DECEMBER COIN AUCTION

December 6, 2008

10:00 a.m.

2437 Monroe in LaPorte, Indiana

 

Directions – take SR 2 into LaPorte to Boyd Boulevard on east side; turn south and go approximately 1 mile to 1^st traffic light; turn right onto Monroe/SR 4 and go ¾ mile to auction site on right-hand.

 

ON-LINE ABSENTEE BIDDING NOW AVAILABLE.  Open Catalog below (over 200 lots on the catalog).

 

 

 

Draft final list of coins w/ lot order available…click here for html link.  Click here for PDF file.

 

CURRENCY – Series 1934C $5 Silver Certificate (high grade); $5 US Note Series (2) 1907 red seal woodchopper; $5 US Note Series 1928A red seal; $100 US Note Series 1966 red seal; 12 pieces $2 series 1976 (all 12 Federal Reserved Districts) crisp uncirculated; 12 pieces $5 Series 1995 (all 12 Federal Reserve Districts) crisp uncirculated; Series 1914 $20 Federal Reserve Note very fresh; 1923 $1 Silver Certificate 1929 $20 National Currency Denver (Brown Serial Number); Silver Certificates (lot of 9 mixed w/ 1 star note); Mis-cut $1 (bottom of bill above shows (full gutter); 1917 U.S. $1 Note, 1917 U.S. $2 Note, 1914 $10 Federal Reserve Note, 1874 Fractional 10-cent note.

 

GOLD – 1911 $2½ Indian; -- the following are all graded by PCGS as PR69DCAM – 1986-W Statue of Liberty $5; 1987-W Constitution $5; 1989-W Congress $; 1991-1995-W World War II $5; 1991-W Rushmore $5; 1992-W Columbus $5 gold; 1992-W Olympics $5; 1993-W Madison $5; 1995-W Civil War $5; 1995-W Stadium $5; 1996-W Cauldron $5; 1996-W Flag $5; 1996-W Smithsonian $5; 1997-W FDR $5; 1999-W tenth ounce American Eagle; 1999-W Washington $5; 2000-W Library of Congress $10; 2001-W quarter ounce American Eagle; 2002-W Salt Lake City Olympics $5; Other -- 2005 tenth ounce American Eagle PCGS MS-69

 

SILVER DOLLARS – Morgan Dollars – 1878, 1879, 1879-O, 1880, 1880-O, 1880-S (VERY CHOICE BU), 1881 PSO (all e pieces), 1881-S BU, 1881-CC GSA, 1882-CC GSA, 1882, 1883, 1883-CC GSA, 1884-CC, 1884-O (VERY CHOICE BU), 1885-S NGC MS-61, 1885-S NGC MS-63, 1887 BU, 1887-O, 1889, 1889-O, 1889-CC (key date), 1890, 1890-CC, 1891-S NGC MS-64, 1892-CC PCI MS-62, 1892-O, 1894 (key date), 1894-S (KEY DATE), 1895-O ANACS VF-30, 1899-O, 1900 (nice BU), 1900-O, 1900-S NGC MS-61, 1902, 1904-O NGC MS64-PL, and others; Peace Dollars – 1921 (KEY DATE), 1922 PCI AU-56, 1926-D, 1928 (KEY DATE), 1935, 1935-S, others

 

AMERICAN SILVER EAGLES – 1996, 2001 NGC MS-69, 2002 NGC MS-69, 2003 NGC MS-69, 2004 NGC MS-69, 2007 NGC MS-69

 

HALVES – 1831 Bust, 1854-O Seated Liberty, 1874 Seated Liberty, 1892 & 1893 Columbians (sold as pair); Barber – 5 pieces mixed (sold as lot); Walking Liberty – 1916-D, 1917, 1917-S (mint mark on reverse), 1918,1918-S, 1920-D, 1941 NGC MS-65, 1945 NGC MS-65, 1945-S (NICE BU), others; Franklins – 1950-D PCGS MS-64FBL, 1951-D double D (nice BU), 1953-D, 1959 PCGS MS-64, 1961 ICG PR-68, 1963-D NGC MS-65, others; Kennedy – Lot of 5 proof mixed dates, others

 

QUARTERS – 1833 Bust; Barber – lot of 10 mixed; Standing Liberty – 1917 Type 2, lot of 10 mixed; 1925,1926 P& S (sold as lot), 1927, 1928 P&S (sold as lot), 1930 P&S (sold as lot), others; Washington – 1932, 1932-D (key date), 1932-S (key date), 1935, 1940, 1945-D uncirculated, 1946, 1946-S, 1947 uncirculated, 1948-S uncirculated, 1950 uncirculated, 1951 uncirculated, 1951-D uncirculated, 1952 uncirculated, 1952-D uncirculated, 1953-D uncirculated, 1953-S, 1954-PDS uncirculated, 1955 uncirculated, 1956-D uncirculated, 1957-D uncirculated, 1958 P&D uncirculated (sold as lot), 1961-1963 Proof (sold as lot of 3), (5) 1963 Proof (sold as lot), lot of 7 early; State – 2002-S Louisiana PCGS PR69DCAM, 2002-S New Hampshire PCGS PR69DCAM, 2002-S Tennessee PCGS PR69DCAM, 2002-S Virginia PCGS PR69DCAM, 2004 Silver Proof Michgan

 

TWENTY-CENT PIECE – 1875-S

 

HALF DIMES & DIMES – 1834 Bust dime, 1857 Half dime; Seated Liberty – 1874 Arrows (tough 2 year type), 1874 Seated Liberty dime; Barber – 1893-S; Mercury -- 1916 P&S (sold as lot), 1921 (KEY DATE), 1921-D (KEY DATE), 1923 (HIGH GRADE), 1925(HIGH GRADE), 1926 (HIGH GRADE), 1925-S, 1939-D (HIGH GRADE), 1942 over 41 (ANCS F-15), others; Roosevelt – 1947 (lot of 5 nice BU dimes), others

 

NICKELS – Shield – 1873 w/ closed 3 (better variety); Buffalo – 1913 T1 (NICE AU) Jefferson – 1938 PDS (lot of 3 nice BU coins); 1950-D, several lots of silver War nickels

 

TWO-CENT PIECE -- 1866

 

CENTS – Large Cents – 1798, 1801, 1813, 1851; Flying Eagle – 1857, 1858, Indian Head – 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 CN, 1864 BR, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 171, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1879, 1908-S, Lincoln – 1909-S ANACS MS-60, 1910-S, 1911-S, 1912-S, 1913-2, 1914-D (KEY DATE), 1914-S, 1915-S, 1922-D, 1924-D, others

 

FOREIGN – (8) different Nazi coins incl. silver, (12) different large German notes (1910-1922), (5) different WWII Philippine Guerilla Notes, (8) different WWII era Hungarian notes, (2) different 1933 Depression scrip, 1834 Belgium 2 centimes, 1966 Vatican City silver 500 Lira, 5 pieces of foreign currency, 6 pieces of foreign currency, Falkland Islands 25 pounds Proof .925 fine silver, Iran silver 5 Rials, Iran silver 10 Rials.

 

ANCIENT & UNUSUAL – 2 Manillas (slave trade money), siam Silver Bullet money (BAHT), (2) China “Bamboo Bank Notes”, bronze Spade money (2,000 years old), Ming Knife money (400-450 BC), /cibstabtube tge /great (308-337 AD), Gallienus Roman Emperor (253-268 AD), Maxentius Roman Emperor (306-312 AD), Trajan Roman Emperor (98-117 AD), (8) coins you’ve never heard of, Biblical Widows Mite (103-76 BC), Syracuse (412-345 BC bronze),

 

OTHER – 1986 Prestige Proof set, 1990 Prestige Proof set, 1991 Prestige Proof set, 1994 Premier Silver Proof set, 1995 Premier Silver Proof set, 1996 Premier Silver Proof set; 2002 Proof sets (3 in one lot), 1973 Nixon Inagural medal (1 ounce .999 silver – gold plated, 1973 Nixon Inaugural (1 ounce .999 silver), George Robinson Congressional Medal, Georgius Peace Medal, Peace and Commerce Medal, Rutherford Hayes Peace Medal, USA Peace Medal 1871, 1944 $1 Coal Co. token, Carbon Fuel Co. $1,00 (circa 1940)

 

TERMS – Cash, approved check, credit cards.  7% Indiana sales tax on all purchases.  5% Buyer’s Premium on internet absentee bidding only.  Announcements day of sale take precedence.

 

 

 

 

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