FUN Auctions Brimming with Historic Coins and Currency

1795 Nine Leaves Ten Dollar

Records fall and seven lots top $1 million each at Heritage Auctions More than 8,500 bidders swarmed to Heritage Auctions’ FUN US Coins Signature® Auction January 12-16, Heritage’s FUN Currency Signature® Auction January 12-14 and the January 13 FUN World Paper Money Signature® Auction, in pursuit of some of the finest coins and currency notes … Read more

PCGS Graded Top 8 of 10 Most-Valuable U.S. Coins Sold in 2021

1822 Capped Bust Half Eagle

Overall, Professional Coin Grading Service claims 17 of the top 25 U.S. coins crossing the auction block last year, including the most-valuable coin ever sold An incredible 8 of the top 10 most-valuable United States coins that crossed the auction block last year were graded by Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com). Among these was the … Read more

Largest Justh & Hunter Gold Brick Found Aboard the Sunken ‘Ship of Gold’

Justh & Hunter Gold Brick

This historic 54-pound Gold Rush ingot was famously swallowed by the sea in 1857 and recovered 131 years later The immense gold brick is too heavy to lift easily or gracefully – something about molecular density making it much heavier than its 54 pounds, but also, perhaps, something to do with the history it carries. … Read more

A $20 Gold Piece Straight Out of the Old West Sells for $1.62 Million to Set World Record

1870 CC $20 obverse

The 1870-CC Double Eagle, minted in Carson City, is just one of the highlights in Heritage Auctions’ ongoing US Coins event A shoot-out straight out of the Old West drove the final price of a 151-year-old gold coin to a world record Thursday night at Heritage Auctions, as an 1870-CC $20 Liberty sold for $1,620,000. … Read more