Dozens of NGC-certified Rarities Realize Over $100,000 at Heritage Sale

Dozens of rare US coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) realized prices over $100,000 at the FUN US Coins Signature Auction presented by Heritage Auctions January 20-24, 2021. The sale featured some of the greatest treasures of US numismatics from the unparalleled Partrick Collection.

The Partrick Collection portion of the sale included an astonishing 34 NGC-certified coins and medals that realized prices over $100,000, including a Brasher Doubloon that sold for a record $9.36 million. Learn more about these coins here.

In addition, another 15 NGC-certified coins that were not part of the Partrick Collection also realized prices over $100,000. These were led by a 1796 Quarter graded NGC MS 65 that realized $210,000. The US Mint struck a mere 6,146 examples of the inaugural quarter with the 1796 date and did not issue them again until 1804. Of the 188 in the NGC Population Report, only four are reported in higher grades than this example.

1796 Quarter graded NGC MS 65. Realized: $210,000 Click images to enlarge

The auction featured several examples of the Panama-Pacific $50 commemorative, the largest denomination ever issued by the US Mint. They included a 1915-S Panama-Pacific Round $50 graded NGC MS 66 that realized $186,000. These commemoratives were struck in Round and Octagonal formats for the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco, which celebrated the Panama Canal and that city's rebirth after a devastating earthquake.

1915-S Panama-Pacific Round $50 graded NGC MS 66. Realized: $186,000 Click images to enlarge

Other NGC-certified highlights in the sale that weren't part of the Partrick Collection included:

• a 1911 Double Eagle graded NGC PF 67+ that realized $186,000
• an 1893-O Morgan Dollar graded NGC MS 66 and pedigreed to the Eliasberg Collection that realized $174,000
• a 1884-S Morgan Dollar graded NGC MS 65 that realized $150,000
• a 1915-S Panama-Pacific Round $50 graded NGC MS 65+ that realized $144,000
• a 1915-S Panama-Pacific Round $50 graded NGC MS 65 that realized $132,000
• a 1915-S Panama-Pacific Octagonal $50 graded NGC MS 65 that realized $132,000
• an 1873 Open 3 $3 graded NGC PF 65 Ultra Cameo that realized $132,000
• an 1834 Cross 4 Capped Head Half Eagle graded NGC MS 64 that realized $120,000
• an 1875 Half Eagle graded NGC AU 50 that realized $120,000
• a 1793 Wreath Vine and Bars Cent graded NGC MS 61 BN that realized $120,000
• an 1851 "880" No "50" Augustus Humbert $50 graded NGC MS 61 that realized $120,000
• another 1851 "880" No "50" Augustus Humbert $50 graded NGC MS 61 that realized $117,000
• a 1910 Indian Half Eagle graded NGC PF 68+ that realized $114,000

Prices realized include buyer's premium.

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NGC-certified Brasher Doubloon Realizes a Record $9.36 Million at Partrick Sale