Major Auctions & Shows

Bowers and Merena Auctions August 7th, 2010

Bowers and Merena Auctions will host its Boston Rarities Sale on Saturday, August 7, at The Boston Park Plaza Hotel 50 Park Plaza at Arlington Boston, MA 02116-3917. The sale, comprised of nearly 1,800 lots, will feature world-class rarities and highly desirable collectors’ coins.

“Three consignments stand out in my mind as defining elements of the importance of this sale: the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation Mint State Set of 1794 United States Coinage, the Horseshoe Collection of New Orleans Mint gold and silver coins, and the Ostheimer Specimen of the 1870-S Seated Liberty Silver Dollar,” said Greg Roberts, CEO of Bowers and Merena. “With selections as diverse, important and desirable as these, we are confident that our Boston Rarities Sale will see spirited bidding from a wide variety of collectors.”

The Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation (CCEF) Mint Set of 1794 United States Coinage is a fully Mint State complete set of 1794-dated coins struck from the Half Cent through the Silver Dollar with most coins choice to gem in quality. The coins are among the finest known for their respective issues and die varieties, but the obvious highlight of the set is the Virgil Brand-F.C.C. Boyd-Cardinal specimen of the 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. Certified MS-64 by NGC, the coin is Condition Census #4 for the issue and one of only six Mint State examples known to exist. The five coins in the 1794 Mint State Set will be auctioned individually at the beginning of the beginning of the Silver Dollar section.

“This important offering is made possible by the CCEF’s recent acquisition of the Carter-Contursi 1794 Silver Dollar, graded PCGS Specimen-66, which recently sold for $7,850,000 in a transaction that set a world record price for the most valuable coin,” said Roberts.

The Cardinal 1794 Mint State Set:

Saturday, August 7, 1:00 pm EDT

Numismatic Americana, Colonials, Half Cents, Large Cents, Small Cents, Two-Cent Pieces, Silver Three-Cent Pieces, Nickel Three-Cent Pieces, Nickel Five-Cent Pieces, Half Dimes, Dimes, Twenty-Cent Pieces, Quarter Dollars, Half Dollars, Commemorative Silver Coins, Commemorative Gold Coins, Modern Commemoratives, Hawaiian Coins, Bullion, Mint Errors, Mint Sets, Proof Sets

Saturday, August 7, 6:00 pm EDT

Cardinal Collection Mint State Set of 1794 United States Coinage, Silver Dollars, GSA Dollars, Trade Dollars, Modern Dollar, Pattern Coins, Private and Territorial Gold Coins, Confederate Coinage, California Small Denomination Gold, Gold Dollars, Quarter Eagles, Three-Dollar Gold Pieces, Four-Dollar Gold Piece, Half Eagles, Eagles, Double Eagles

Stacks The Johnson-Blue Collection Auction – Sunday, August 8, 2010

Boston Park Plaza Hotel
Terrace Room
50 Park Plaza at Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116
617-426-2000

1:00 PM – Sunday, August 8, 2010

Colonial and Early American Coins, World Coins, Conder Tokens, U.S. Copper, Small Cents – Silver Dollars, Commemoratives, Medals, Proof Sets, Error Coins, Patterns, Private and Territorial Gold, Gold Dollars – Double Eagles.

And, with the features now available to you at the new Stacks.com, it’s easy to focus solely on any single coin classification (or paper money, for that matter).

Take the marvelous cabinet of $10 Gold Eagles for example.

By visiting the Johnson-Blue auction page and choosing “Eagles ($10.00 Gold)” from the drop down menu under Browse Lots, you’ll be presented with a list of just the $10 Gold Eagles, from the first year of issue (1795) onward.

But that’s only the beginning. There are many choice, interesting and rare gold coins in the Johnson-Blue Collection that have been off the market for many years.

Choose “California Small Gold” from the pull-down and you’ll see this delicious list that includes the popular 1853 State Arms Round 50¢, one of the most sought-after of all California fractional gold coins, and the only one to depict the State Arms of California.

There’s also Territorial Gold, Gold U.S. Dollars, Quarter Eagle Gold, Three Dollar Gold and plenty (88 to be exact) Double Eagle $20 Gold.

Of course, this handy search feature doesn’t just work for gold coins, and the Johnson-Blue Collection offers many rare and interesting coins in other classifications you’ll want to browse.

Among small cents, you’ll encounter an 1857 Flying Eagle proof cent, a very rare coin in any grade. This particular example is graded Proof-60 RD (NGC). No finer example has ever been certified by NCG.

Heritage Auctions – August 11-15, 2010

2010 August Boston, MA Signature ANA Coin Auction – Boston, MA. Auction #1143.

Hynes Convention Center
900 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

As a part of our upcoming 2010 August Boston, MA Signature ANA Coin Auction, we are proud to present the Witham Collection of Capped Bust Half Dollars. Bust half variety collectors will go nuts when they examine the over 170 examples in this famed collection.

Platinum Night Wednesday, August 11, 2010 5PM CT

Heritage has been honored to auction outstanding rarities and Registry collections of Dr. Steven L. Duckor over recent years. We are proud to present another exceptional installment, The Dr. & Mrs. Steven L. Duckor Barber Half Dollar Collection. These coins are so extraordinary that they will be presented in a dedicated section of our Platinum Night catalog, one of Heritage’s Official Auctions of the Boston ANA’s World’s Fair of Money this August. Many of these coins are the single finest known examples anywhere!

An offering of the very finest New England coinage at the Boston ANA, and our Platinum Night festivities will feature precisely that.

Dwight Manley’s NE Silver Collection is a Registry masterpiece, the #1 finest set of all time at PCGS:

• #1 Massachusetts Silver Shilling Design Set (1652-1682)
• #1 Massachusetts Silver Design Set (1652-1682)
• 2009 “Best of Registry Award Winner”

Featured Collections

The Joshua II Collection of Mercury Dimes, #1 All-Time Finest PCGS Registry Set
Selections from The Personal Collection of David W. Akers
The Jarosi Collection
The Free Tilly Collection
Dwight Manley’s NE Silver Collection
The Witham Collection of Capped Bust Half Dollars
The Perry Creek Collection
The New England Collection of Error Coins
The Dr. Brandon Smith Collection
The Dr. and Mrs. Steven L. Duckor Barber Half Dollar Collection
The R.K. Banister Collection
The Captain Randolph Junuh Collection
The Dr. and Mrs. Claude Davis Collection
The Caleb Louis Collection of U.S. Gold Type
The Joe Scialdone Collection
The Snake River Collection
Selections from The Bob Simpson Collection
The Durham Eagle Collection

August 12-16 2010 August Boston, MA Signature ANA World Coin Auction – Boston, MA. Auction #3010.

We are thrilled to present the first Official ANA Auction of Ancient & World Coins in more decades than anyone at Heritage can remember — and that includes all of us ‘old-timers.’ Following our first Signature Auction of Ancient and World Coins as the Official Auctioneer of the CICF, and our record-setting NYINC auctions, you can easily see that Heritage is dedicated to bringing you the very finest numismatic properties in the most important auctions of the year. This auction will take place August 12-16 in Boston and over the Internet through Heritage Live. We are certain that the lots being offered in Boston will intrigue you, with major selections of European, South American, and Chinese coins. The Edward Roehrs Collection of U.S. Regulated Gold is the largest offering of these historic coins in decades — probably ever, according to our search of the auction records. The Highlands Park Collection of British Coins continues our long-standing tradition of being a critical source for important British coins. The Don Benito Collection of Hispanic Gold and The Recife Collection of Brazilian 6400 Reis together confirm Heritage’s growing importance in this market segment. The Guilford Courthouse Collection includes some of the most incredible condition British coins that one might expect to see. Our recent offerings of modern Chinese rarities have obviously spurred interest in these exciting coins, and we invite you to examine an amazing selection of these important items, including three lucky number 8 Lunar Kilo gold 10,000 Yuan

ANA World’s Fair of Money August 10-14

John B. Hynes Veterans
Memorial Convention Center
900 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115

It’s the Coin Show to Attend if You Can Only Go to One

The World’s Fair of Money may be the most appropriately named coin show in America. It is the largest and best numismatic show in the world and features something for everyone, from novice and beginner collectors to sophisticated numismatists searching for rare coins, paper money, medals and tokens to complete their collections.

More than 1,000 of the nation’s best coin dealers with the best inventory of coins, paper money, medals, tokens and other numismatic items will gather in Boston August 10-14 for the largest coin show in the world.

Sponsored by the nonprofit American Numismatic Association, the show will also feature museum-quality exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution, the ANA Edward C. Rochette Money Museum and private collectors. As many as 20 mints from around the world will give visitors an opportunity to collect coins from five continents, and a number of family activities and educational programs make this an attractive event for anyone with an interest in history and money.

• Spectacular Exhibits and Educational Programs Headline Boston ANA World’s Fair of Money The 2010 Boston ANA World’s Fair of Money offers some of the world’s most beautiful and famous coins, the nation’s top numismatists and a venue in the heart of one of America’s most historic cities.
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• ANA Museum Showcase Comes to Boston The showcase, featuring amazing and historically significant numismatic objects, includes rarities from the ANA Edward C. Rochette Money Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, Banco de México and private collections.
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• “Ship of Gold” Comes to ANA World’s Fair of Money The “Ship of Gold” exhibit, showcasing California Gold Rush-era sunken treasure recovered from the 1857 shipwreck of the SS Central America, will make port in Boston. The exhibit is courtesy of Monaco Rare Coins.
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Other Shows and Auctions

August 1, 2010 - Northwestern Michigan Coin, Stamp and Postcard Show
Odawa Hotel US 131 South Petoskey, MI

August 2, 2010 – BidALot’s Coin Auction Online Every Monday Night!
We have a weekly coin auction every Monday night. For all of our online coin auctions or to check out our ONLINE COIN STORE go to www.bidalotauction.com (and click on the pink link at the bottom of the page). You can see our store, blog a comment or just browse our auctions. We buy and sell all coins, currency, gold and silver (scrap or otherwise), guns, military and other items of interest. You can reach us at 1-763-862-8302 and ask for Jason or Larry. Thanks! 21217 Highway 65 NE East Bethel, MN 55011

August 8, 2010 – Greater Atlanta Coin Show
Visit our monthly coin show featuring coins, currency and bullion. Bourse open from 9am to 5pm.
Holiday Inn Select 4386 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road Atlanta, GA 30341

August 14–15, 2010 – Gulf Coast Coin & Currencey Show
Loxley Alabama

August 21, 2010 – Rare Coin Auction!
Our rare coin auction on Saturday June 12th will begin at approximately 4:30pm on lot #400. Many gold Saint Gaudens and Liberties, Morgan and Peace silver dollars, large cents, Buffalo nickels, Silver Eagles, and MUCH more! Check out the full catalog on our website! www.gulfcoastcoin.com
1400 Colonial Blvd, Suite 77 Fort Myers, FL. 33907

August 22, 2010 – 4Th Sunday of the Month Coin Show
Free Admission (Exit 7 off Turnpike),
Ramada Inn,1083 Route 206 Bordentown, NJ 08505

August 26, 2010 – Hong Kong Coin Auction 49 (Far Eastern coins, medals and banknotes)
Crystal Room, Level B3 Holiday Inn Golden Mile 50 Nathan Road Kowloon Hong Kong

August 28–29, 2010 – Golden State Coin Show
Two day coin show! Free parking! $3.00 admission (good for both days!
YN table! Exhibits Food kitchen Show is by CSNA & NASC
Masonic Center, 50 West Duarte Road, Arcadia, CA