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Dealer brokers 1880 gold “Stella” coin sale - The Garden City News
May 16 at 12:12am
Eastern Numismatics Inc., of Garden City, recently completed the sale of one of 17 known 1880 Four-Dollar Gold “Stella” coins. The coin was purchased by Eastern Numismatics for more than $500,000 on behalf of a client, a record price for a coin of this type.
“This was a tremendous opportunity and we are very pleased that we were able to acquire this coin on behalf of our client. This is a rare but very well known coin with a somewhat infamous history.
It is said that the original proofs where given to several members of Congress in Washington. A number of these coins found their way into the possession of ‘mistresses’ of prominent politicians. In some instances they were made into jewelry,” said Joseph Parrella, Vice President of Eastern Numismatics Inc.
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