Nine Top Coin Collections Vie For Spotlight at Heritage Auctions’ Long Beach Event

1870-CC Double Eagle leads highly coveted Carson City gold at Oct. 6-9 auction

Press Release from Heritage Auctions, HA.com

DALLAS, Texas (Sept. 26, 2022) – When an auction has as many elite offerings as Heritage Auctions’ Long Beach Expo US Coins Signature® Auction does – and make no mistake: this spectacular event offers a bounty of more than 1,500 elite coins and patterns – the choices might be sorted more easily when broken down into individual collections.

Fortunately for those who take part in the Oct. 6-9 event, many of the items in the auction can be sorted into several collections.

“This auction brings to light what can happen when passionate collectors spend years, or even decades, pursuing the finest available coins,” says Todd Imhof, Executive Vice President at Heritage Auctions. “This event brings together rarities from some of the finest known collections, making available some extraordinary coins that in many cases have not reached the auction market for many years.”

Among the top lots in the auction is an  1870-CC Double Eagle AU50 NGC. Variety 2-B, which is one of 22 lots in the sale that make up the  Olivia Collection, including 19 Double Eagles. The offered example is one of the 10 finest among the roughly 40 survivors that remain from an original mintage of just 3,789 pieces. 

Since this issue served only a utilitarian purpose, no pieces were preserved for numismatic purposes; in fact, most were eventually lost to attrition. The PCGS estimate is that 40 to 50 pieces survive today, while Rusty Goe, in The Confident Carson City Collector, is slightly more generous with a survival estimate of 55 to 65 pieces. No 1870-CC twenties are known in Mint State. Most collections lack an example in any grade, much less an About Uncirculated 1870-CC.

Other top lots from the Olivia Collection include, but are not limited to:

·        An  1892-CC Double Eagle MS62 PCGS Variety 1-A

·        An  1883-CC Double Eagle MS61 PCGS. Variety 2-A

·        An  1875-CC Double Eagle MS62 PCGS. Variety 2-B



Northern Lights of Vermilion Collection

Other top lots from the Northern Lights of Vermilion Collection include:

·        A  1931 Double Eagle MS65 PCGS

·        An  1876-S Double Eagle MS64+ PCGS CAC

·        A  1929 Half Eagle MS63 NGC CAC

Allan H. Goldman Collection

Goldman was a prominent New York real estate investor who had a passion for both coins and American currency, and was an avid collector. Part I of the Allan H. Goldman Collection was presented during Heritage Auctions’ July Long Beach/Summer FUN Signature® auction, in which these fresh-to-market coins generated exceptional results.

The 108-lot second installment, in this auction, includes some exceptional Premier Session coins, including an 1875 ten dollar gold piece AU53 PCGS. It is tied for the second-finest example known of one of the lowest-mintage circulating gold coins from the entire U.S. gold series – just 100 were struck by the Philadelphia Mint in 1875. Housed in a green-label holder, it will be a welcome addition to the finest collection or Registry set.

Also featured in the Goldman Collection is a trio of late-series Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles – 1929, 1931 and 1932 – each of which is graded MS64 PCGS.

Other top lots in the Goldman Collection include:

·        An 1879-O Liberty Double Eagle, AU50 PCGS, Variety 1

·        A  1920-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, MS61 NGC

·        A  1930-S Indian Eagle, MS64 NGC



Christopher J. Salmon Collection of Massachusetts Silver, Part II

Perfection Collection of Proof Seated Liberty Dollars

Collectors of Seated Liberty Dollars will find 25 lots from which to choose in the  Perfection Collection, which includes several spectacular early Seated dollar proofs, as well as the current and all-time finest Liberty Seated Dollars Basic Registry Set of 1858-1873 for proof coins with CAC endorsement. With 24 ultra-high-end proof rarities, the collection stands out for its technical preservation as well as captivating eye appeal and memorable toning. Each coin in is incredible condition for its issue and qualifies for the Premier Session.

Select highlights include rare, CAC-approved proof dollars from 1840, 1854, 1855 and 1857, as well as an 1858 proof-only issue dollar in PR64+ Cameo in lot 3075.

Other top lots from the Perfection Collection include, but are not limited to:

·        An 1863 in PR67+ Cameo CAC – arguably the finest Cameo known of the date

·        An 1865 in PR67 CAC, which is tied for finest certified

·        An 1866 With Motto in PR67 Cameo CAC

The Song Family Collection

Raymond Lynn New Orleans Mint Gold Coins

Top lots from the collection include, but are not limited to:

·        An 1850-O Double Eagle, VF30 PCGS

·        An  1842-O Half Eagle VF20 PCGS

·        An 1850-O Gold Dollar, MS61 PCGS, Variety 1

·        An 1909-O Five Dollar, XF40 PCGS, Variety 1

Schwenk Family No. 1 PCGS/CAC Peace Dollar Set