Media Relations
Press Release - April 4, 2003
Heritage Twice-Monthly Internet Currency Auction Breaks $100,000 Barrier
Dallas, TX -- Heritage's 926-lot Internet CurrencyAuction.com sale #33032, which closed Sunday night at 10pm CT, March 30, sold 705 lots (80.77%) for a total sell-through of $105,771.90. With 462 bidders participating, 216 were successful.“We’re very excited to have broken $100,000 for the first time in a CurrencyAuction.com Internet-only sale. This is a great indicator that even with an uncertain stock market or tentative world situation, rare currency continues to be a very stable hobby in which to be invested,” said Jim Halperin, Co-Chairman of Heritage. 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 March 30 CurrencyAuction.com sale:
An original pack of 100 1963 $2 Legal Tender Notes, Fr-1513, all grading Choice to Gem Crisp Uncirculated realized $1035.
1928 $1,000 Federal Reserve Note, Fr-2210-F, XF Realized $2,012.50
1934-A $20 Hawaii Federal Reserve Note, Fr-2305, Gem CU realized $862.50
1891 $1 Silver Certificate, Fr-223, Gem CU realized $1207.50
1880 $10 Legal Tender Note, Fr-111, Gem Crisp Uncirculated Realized $1,552.50
The complete prices realized along with full-color images of every piece in this sale, and all other Heritage auction results, 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.
To bid in future auctions, simply go to Heritage’s web site www.HeritageCoin.com, and join their free web community. Heritage’s Internet-only Currency Auctions close on the 15th and 30th of every month at 10pm CT. Those interested in consigning to Heritage auctions are invited to visit a special section on the website at: http://www.heritagecoin.com/selling/index.asp

