Some Rarities Struggle

by Coin Values on November 18, 2009

in Coin Auctions, Coin Values, Gold Coins, Rare Coins, Stacks, U.S. Coins

High-end rarities struggled a bit at Stack's 74th anniversary auction held in Baltimore, Nov. 9 to 11.

One of the highlights, an 1861 Confederate cent encapsulated in an ANACS holder as Genuine and graded by Stack's as choice Proof, sold for $112,700 (inclusive of Stack's 15 percent buyer's fee).

The Stack's catalog entry for the lot tells the story of how Q. David Bowers, who consigned the coin, came to acquire it and notes that just 12 to 15 are known ...

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