auctions, are available at no charge to Heritage Coin members at:
http://www.heritagecoin.com/auctions/PricesRealized.asp (membership is totally free).
More photography available on request.

