Heritage World Coin Auction Presents a Potpourri of Rarities!

Dallas, TX: Heritage World Coin Auctions (HWCA) will hold their latest Signature Auction on June 2 & 3, 2005 in Long Beach, California, as part of Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc. official auction at the Long Beach Coin Expo.

"We're very pleased to present the Tortuga Collection of Latin American Coinage," said Warren Tucker, Director of HWCA. "This magnificent collection includes a fantastic run of Bolivian coinage, featuring more than 200 cobs from the reigns of Philip II through Charles III - and highlighted by an astonishing seven Royal cobs! Also included are major selections from Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and Spain, with smaller specialty collections of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Students of the coinage of the Caribbean often have to wait decades for such an incredible opportunity as this, which is sure to generate quite a bit of bidding frenzy."

"Also spotlighted in this auction," said Tucker, "is an extensive collection of 250+ Germanic coins, including 15 multiple talers. I have attended many important auctions acclaimed for the depth of their offering in which you could count their multiple talers on one hand! This is an extraordinary opportunity for collectors. The 1664-LW 4 Taler of Christian Ludwig from Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle is a genuinely rare coin, as is the 1633 3 Taler of Gustaf II Adolf Erfurt during the Swedish Occupation."

"One of our absolutely favorite English gold rarities, the Triple Unite of 1642-1644, headlines an impressive list of 200+ English coins, and part of a larger grouping of 400+ coins of the Commonwealth," Tucker added. "Valued at sixty shillings - or three pounds - the Triple Unite is the highest denomination of English hammered coinage. It was only minted during England's Civil War, and shows Charles I on the obverse holding his sword and an olive branch, symbolizing his desire for peace."

Additional highlights of the June 2&3 Auction include:

• South Australia. Gold Adelaide Pound 1852
• Canada. Victoria 1872-H Inverted A 50 Cents--Double Strike, Second Strike 20% Off Center
• Newfoundland. Victoria SPECIMEN 50 Cents 1870
• Switzerland. Confederation 1850 Presentation Set
• France. Louis XV gold 2 Louis d'Or 1716-S (Troyes), KM426.10, young bust with curly hair, AU58 PCGS
• Colmar. City Taler 1666, Crowned imperial eagle with city shield/City view, Dav-5131, KM18, 26.15 gm, lightly toned, Choice AU.
• Saxe-Meiningen. Georg II Gold 20 Mark 1905-D, Bust left/Eagle, Fr-3859, KM195, prooflike Unc. with some hairlines and a few minor handling marks. Extremely rare with only a tiny fraction of the original mintage of 1,000 pieces surviving.
• Mexico. Republic Gold 2-1/2 Pesos 1888 As/Mo-L, KM412, VF-XF. One of the great rarities of the Republic gold series with few examples offered over the last 50 years.

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