Heritage Auctions world record numismatic events achieve $90.68 million
1796 Quarter Eagle, Stars on Obverse, BD-3, High R.5, MS65 PCGS. CAC.
DALLAS, TX
.- Longtime collectors said goodbye to their treasures and new clients set world record-prices in Heritage Auctions Jan. 21-25 numismatic events totaling more than $90.68 million.
Total sales of U.S. coins and currency and World coins and paper money reached $90,687,367 during auctions scheduled in lieu of the Florida United Numismatists and the New York International Numismatic conventions. Both live events were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; instead, their auctions took place in Dallas. Six coins broke the million-dollar mark and five world records were set some by new clients who had never before purchased a coin before joining Heritage, said James Halperin, Co-Founder of Heritage Auctions. We are truly honored to be chosen to bring these collections to auction, as well as to serve our clients during this u
The Mexican Coin Made at the New Orleans Mint
New Orleans Mint was one of the first three original branch mints established by the
United States Mint in 1838. Throughout its history of making coins, much of the bullion used for coinage production came from foreign coin deposits – often in the form of Mexican coinage. Yet, while the New Orleans Mint’s sole task during most of its years of operation was to produce United States coinage, there was one exception: the
Mexico 1907 20 Centavos coin.
Mexico 1907-M Curved 7 20 Centavos PCGS MS64. Images courtesy
PCGS
The first priority of the United States Mint was to produce circulation coinage for domestic commerce, but the U.S. government began accepting contracts in the 1800s to produce coins for other nations. These contracts were often quite lucrative, with various foreign and private mints seeking out this work. While the U.S. Mint went on to produce more than 1,000 different coins for over 40 countries, only one such coin
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