Partrick Collection Part I Hits $25.93 M at Heritage
Don Partrick’s collection of American colonial coins hit the auction block Thursday, January 8, 2015 with over 350 coins. The collection sold for almost $26 million, including the best known example of a 1792 Birch Cent, Judd 4, MS65 Red and Brown NGC CAC that reached $2.585 million.
Coins were sold by Heritage in a special session of the official auction of the Florida United Numismatists (FUN) Convention at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. Upcoming sales of The Partrick Collection will be part of the ANA Convention in 2015 and the FUN and ANA Conventions set for 2016.
“There are not enough superlatives to describe how extraordinary this collection is,” Jim Halperin, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of Heritage Auctions commented. “It is, quite simply, the finest grouping of American colonial coins ever assembled and the numismatic world will never see another like it. This is a pedigree that will endure in perpetuity and, judging by the incredible prices and the very spirited bidding, the top collectors in the hobby fully understood that.”
Partrick’s 1792 Eagle-on-Globe Copper Quarter Dollar MS63 NGC CAC, the only example available to collectors, which is a coin that has excited numismatists for years because it features a number of stylistic differences, which suggests that a different engraver than that of the other coinage of 1792, totaled $2,325,500.
“This coin was last offered publicly in 1890, so there was obviously excitement from top collectors at the prospect of acquiring it,” said Halperin. “There are only two known examples of this coin, with one of them held by the National Numismatic Collection. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the smart collector who seized the moment.”
America’s first silver dollar, a 1776 Newman 1-C Continental Dollar XF40 NGC and a 1776 Newman 3-D, EG FECIT Silver Continental Dollar MS62 NGC each brought $1,527,500. Then a 1792 Copper Disme MS64 Red and Brown NGC CAC, the finest of three known, sold for $1,057,500.
Other highlights include the finest known 1792 Silver Disme AU50 NGC reached $998,750, an 1861 original Confederate Half Dollar PR30 NGC, Ex: CSA President Jefferson Davis which is the most famous of just four examples struck by the Confederacy realized $881,250, a unique copper example of a 1792 Half Disme AU55 NGC CAC totaled $824,850, and a 1792 Birch Cent, Judd 5, MS61 Brown NGC which is one of only two pieces known brought $564,000.
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Partrick Collection Part I Hits $25.93 M at Heritage
Don Partrick’s collection of American colonial coins hit the auction block Thursday, January 8, 2015 with over 350 coins. The collection sold for almost $26 million, including the best known example of a 1792 Birch Cent, Judd 4, MS65 Red and Brown NGC CAC that reached $2.585 million.
Coins were sold by Heritage in a special session of the official auction of the Florida United Numismatists (FUN) Convention at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. Upcoming sales of The Partrick Collection will be part of the ANA Convention in 2015 and the FUN and ANA Conventions set for 2016.
“There are not enough superlatives to describe how extraordinary this collection is,” Jim Halperin, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of Heritage Auctions commented. “It is, quite simply, the finest grouping of American colonial coins ever assembled and the numismatic world will never see another like it. This is a pedigree that will endure in perpetuity and, judging by the incredible prices and the very spirited bidding, the top collectors in the hobby fully understood that.”
Partrick’s 1792 Eagle-on-Globe Copper Quarter Dollar MS63 NGC CAC, the only example available to collectors, which is a coin that has excited numismatists for years because it features a number of stylistic differences, which suggests that a different engraver than that of the other coinage of 1792, totaled $2,325,500.
“This coin was last offered publicly in 1890, so there was obviously excitement from top collectors at the prospect of acquiring it,” said Halperin. “There are only two known examples of this coin, with one of them held by the National Numismatic Collection. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the smart collector who seized the moment.”
America’s first silver dollar, a 1776 Newman 1-C Continental Dollar XF40 NGC and a 1776 Newman 3-D, EG FECIT Silver Continental Dollar MS62 NGC each brought $1,527,500. Then a 1792 Copper Disme MS64 Red and Brown NGC CAC, the finest of three known, sold for $1,057,500.
Other highlights include the finest known 1792 Silver Disme AU50 NGC reached $998,750, an 1861 original Confederate Half Dollar PR30 NGC, Ex: CSA President Jefferson Davis which is the most famous of just four examples struck by the Confederacy realized $881,250, a unique copper example of a 1792 Half Disme AU55 NGC CAC totaled $824,850, and a 1792 Birch Cent, Judd 5, MS61 Brown NGC which is one of only two pieces known brought $564,000.
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