Collections

After much legal maneuvering coins from the collection of Omaha, Nebraska collector Byron Reed were sold at auction Oct. 8&9, with the total nearly double the presale target.The auction by Spink America, a division of Christie’s, brought $6,104,904. The preauction target was $3.5 million. [...]

What a combination! A room full of anxious buyers with plenty of money and one of the finest coin collections ever assembled, that is Ranging from the lowly 1/2 cent right through the $50 Panama Pacific, Mr Eliasberg finished what no one ever had . A complete collection of every U.S.coin ever made [...]