The curve of the underlying digit 6 is clearly visible on an 1847/6 Seated Liberty half dollar that was sold for $30,000 during the Stack's Bowers Spring Showcase Auction.
A set of gold coins sold by Philadelphia dealer Henry Chapman and long held in a family's bank vault continue to be a high interest item with readers, as was a unique Franklin half dollar recently sold.
There is ample reason why people refer to a "gift that keeps on giving." In the case of collectors of American coins, one such gift is the Bob R. Simpson Collection. Considered one of the finest troves of US coins ever assembled, Heritage auction sales of specimens from the Simpson collection exceed $116 million, heading
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