Famous NGC-certified 34-piece Type Set Featured in Heritage Sale

Heritage Auctions is offering a historical US gold type set, famous for a 2012 tour of Europe made alongside a 1933 Double Eagle. With all but one of the coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company™ (NGC®), this set comprises 34 regular and commemorative issues.

1907 High Relief Wire Rim Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle graded NGC AU 55, part of the 34-piece US gold type set Click images to enlarge.

The set’s denominations range from Dollar to Double Eagle, and it is being sold intact (lot 3193). According to Heritage, the set comes with certifications and proof of ownership, distinguishing it as the same 34 pieces that accompanied the 1933 Double Eagle on the seven-country tour. (After the tour, the 1933 Double Eagle, which is worth millions of dollars, returned to the Smithsonian Institution, its permanent home.)

1853 Gold Dollar graded NGC AU 58, part of the 34-piece US gold type set Click images to enlarge.

1926 American Sesquicentennial Quarter Eagle Commemorative graded NGC MS 62, part of the 34-piece US gold type set Click images to enlarge.

The gold set includes:

• an 1853 Gold Dollar graded NGC AU 58
• an 1854 Type 2 Gold Dollar graded NGC AU 53
• an 1874 Gold Dollar graded NGC MS 60
• an 1836 Quarter Eagle graded NGC XF Details
• an 1853 Quarter Eagle graded NGC AU 53
• a 1910 Quarter Eagle graded NGC AU 58
• an 1855 3 Dollars graded NGC AU Details
• an 1800 Half Eagle graded NGC XF Details
• an 1812 Half Eagle (uncertified)
• an 1836 Half Eagle graded NGC XF 40
• an 1854 Half Eagle graded NGC AU 53
• a 1903-S Half Eagle graded NGC AU 55
• a 1912 Half Eagle graded NGC AU 55
• an 1850 Large Date Eagle graded NGC AU 55
• an 1882 Eagle graded NGC AU 55
• a 1907 Indian Head Eagle graded NGC AU Details
• a 1912-S Eagle graded NGC AU 53
• an 1864-S Double Eagle graded NGC XF 45
• an 1871-S Double Eagle graded NGC AU 55
• a 1904 Double Eagle graded NGC AU 58
• a 1907 High Relief Wire Rim Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle graded NGC AU 55
• a 1908 No Motto Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle graded NGC MS 66
• a 1910 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle graded NGC AU 58
• a 1903 Jefferson Louisiana Purchase Dollar graded NGC MS 62
• a 1903 McKinley Louisiana Purchase Dollar graded NGC UNC Details
• a 1904 Lewis & Clark Dollar graded NGC MS 62
• a 1905 Lewis & Clark Dollar graded NGC MS 63
• a 1915-S Panama-Pacific Dollar graded NGC MS 62
• a 1915-S Panama-Pacific Quarter Eagle graded NGC MS 64
• a 1916 McKinley Dollar graded NGC MS 63
• a 1917 McKinley Dollar graded NGC MS 62
• a 1922 Grant Dollar graded NGC MS 64
• a 1922 Grant Star Dollar graded NGC UNC Details
• a 1926 American Sesquicentennial Quarter Eagle graded NGC MS 62

Also featured in the Heritage Auctions’ Long Beach Expo sale are over 750 vintage NGC-certified US coins, including highly desired rarities such as an 1804 Eagle and 1854-S Quarter Eagle. The auction will be held on July 14-17, 2022. To view more NGC-certified rarities, click here.