February 25, 2021
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Heritage Auctions Records More Than $873 Million in Total 2020 Sales
Feb 19 — Total sales at auction surpassed $638 million. More than $504 million (nearly 79 percent) of the firm’s worldwide auction volume alone was purchased via internet bidding in 2020, a new record. A significant portion of Heritage’s 2020 private sales, which exceeded $235 million, also occurred online.
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Heritage's U.S. Coins Signature Auction Postponed to Feb. 23-25
Feb 18 — Historic, severe weather conditions responsible
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Rare Currency Note From Beleaguered Bank Highlights New York State Paper Money Collection
Jan 28 — National currency is a competitive area of collecting
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Heritage Auctions World Record Numismatic Events Achieve $90.68 Million
Jan 27 — Worlds most valuable gold coin sells for $9.36 million; five U.S. coins bring more than $2 million each Jan. 21-25
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Collectors Go Bananas and Pay Nearly $400,000 For Del Monte-Stickered $20 Bill
Jan 25 — Heritage Auctions' sale of the famed 'Del Monte Note' sets world record for any banknote error ever offered at auction
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This $1000 Bill is #1 and Is Expected To Bring Six Figures. Auction closes January 22, 2021
Jan 21 — Only 24 serial #1's were printed for both the 1928 and 1934 $1,000 bills, making this extremely desirable and rarely available.
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Finest Brasher Doubloon, 1804 Plain 4 Eagle Poised to Make History at Heritage Auctions
Jan 7 — FUN U.S. Coins Auction features important selections from the Donald G. Partrick Collection and Bob R. Simpson Collection Part III Jan. 20-24
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Yes, Santa Claus, this $5,000 Bill Is Real
Dec 25 — Most people do not realize that $5,000 bills were ever printed in the United States. They actually were and are very scarce and popular with collectors today. Heritage will be offering one such piece in the January FUN Auction #3581 that is expected to sell for $100,000+!
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Heritage Reschedules & Relocates January Auctions to Dallas
Dec 9 — FUN & NYINC 2021 Auctions move to Dallas after the shows were cancelled due to covid concerns.
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The Everyman's Brasher Doubloon
Dec 1 — If you've always wanted a Brasher Doubloon but can't afford the million-dollar-plus price tag, Heritage has a few Brasher-counterstamped coins available at a much more modest values.
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Unpeel the Famous "Del Monte Note," Accidentally Printed With a Banana Sticker!
Nov 25 — This unique and intriguing note was accidentally printed with a Del Monte banana sticker obstructing part of the design and has been nicknamed "The Del Monte Note."
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Bob R. Simpson Session Claims Top Lot Honors in $14.5 Million U.S. Coins Auction at Heritage
Nov 24 — 1807 Draped Bust quarter brings $630,000, $528,000 for 1795 half dollar Nov. 19-22 in Dallas
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Hefty, Historic Gold Bar Highlights November Auction
Oct 28 — Heritage Auctions will be selling a great piece of shipwreck history as part of the November US Coin Auction #1321. The S.S. Central America shipwreck occurred in the 1850s and forever changed numismatic history.
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A Banknote Worth Its Weight In Gold
Oct 24 — Heritage Auctions will be offering a wonderful piece of banking and Gold Rush history as part of the November 4th Michael Coltrane Paper Money Collection.
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Own a Piece of History From Paul Revere
Oct 23 — As the famous poet Wadsworth wrote, "Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year..."
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Heritage Auctions Presents a 1943 Bronze Penny Bonanza
Oct 21 — Despite these large quantities of regular issue coinage, a few rarities managed to be accidentally struck in tiny numbers and sneak out of the US Mint. 1943 "pennies" were meant to be struck in Steel, but just a few were accidentally created on bronze planchets, producing a rarity that has fascinated collectors ever since.
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Virtually Perfect Proof 69 Quarter Eagle Stuns Collectors
Oct 7 — Heritage Auctions will be offering an amazing Proof gold coin as part of the October US Coin Sale #1320.
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Error Coin Sidelines George Washington
Sep 30 — Graded AU58 by NGC and showing the very slightest touch of rub, this crazy-looking coin must have been set aside nearly immediately after it was struck. It is a dual error, combining both an off-center strike and a brockage. The obverse (the "heads" side) is struck 40% off-center, and there is a brockage on the reverse.
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A Token From The Sugar Cane Train
Sep 28 — There have been many times in American history when the coins produced and available in parts of the United States have simply not been enough to accommodate the needs of trade and commerce. Rather than being forced to rely upon the barter system, ingenuity has led to the striking of tokens to fill in the gaps of commerce with a coin-like substitute.
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Nearly 600-Year-Old Gold Coin From the King Who Reigned Twice
Sep 24 — King Henry VI of England was not only the King of England, but he was King twice! Ruling during a period of war and instability--the Hundred Years War--he came to power the first time at only nine months old. The baby king was watched over by advisors who ruled in his stead until 1437, when he was declared fit to rule. It was during his earlier years, between 1422 and 1430, when a wonderful gold coin was struck that is now coming up for bid at Heritage Auctions.
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A $10,000 Bill Sets $384,000 World Record at Heritage Auctions
Sep 22 — Bill is now world’s most valuable ‘small-size’ note
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The Bob R. Simpson Collection Debuts at $14.6 Million at Heritage Auctions [video]
Sep 21 — “The results exceeded every expectation I had” – Bob R. Simpson
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Major Collections Highlight September Numismatic Events at Heritage Auctions
Sep 3 — Simpson and Dines collection could set record prices
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An Off-Metal Oddity From the War Years
Aug 24 — 1943 was a strange year for the US Mint in several ways and with the changes in metal happening all at once, some mistakes were bound to happen.
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