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7 September 2008

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$1.1 Million of Certified Coins Quickly Sold Online in Two Days at Heritage

Heritage’s weekly Internet Coin Auctions have recently recorded sales of significant rarities. “What a great week for wonderful coins for our Internet bidders,” enthused Heritage President Greg Rohan. “Our Tuesday Weekly Internet Coin Auction ending 8/19 included several significant coins, including:

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U.S. Coin Rarities Lead Suite of Heritage’s Sept. 2008 Long Beach Signature® Auctions

An O-101 1796 15 Stars half dollar (Lot 2018), certified AU58 by PCGS is joined by many other gold and silver rarities in Heritage’s Long Beach Signature® Auction, being held Sept 17-21, 2008.

Heritage is also holding auctions featuring U.S. Currency, Ancient & World Coins, World Currency, and Tokens and Medals. The auctions are now posted by Heritage Auction Galleries on their HA.com website, and all lots are available for inspection and bidding.

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Heritage Donates $8,000 for ANA Club Representative Program

Heritage Auction Galleries is donating $8,000 in support of the ANA’s Club Representative Program. The gift was announced by Heritage President Greg Rohan on Aug. 1 at the ANA World’s Fair of Money® in Baltimore.

The money given by Heritage will fund the program for one year. Patti Jagger Finner, ANA vice president and former national coordinator for the program, secured the gift.

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Heritage Passes $40 Million in Baltimore ANA Signature® and Platinum Night Auction

Heritage Auction Galleries has set the record for the most valuable ANA Auction ever! Significant and classic rarities from all series in American numismatics, most of them offered in the Platinum Night catalogs, smashed the previous record of $27.7 million set last year at the Milwaukee ANA event.

The auction was held in Baltimore July 30 - Aug. 3, in conjunction with the World’s Fair of Money summer convention of the American Numismatic Association. Total prices realized for the American coins are currently $41,022,713, and will rise further when the post auction buys are finalized.

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Fund-Raising “Lunch With Halperin” Brings $12,650

(Baltimore, Maryland) – Two prominent rare coin dealers jointly bid a total of $12,650 (including buyer’s premium) to have lunch with Heritage Auction Galleries Co-Chairman, best-selling author and acclaimed numismatic authority, Jim Halperin.

Conducted in conjunction with Heritage’s official auction of the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money® convention in Baltimore on “Platinum Night,” July 31, 2008, all proceeds of the winning bid and commission will be donated to ANA education programs.

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Heritage to Open an Affiliate South Florida Office

Heritage Auction Galleries is excited to announce that Diedre Buchmoyer will direct Heritage’s new affiliated buying and auction consignment office in South Florida.

Heritage Galleries of Florida, LLC, is an exclusively tailored office bringing Florida residents state-of-the-art technology, a commitment to professional and friendly service, and knowledgeable collectibles experts.

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Deep mirror Morgan silver dollars in Heritage sale - Numismatic News

A collection of deep mirror prooflike Morgan dollars will appear in the Heritage Auction Galleries’ 2008 Baltimore American Numismatic Association Signature® Auction.

The DMPL Morgans, which are presently hot in the marketplace, will appear Aug. 1 in the Fifth session of the official convention auction, which runs from July 30 until Aug. 3.

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Platinum Night Rarities Shine in Heritage’s July 2008 Baltimore ANA Signature Auction

Significant and classic rarities from all series in American numismatics are available in Heritage’s Platinum Night catalog for the Official Auction of the Baltimore 2008 ANA World’s Fair of Money®. The auction will be held in Baltimore July 30 - Aug. 3, with Platinum Night on July 31, 2008. The auction is now posted by Heritage Auction Galleries on their HA.com website, and all lots are available for inspection and bidding.

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June 2008 Summer FUN Heritage Auction Tops $12 Million

Market demand remained strong for significant American numismatic rarities in the June 2008 Summer FUN Signature® Auction presented by Heritage Auction Galleries in West Palm Beach, June 26-27. Total prices realized for the American coins exceeded $12 million, and the total will rise further when the concluding session and post auction buys are finalized.

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Bid on lunch with Heritage Co-Chairman Jim Halperin

An unprecedented “lot” will be offered in conjunction with the official auction of the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money® convention in Baltimore: lunch with Heritage Auction Galleries Co-Chairman, best-selling author and acclaimed numismatic authority, Jim Halperin.

All proceeds from the winning bid, including the buyer’s premium, will be donated to the ANA’s education programs for improving numismatic resources on the ANA web site, including the successful Coins in the Classroom project that is used by teachers nationwide.

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Heritage hammer to fall at FUN - Numismatic News

Heritage Auction Galleries will offer more than 2,400 lots in its Summer ’08 FUN auction June 26-27.

Among featured lots is an 1844 proof Seated Liberty dollar graded Proof-65 by Numismatic Guaranty Corp. This piece was once part of the John J. Pittman collection as well as the Charlie Kaufman collection of proof rarities.

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Braided Hair Large Cent Struck on Half Cent Flan Discovered in Mason Jar!

An amazing Braided Hair large cent struck on a half cent planchet will be making its first public auction appearance at Heritage Auction Galleries’ 2008 Baltimore ANA Signature® Auction.

The coin has been consigned by a very private Northwest family whose members were unaware of its rarity or significance. The newly discovered rarity will be sold July 30-August 2, 2008, and the lot listing will be available online at HA.com during early July.

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Long List of Rarities in Heritage’s June 2008 Summer FUN Auction

A lengthy list of significant American numismatic rarities is included in the catalog for the June 2008 Summer FUN Signature® Auction. The Official Auction will be held in West Palm Beach, June 26-27, with the concluding Internet sessions on June 28-29. The auction is now posted by Heritage Auction Galleries on their HA.com website, and is available for inspection and bidding.

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Heritage Posts $7.5 Million Auction of World Coins at May 2008 Long Beach

Heritage Auction Galleries’ Long Beach Signature® Auction of Ancients and World Coins has brought in nearly $7.5 million in prices realized. The concurrent Signature® Auction of U.S. coins realized $19 million. The totals will rise further when post auction buys are finalized.

“While the Russian market continues extremely strong,” noted Warren Tucker, Heritage’s Director of World Coins, “Latin American coins also performed very well, no doubt influenced by the addition of Cristiano Bierrenbach to our staff.

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Gold Hot in Heritage’s May 2008 Long Beach $26.5 Million Auction

Top prices realized of $161,000 were reached by two very different coins in Heritage Auction Galleries’ May 28-30, 2008 Signature® in Long Beach: a 1794 Dollar VF30 PCGS (Lot 800) and an 1891-O 25C Specimen MS65 NGC (Lot 334). Total prices realized for the American coins exceeded $19 million and ancient and world coins realized an additional $7.5 million; both totals will rise further when post auction buys are finalized.

“The strong market is continuing to bring great rarities onto the Heritage auction block,” commented Heritage President Greg Rohan.

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Anaconda Rare Coin Inventory to be Sold in Heritage’s June Summer FUN Auction

More than 350 rare coins from the inventory of noted Dallas firm Anaconda Rare Coins will be offered by Heritage Auction Galleries in their Summer FUN Signature® Auction catalog. The auction will be held June 25-28, 2008 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The catalog will be posted by Heritage on their HA.com website.

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