A heavy silver shahi, Abbas II(1052–1077 AH/1642–1666AD), Tabriz mint, dated 1072AH/1661AD, 9.2g, 28mm. Two silver coins during the reign of Suleiman I ( 1077–1105 AH/ 1666–1694AD). A heavy silver shahi, Irwan mint, dated 1098AH/ 1687AD, 7.4g, 24mm. A heavy shahi, Irwan mint, dated 1105AH/ 1693AD, 7.3g, 23mm. Five silver coins during the reign of Sultan Husayn (1105–1135 AH/1694–1722AD). A heavy silver shahi, Nakhjawan mint, dated 1107AH/ 1695AD, 7.3g, 24mm. A silver shahi, Kashan mint, dated 1130AH/ 1718AD, 5.4g, 24mm. A silver shahi, Isfahan mint, dated 1131AH/ 1719AD, 5.2g, 24mm. A silver shahi, Resht mint, dated 1132AH/ 1720AD, 5.2g, 21mm.

SAFAVID, TEMP. SULEIMAN I AND SULTAN HUSAYN, SEVEN SILVER COINS, DATED

A group of six decimal coin sets. Est. £20 - £30.

The Royal Mint, 2021 UK Brilliant uncirculated Annual Coin Set

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Benham Cover - Valour & Victory Specialist Coin Cover containing a £2 coin featuring St. Paul's Cathedral Cover Dame Vera Lynn "The Forces" sweetheart 1917-2020, limited edition number 0020

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A Royal Mint 50p Beatrix Potter 150 years coin, with a collection of other 50p coins (8 in total)

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Finest Known 1861-C Half Eagle The Elrod Coin in PCGS/CAC MS-63 1861-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1. MS-63 (PCGS). CAC. Die State II. Offered is the undisputed finest known example of this rare and conditionally challenged Southern gold issue. A beautiful Select Mint State coin, the surfaces are wonderfully original in warm honey-rose color. Direct lighting calls forth subtle powder blue undertones that are more pronounced on the reverse. Lustrous and frosty, hints of semi-reflectivity are evident in the fields and further enhance the eye appeal. Sharply struck and crisp, the detail is outstanding in a half eagle from the challenging Charlotte Mint series. None of the wispy handling marks are worthy of individual attention, leaving it to tiny planchet voids (as made) at the bridge of Liberty's nose and in the reverse field below and before the eagle's beak to serve as identifiers for provenance purposes. The Charlotte Mint half eagle series passed into history in 1861 with a mintage of just 6,879 pieces. Of this total, 887 pieces are believed to have been struck in May of that year under the authority of the Confederate States of America. A middle die state example, the present coin was likely struck while the facility remained under Federal control, although there is no way of knowing for sure. The 1861-C is the eighth rarest of 24 dates in the Charlotte Mint half eagle series, there being only 200 or so coins extant in all grades. That offered here is legendary among specialists in pre-Civil War era Southern gold coinage, a CC#1 rarity and beautiful specimen that is eagerly awaiting inclusion in another world-class cabinet. Provenance: Ex New England Rare Coin Galleries' sale of the Orchard Hill Gold Collection, January 1982 Florida United Numismatists Sale, lot 1441; Elrod Collection; Heritage's sale of the William Miller Collection, February 1999 Long Beach Signature Sale, lot 6305; Heritage's FUN Signature Sale of January 2000, lot 7769; Legend Rare Coin Auctions' sale of the Bigmo Civil War Collection, Part II, December 2020 Regency Auction 42, lot 2. The plate coin for the issue in the 2008 edition of the Winter reference on Charlotte Mint gold coinage, p. 191. PCGS Population: 1; 0 finer. CAC Stickered Population: 1; 0. PCGS# 8289. NGC ID: 25VL. Click here for certification details from PCGS.

1861-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1. MS-63 (PCGS). CAC.

Historic First-Year Proof 1854 $3 Gold Rarity Only 13 Specimens Traced The Pittman Coin 1854 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. JD-1. Rarity-7-. Proof-62 (PCGS). Introduced in 1854 to coincide with the change in the first-class postal rate to 3¢, the three-dollar gold piece was intended to make the purchase of a full sheet of 100 stamps easier. However, the new gold coin never took off for everyday use and for most of its existence, mintage figures were modest with only ten of the 43 total issues exceeding 10,000 pieces, almost all in the 1850s. The Philadelphia Mint 1854 has the highest mintage in the series with 138,618 circulation strikes produced. These were preceded by 15 Proofs that Mint Director James Ross Snowden sent to Treasury Secretary James Guthrie - the first three-dollar gold pieces produced and, according to a document that Walter Breen located in the National Archives, struck on April 28, 1854. The first circulation strikes from the Philadelphia Mint followed on May 1. A few additional Proofs were made at a later date, thereby explaining John W. Dannreuther's estimated mintage of 20 Proofs for the 1854, as given in the 2018 volume of his reference series United States Proof Coins. All of the Proofs were struck from the same die pairing, but in one of two die states, which has led numismatic writers in the past to erroneously report on two different die varieties for this issue. The present specimen is one of only 13 survivors from this historic Proof issue traced by Saul Teichman, whose census of known specimens can be found at the Newman Numismatic Portal. It is a bright and reflective rose-orange specimen with gently reflective fields modestly contrasting lightly frosted motifs. Wispy hairlines and other generally small handling marks account for the Proof-62 assessment from PCGS, although a lengthy, if thin scratch in the lower left obverse field is noted. Running from the letter I in UNITED to the top of the bust tip, this faint scratch joins as a tiny planchet divot (as made) behind Liberty's eye to confirm this as a Pittman coin. With one of the known specimens permanently impounded in the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, only a dozen Proof 1854 three-dollar gold pieces are available for private ownership. Competition for these among advanced gold collectors is intense, for not only is this a rare and historic first-year issue, it is also the only Proof issue that represents the one-year-only design type with the denomination, DOLLARS, in particularly small letters. (The mints at Philadelphia, Dahlonega, and New Orleans all struck and issued the $3 denomination in 1854 with the small DOLLARS reverse lettering style, albeit predominantly in circulation strike format.) The rare and fleeting opportunity represented by this offering should not be overlooked. In fact, it deserves the utmost in bidder attention and an aggressive bidding strategy. Provenance: Ex Paramount's Grand Central Coin Convention Sale, November 1967; John Jay Pittman; David W. Akers' sale of the John Jay Pittman Collection, Part II, May 1998, lot 1886; our (American Numismatic Rarities') sale of the Heathrow Collection, March 2006 New York Connoisseur's Collection sale, lot 1487; Heritage's Dallas Signature Auction of November 2006, lot 2145; Heritage's Long Beach Signature Auction of June 2007, lot 2308; Heritage's sale of the Gibney Family Collection, April 2021 CSNS Signature Auction, lot 5110. PCGS# 8017. NGC ID: 289R. Click here for certification details from PCGS.

1854 Three-Dollar Gold Piece. JD-1. Rarity-7-. Proof-62 (PCGS).

Rarely Offered Proof 1869 Quarter Eagle The Pittman Coin 1869 Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. JD-1. Rarity-6+. Proof-64 Cameo (NGC). Our first offering for this issue in more than a decade, and not surprising given the awesome rarity of the Proof 1869 Liberty Head quarter eagle. A beautiful specimen, both sides are dressed in warm orange-gold color that appears to "go black" in the fields as the surfaces turn away from direct lighting. The fields contrast with frosty and fully struck devices in a manner that leaves no doubt about the validity of the Cameo designation from NGC. A few faint hairlines from ancient numismatic handling require persistence to discern; while these features account for the Choice Proof grade, they do not inhibit the strong eye appeal of this lovely coin. Government records provide a mintage figure of 25 coins for the Proof 1869 quarter eagle, all of which were delivered on February 19 and intended for distribution as part of the year's Proof sets. Writing in the 2018 volume of his reference United States Proof Coins, however, John W. Dannreuther reports two die rotations among the survivors, suggesting a second, unrecorded striking period. As the author explains: The 25 coins struck in Proof for this year may have been augmented by a few more examples, as was usual during the 1858 to 1885 era. There are differences in the rotation of the NNC and other examples examined. The rarity of this date in Proof indicates that it would have been only a few coins produced with only 12 to 14 survivors. Since there are obviously two different rotations, a second group must have been struck to sate the demand. On the present example, the reverse is rotated a few degrees clockwise from normal coin alignment. Multiple striking periods or not, the mintage for this issue could not have been much higher than 25 coins, as Dannreuther indicates, and all were produced from a single pair of dies. The date is closer to the denticles than to the truncation of the bust, and on the reverse there are tiny die lumps within the denticles outside the letters D in UNITED and first S in STATES. The rarity of the circulation strike 1869 Philadelphia Mint quarter eagle - mintage: just 4,320 pieces - further enhances the desirability of the even rarer Proofs. With an impressive numismatic provenance, that offered here will have no difficulty finding its way into another advanced collection. Provenance: Ex Gustav Lichtenfels; Kreisberg-Schulman's sale of the Gustav Lichtenfels Collection, February 1961, lot 1046; John Jay Pittman; David W. Akers' sale of the John Jay Pittman Collection, Part II, May 1998, lot 1046; Spectrum Numismatics and Kevin Lipton. NGC Census: 13; 2 finer in this category (Proof-66 Cameo finest). The corresponding PCGS Population is 1/1 (Proof-65 Cameo finest). The unusual number of grading events in Proof-64 Cameo is strongly suggestive of multiple resubmissions of one or more coins, especially given the absolute rarity of this issue. PCGS# 87895. NGC ID: 287P. Click here for certification details from NGC. Click here to see Coins in Motion.

1869 Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. JD-1. Rarity-6+. Proof-64 Cameo (NGC).

Superb Proof 1879 Flowing Hair $4 Stella Ranked #16 Among the 100 Greatest U.S. Coins 1879 Four-Dollar Gold Stella. Flowing Hair. Judd-1635, Pollock-1833, JD-1. Rarity-3. Gold. Reeded Edge. Proof-67+ (PCGS). CAC. CMQ. Obv: The Flowing Hair design by Charles E. Barber. Liberty head with flowing hair faces left with the date 1879 below. Liberty is wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY, and the inscription * 6 * G * .3 * S * .7 * C * 7 * G * R * A * M * S * encircles the border. Rev: Five-pointed star, or Stella, is inscribed with the denominations ONE STELLA and 400 CENTS. The Latin mottoes E PLURIBUS UNUM and DEO EST GLORIA are above and below the star, respectively. The legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is inscribed along the upper border, and another expression of the denomination FOUR DOL. is inscribed along the lower border. This is a stunning example of this legendary rarity, tied for finest certified in the PCGS non-Cameo category with only one other grading event in Proof-67+. The exceptional grade is quickly confirmed upon viewing the coin in hand, where pristine surfaces and vivid, beautiful colors dominate. It is the only Proof-67/67+ stickered by CAC, further testament to this coin's outstanding and unsurpassed quality. The story of the rare and historic four-dollar gold Stellas of 1879 and 1880 begins with the desire in certain government circles to create an international coinage system that would be readily recognized and accepted throughout the world. Although it had surfaced earlier, this idea gained its greatest momentum in 1879 through the efforts of John A. Kasson, the United States' minister plenipotentiary to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and a former chairman of the Congressional Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures. Kasson urged the federal government to consider creation of a $4 gold coin as the basis for a new international monetary system. Why a $4 gold coin, one might ask, especially considering the widely accepted $5 half eagles and $20 double eagles already in international use? In Kasson's opinion, a $4 gold coin struck in the United States Mint would more closely approximate in value the more widely used and accepted gold coins of several European countries, including Austria's 8 florins, the Dutch 8 florins, France's 20 francs, Italy's 20 lire and Spain's 20 pesetas. Throwing his weight behind Kasson's proposal, serving chairman of the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Alexander H. Stephens, wrote to Secretary of the Treasury John Sherman requesting that the Mint prepare pattern $4 gold pieces for evaluation by Congress. The Mint eventually prepared two different proposed designs, a flowing hair motif by Charles E. Barber and a coiled hair design by George T. Morgan. The Barber Flowing Hair type was used to prepare only 25 (and possibly as few as 15) examples for distribution to Congressional leaders. Those coins are dated 1879 and, per traditional numismatic wisdom, were struck in a metric alloy of 85.71% gold, 4.29% silver and 10.00% copper. Demand among Congressional and other government officials for examples of the proposed $4 gold Stella proved so great, however, that the Mint eventually prepared perhaps as many as 700 additional specimens in early 1880, still using the 1879-dated Flowing Hair dies. These pieces are struck in standard alloy of 90.00% gold, 10.00% copper on shaved half eagle planchets (per the us.patterns.com website) and, as with their predecessors produced in 1879, were used for presentation and other official purposes as well as for numismatists. Despite its popularity with Congressional leaders and other contemporary politicians, in the end the $4 gold Stella failed to gain authorization for regular issue production and the project ended. Although technically a pattern (as the $4 gold denomination was never authorized for regular issue production), the Stella has long been collected as an integral part of a complete type set of classic United States Mint gold coinage. Its popularity is such that the denomination has been ranked 16th in the 2019 edition of the influential book 100 Greatest U.S. Coins by Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth. All Stellas were struck as Proofs, but because many of the surviving examples were once used as pocket pieces or set into jewelry, they often appear as if they have seen very heavy circulation. Many are damaged with filed rims, scratches, and wear commensurate with long service in necklaces. The present coin is a noteworthy exception. Carefully preserved through the years with not even the barest signs of mishandling, the acquisition of this Superb Gem Proof Stella would be an impressive numismatic achievement for any advanced collector. Provenance: From the Admirals Cove Collection. PCGS Population: 2; 0 finer in this category. CAC Stickered Population: 1; 0. PCGS# 8057. NGC ID: 28AZ. Click here for certification details from PCGS.

1879 Four-Dollar Gold Stella. Flowing Hair. Judd-1635, Pollock-1833

Superlative Proof 1860 Quarter Eagle Rarity Lovely Top Pop Coin The Bass Specimen 1860 Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. JD-1. Rarity-6+. Proof-66 Cameo (PCGS). CAC. CMQ. A splendid Cameo Proof of the highest order. The devices are satiny and the fields are deep golden mirrors. Fully struck and expertly preserved, this is one of the loveliest and most desirable early date Proof Liberty Head quarter eagles of any date that we have ever had the privilege of bringing to auction. Proof quarter eagle coinage increased dramatically in 1859, when 80 coins were prepared as opposed to only eight the preceding year. This trend accelerated in 1860, when 112 Proofs of this denomination were prepared, and continued strong in 1861 when 90 Proofs were struck. Numismatics as a hobby was experiencing its first great surge in popularity in the United States during the late 1850s, and the Mint was eager to share in the profits. So eager, in fact, that it widely overshot the mark when it came to anticipated demand for Proof quarter eagles in each of the three years from 1859 through 1861. With only a dozen coins positively confirmed in the 2018 Dannreuther census for this issue, most of the 112 Proofs struck in 1860 were either melted (in January 1862) or released into commerce, the latter either by the Mint or after purchase, in both cases at face value. Two of the traced specimens are in the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution and the ANS Collection, thereby further reducing the number available for private ownership in the modern market. This is one of only three specimens that we have handled for auction in recent decades, the others being the Eliasberg and Garrett coins. None of these have passed through our hands since we last brought the present specimen to auction in our (Bowers and Merena's) May 2000 Bass III sale. The rarity of this coin - both absolute and condition - and fleeting nature of this offering for a stellar-quality Proof 1860 quarter eagle can hardly be overstated. Provenance: From the Admirals Cove Collection. Earlier from Quality Sales Corporation's sale of September 1973, lot 1055; Harry W. Bass, Jr.; our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part III, May 2000, lot 197; Martin Paul (The Rarities Group) and Casey Noxon. PCGS Population: 1; 0 finer. PCGS reports only one other grading event in Proof-66, in the DCAM category. CAC Stickered Population: 1; 0. PCGS# 87886. NGC ID: 287E. Click here for certification details from PCGS.

1860 Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. JD-1. Rarity-6+. Proof-66 Cameo (PCGS).

The Historic Omega Privy Mark 2025 Lincoln Cents Including the 24 Karat Gold Cent Set Number 82 of Only 232 Three-Coin Sets Produced The Capstone to a Legacy Spanning Two Centuries Omega Privy Mark 2025 Lincoln Cents Three-Coin Set. The Last Circulating Cents. Set Number 82 of 232. (PCGS). CAC. All examples are individually graded and encapsulated by PCGS, and verified by CAC, as follows: -2025 24 Karat Gold Cent. Omega Privy Mark. MS-69 (PCGS). CAC. -2025 Circulating Cent. Omega Privy Mark. MS-64 RD (PCGS). CAC. -2025-D Circulating Cent. Omega Privy Mark. MS-65 RD (PCGS). CAC. This set is one of just 232 produced by the United States Mint to mark the end of the circulating one-cent coin, all of which were featured in our special December 2025 Auction - The Very Last Omega Pennies Including the 24 Karat Gold Penny sold on behalf of The United States Mint. This set was offered as lot 10082 therein, in which it realized $52,500 during a session marked by intense collector interest and bidder competition. Since many bidders went home empty hand and disappointed as a result, the second chance represented by the unexpectedly early return to market of set #82 reoffered here is a fleeting one that deserves the utmost in bidder attention. This is one of the sets submitted to CAC after our December 2025 Auction event, and one of even fewer in which all three coins met with CAC approval, further enhancing its desirability this second time around. This lot includes the original U.S. Mint Certificate of Authenticity for set 082 of 232, which has been certified and encapsulated by PCGS in a Genuine holder. (Total: 3 coins; 1 COA) Provenance: From our December 2025 Auction - The Very Last Omega Pennies Including the 24 Karat Gold Penny sold on behalf of The United States Mint, lot 10082, where it realized $52,500.