NGC-certified Key Date Morgan Among Highlights in Upcoming Heritage Sale

Many excellent examples of classic vintage American coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) are being offered in the Long Beach Expo US Coins Signature Auction. Presented by Heritage Auctions, the sale takes place February 20-23, 2020.

One particularly exciting coin is an 1893-S Morgan Dollar graded NGC MS 62. Part of a series-low circulation strike mintage of 100,000 coins, the 1893-S is the most challenging of all Morgan Dollars to acquire in Mint State condition. Most of the Uncirculated examples come from a single hoard of about two dozen Uncirculated 1893-S Morgans that were surprisingly found mixed in with a bag of newly minted 1894-S dollars.

1893-S Morgan Dollar graded NGC MS 62 Click images to enlarge.

Other NGC-certified highlights include:

• an 1831 Large Letters Capped Bust Quarter graded NGC PF 65 Cameo – one of only 12 known examples
• a 1795 Small Eagle $5 graded NGC AU 58 – one of only 40 to 50 examples known in all grades of the BD-1 die variety
• a 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter graded NGC MS 65 FH – the rarest date of the series as only 52,000 Standing Liberty Quarters were struck with the 1916 date
• an 1851 887 Reeded Humbert $50 graded NGC AU 50 – a high-value piece produced to serve the burgeoning economy of the Gold Rush era
• an 1861 Cent graded NGC MS 68 – an excellent example of the key date of copper-nickel Oak Wreath Cents
• a 1907 Saint-Gaudens High Relief $20 graded NGC MS 66 – a high-grade example of the famed Saint-Gaudens’ Double Eagle
• a 1918/7-D Buffalo Nickel graded NGC MS 62 – a popular overdate variety of which Mint State examples are very rare
• a 1795 Flowing Hair Dollar graded NGC MS 62 – an example of the Three Leaves variety BB-18 (B-7) reverse that is paired with a Head of 1794 obverse
• a 1652 “NE” Monogram Pine Tree 1 Shilling graded NGC MS 63 – tied for second-finest of the Hain Collection coins
• an 1889-CC Morgan Dollar graded NGC MS 63 PL – an attractive example of the most elusive Morgan Dollar form the Carson City Mint
• a 1796 Quarter graded NGC G 4 – a one-year coin type sought after by collectors since the beginning of American numismatics
• a 1903 Barber Quarter graded NGC PF 68 Cameo – one of few post-1902 Proof coins with Cameo contrast.

For more information, visit Heritage Auctions.