An extremely rare Harold II silver penny from 1066 realized £24,800 ($28,780 U.S.), including a 24% buyer’s fee, during a Noonans auction on Sept. 19, more than doubling the pre-sale estimate.
August auctions offered some gold $10 eagles that illustrate diverse causes of an Extremely Fine-45 grade; weak strikes leave these frustratingly short of the AU grade.
The Extremely Fine 45 grade can sit frustratingly short of the AU grade. August auctions offered some examples showing how just a touch too much wear or diminished luster can hold a coin at the EF level.
One of the most interesting “coins” in Stack's Bowers' Aug. 16 sale of the Legacy Collection was an electrotype 1804 Draped Bust dollar, formed by joining two copper shells that were then silvered.