ATTENTION! Weekend Special Auction with Heidi and Shanny! The Key Date Coins Weekend Special!
What is The Key Date Coin Special?
Well, when you ask, we will always listen. We have been getting a lot of complaints from people that with our most recent updates to our weekly high end coin auction that there’s too many high value coins there and not enough things for people to bid on, get a bargain they can afford, and come away with the same feeling and thrill that they used to have at our auction. So, we listened, and we did a complete 180. We launched The Key Date Coin Special. An additional auction, 2 more nights a week, starting at 1:30pm, with all the types of coins you wanted.
A completely new catalog of lots from us, each week! Every Single Friday and Saturday! This auction will run Friday, 02/21 - Saturday, 02/22 with Heidi at 1:30 and Shanny at 7:30pm. But don’t worry! We will still be running every Sunday and Monday with Heid and Shanny as well!
Get ready for this, this is the best part! This catalog will be ONLINE every TUESDAY or WEDNESDAY for prebidding. You will get 2-3 days to prebid with $1 starts on every single lot. No reserves.
Yes, EVERY SINGLE LOT.
Gold? $1 Start, No Reserve
Morgan Dollar Rolls? $1 Start, No Reserve
Rare Currency? $1 Start, No Reserve
We are very excited to kick this off and can’t wait to see you at the auction!
Please Note, this auction needs to be paid within 72 hours of Invoicing. We accept credit card or wire on invoices below $5000 and only check or wire on invoices $5000+
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LOT 9058:
1903 Jefferson Louisiana Purchase Gold Commem Dollar Near Top Pop! 1 ms67 SEGS
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Sold for: $1,400
Price including buyer’s premium:
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1,652
Start price:
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5
Estimated price :
$1,300 - $2,600
Buyer's Premium: 18%
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1903 Jefferson Louisiana Purchase Gold Commem Dollar Near Top Pop! 1 ms67 SEGS
1903 Jefferson Louisiana Purchase Near Top Pop! Gold Commem Dollar 1 ms67 SEGS. 0 In the early 1800's Thomas Jefferson sent U.S. representatives to make a deal with Napoleon Bonaparte for the purchase of a large section of the Louisiana Territory. On April 30, 1803, the United States finally signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty. This purchase immediately doubled the size of the United States at that time.100 years later, Congress appropriated $5 million to fund the construction of a world fair, including the building’s and exhibits. Additionally Congress also approved the production of 250,000 gold dollars to commemorate this memorable event. At the time, Farran Zerbe famous coin collector and dealer had close connections with the Mint and he suggested the use of two different designs on the coins in an attempt to popularize the coins.Therefore, the Mint struck two different 1903 Louisiana Purchase Gold Dollars. One had a portrait of Thomas Jefferson on the obverse, while the second on had a portrait of William McKinley. Both coin designs carried the same reverse design.Obviously, the first coin had Thomas Jefferson’s design since he is the one who made the Louisiana Purchase possible. McKinley on the other hand, appeared on the second coin design because he was assassinated just six months after he signed the appropriations bill for the Exposition.At the Exposition Fairground, each 1903 Louisiana Purchase Gold Dollar was being sold by Zerbe at a price of $3 each. Unfortunately, the entire mintage of the coins failed to sell out. Ten years after the Exposition, Zerbe continued to sell them at a lower price than the original $3 issue price. By 1914, at least 215,000 coins still remained unsold and were later melted by the U.S. Mint.
