Heritage's Long Beach U.S. Coin Auction Realizes $14 Million

DALLAS, TEXAS: Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc., (HNAI) held its most recent Signature Auction September 21-24, 2005 as the Official Auctioneer of the Long Beach Coin Expo. $14,353,756 was realized, with 3,637 total bidders participating, 1,128 of them successfully, for 6,528 total lots. 68 lots were purchased after the auction by 40 bidders for a total of $112,323, although after-auction sales are still ongoing.

"This has been one of the strongest years in numismatics we've ever seen," said Greg Rohan, President of HNAI. "Bidding and participation are aggressive across all categories, and new records are set with virtually every auction. This is a great time to be a numismatist, as exceptional rarities are being offered with amazing frequency. I'm very much looking forward to our next auction, November 3-5, 2005 in Palm Beach, Florida."

Auction highlights included:

• 1916 5C Doubled Die Obverse MS64 PCGS. REALIZED: $264,500.
• 1820 25C PR67 NGC. REALIZED: $218,500.
• 1870-CC $20 XF40 NGC. REALIZED: $184,000.
• 1864 $20 PR64 Cameo NGC. REALIZED: $132,250.
• 1802/1 $2 1/2 MS64 NGC. REALIZED: $115,000.
• 1879 $4 Flowing Hair, Judd-1635, Pollock-1832, 1833, R.3, PR62 NGC. REALIZED: $103,500.
• 1873-CC T$1 MS64 PCGS. REALIZED: $80,500.
• 1861-S $20 Paquet AU53 NGC. REALIZED: $77,625.
• 1909-S VDB 1C MS67 Red PCGS. REALIZED: $77,050.
• 1854-S $2 1/2 --Damaged, Cleaned--ANACS. XF Details, Net VF20. REALIZED: $69,000.
• 1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS65 PCGS. REALIZED: $60,375.
• 1792 H10C Half Disme, Judd-7, Pollock-7, R.4, VF Details, Reverse Scratched NCS. REALIZED: $54,625.
• 1863 $10 PR64 PCGS. REALIZED: $53,475.
• 1862 $5 PR64 Cameo PCGS. REALIZED: $48,875.
• 1909-O $5 MS63 PCGS. REALIZED: $48,875.
• 1795 $5 Small Eagle MS60 Prooflike NGC. REALIZED: $46,000.
• 1864 1C L On Ribbon PR64 Red and Brown NGC. REALIZED: $46,000.
• 1915-S $50 Panama-Pacific 50 Dollar Octagonal MS60 NGC. REALIZED: $46,000.
• 1861 $2 1/2 PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS. REALIZED: $44,850.
• 1922 No D 1C Strong Reverse MS64 Brown PCGS. REALIZED: $43,125.

Images, descriptions, and prices realized from the Long Beach Signature Auction, as well as all previous Heritage auctions, are available in the Permanent Auction Archives at the Heritage website, HeritageCoins.com.

To purchase a catalog for any Heritage Auction, please contact Nicole Jewell at Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc., 3500 Maple Avenue, 17th Floor, Dallas, TX, 75219 or visit HeritageCoins.com to order by credit card.