Heritage Auction Features Finest Continental Dollar, Certified by NGC

1776 Pewter 'EF FECIT' Continental Dollar, graded NGC MS 67. Click images to enlarge. (Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions)

The Continental Dollars bear the date 1776, the year in which the Continental Congress declared independence for the 13 Colonies. The names of the colonies appear on a series of rings on the reverse, surrounding "AMERICAN CONGRESS" and "WE ARE ONE" at the center.

This particular specimen is a Newman 3-D variety, and its obverse includes the letters "EG FECIT" (meaning "E.G. made it") below the sundial. In a 2012 Heritage Auctions sale, it realized $546,250.

Other highlights from the upcoming auction include:

• the finest-certified 1804 B-1 Bust Quarter, graded NGC MS 65 and pedigreed to "Colonel" Green;
• an 1870 $20 Type Two proof, graded NGC PF 65 Ultra Cameo, one of only 35 struck;
• a 1909 Indian Head $5, graded NGC PF 68, with none certified finer;
• a 1798 Large Eagle $5, graded NGC MS 64, possibly the finest known of any 1798 Eagle variety; and
• an 1805/4 Draped Bust Half Dollar, graded NGC MS 65 and pedigreed to the Eric P. Newman Collection