| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61372 | Auction date: 19 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 22127 Price realized: 1,300 USD (Approx. 1,207 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Honduras Republic copper-nickel Pattern Real 1870 MS64 NGC, KM-Pn10. The intricacy of the obverse design is crystal clear on this relatively scarce issue. This is the finest known example. https://coins.ha.com/itm/honduras/honduras-republic-copper-nickel-pattern-real-1870-ms64-ngc-/a/61372-22127.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61372-02192024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
Match 1:
| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 31129 Price realized: To Be Posted | |
| Lot description: Canada Newfoundland. Victoria gold 2 Dollars 1870 MS64 PCGS, London mint, KM5, Charlton NF-D2, Fr-1. No Dot after Newfoundland. An astoundingly scarce issue, practically unattainable above the Choice Mint State preservation tier aside from this special example. Decidedly choice for the assigned grade, perhaps even a touch under graded, exhibiting a lusciously chatter-free obverse and a brilliantly flashy reverse yielding die polish lines. Specialists of this Queen Victoria gold series should recognize the gravity of this offering, as this is easily the finest known certified example of the date and perhaps the finest in all of existence. From the Marsden Collection https://coins.ha.com/itm/canada/newfoundland/canada-newfoundland-victoria-gold-2-dollars-1870-ms64-pcgs-/a/3115-31129.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 10000-12000 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Hong Kong Signature Sale 3111 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 36445 Price realized: 2,100 USD (Approx. 1,950 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: South Africa Transvaal. Republic Mule Pattern Penny 1874 MS64 Brown NGC, Brussels mint, KM-XPn2, Hern-T23. Mintage: 5 pieces (estimated). An ultra-rare pattern produced in bronze with the obverse of the Transvaal issues and a reverse more commonly associated with the Orange Free State Patterns of the same year. This lustrous, chocolate example possesses the highest grade among the three known specimens at NGC. https://coins.ha.com/itm/south-africa/south-africa-transvaal-republic-mule-pattern-penny-1874-ms64-brown-ngc-/a/3111-36445.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3111-12092023 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 2000-3000 USD |  |
Match 3:
| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61355 | Auction date: 7 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 23016 Price realized: 2,800 USD (Approx. 2,551 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Cuba Republic copper-nickel "Hot Air Balloon" Peso 1984 MS68 NGC, Havana mint, KM172, Aledon-PPV4. Mintage: 23. This design was intended to be incorporated into the Means of Transportation series that ran from 1983 to 1988. It was ultimately not approved but 23 pieces were minted before that decision was communicated to the Havana mint. This is one of two examples we are offering in this very sale, both tied for the highest grade across NGC and PCGS. https://coins.ha.com/itm/cuba/cuba-republic-copper-nickel-hot-air-balloon-peso-1984-ms68-ngc-/a/61355-23016.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61355-01072024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
Match 4:
| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61374 | Auction date: 12 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 22112 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: Cuba Republic copper Proof Pattern Peso 1898 PR58 Brown NGC, Gorham & Company, KM-PnB10. Reeded edge. A problem-free example of Philip Martiny's lady Libertad design, repurposed from the famed Souvenir Peso issue of the year prior. Attractively marbled with vibrant color which materializes at the turn of a wrist, this coin still retains some of its original mint luster with only the faintest touch of wear dictating the assigned grade. Proofs, either copper or silver, only come to sale every few years, each time to significant fanfare and bidder enthusiasm and we expect no less when this beauty crosses the auction block. Ex. EMO Collection https://coins.ha.com/itm/cuba/cuba-republic-copper-proof-pattern-peso-1898-pr58-brown-ngc-/a/61374-22112.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61374-05122024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
Match 5:
| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Hong Kong Signature Sale 3111 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 34012 Price realized: 525,000 USD (Approx. 487,568 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: China Hsüan-t'ung silver Specimen Pattern "Long-Whiskered Dragon" Dollar Year 3 (1911) SP64+ NGC, Tientsin mint, KM-Pn304, L&M-28, Kann-223, WS-0040, Wenchao-105 (rarity 3 stars). Raised veins in outer leaves variety. A colossus of world numismatics, whose mere presence dominates entire sales and always excites collectors, regardless of their collecting specialty. On offer is this historic representative, and the finest we've had the pleasure of yet handling as a clear outlier across the entire series. Tranquil, glasslike expanses present an appropriate canvas for Giorgi's expertly-crafted design, rising in clear contrast and seemingly projecting towards the viewer when in-hand. Truly inspiring and accompanied by undiluted aesthetic superiority, with only the most trivial of imperfections to bound this piece from a Gem assignment. Only one other has certified finer for this variety, with our current example being the finest to come to market in more than two decades, and with this in mind, we wait with anticipation for this piece to cross the auction block. Among the most famous Patterns from the end of the Qing Dynasty are the "Long-Whiskered" Dragon Dollars of 1911 - renowned symbols of the artistic zenith of late Imperial China. Enduring as a testament to the virtuosity of acclaimed Central Mint engraver, Luigi Giorgi, who perpetuated his legacy with many striking designs throughout Imperial and Republic periods, and whose signature alone excites collectors, regardless of the issue. These numismatic marvels, born out of the Emperor's intent to standardize the national currency, were intended to erase the diverse provincial monetary norms and replace the foreign silver Dollars that had consistently undermined China's centralized fiscal policy. While the Dragon design, as seen here, was ultimately confined to the realm of Pattern concepts, it has nonetheless profoundly enthralled collectors of Chinese numismatics. https://coins.ha.com/itm/china/empire/china-hsuan-t-ung-silver-specimen-pattern-long-whiskered-dragon-dollar-year-3-1911-sp64-ngc-/a/3111-34012.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3111-12092023 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 600000-800000 USD |  |
