Heritage sale features rare vintage U.S. gold coins certified by NGC

1795 13 Leaves $10 graded NGC MS-61. Hover to zoom.

The February Long Beach Expo auction offers more than 600 NGC-certified coins.

Several rarities likely to sell for over $100,000 are among more than 600 U.S. coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) in an upcoming Heritage Auctions sale. Among the highlights are an Eagle from the 18th century and an octagonal-shaped coin that is the highest gold denomination ever issued by the U.S. Mint. Online bidding is already under for the Long Beach Expo U.S. Coins Signature Auction on February 24, 2022

One of the rarities in the sale is a 1795 13 Leaves $10 graded NGC MS-61 (lot 3233). The NGC Census includes 63 of these coins, with only nine finer. This example represents a particularly elusive variety of the first gold coins struck by the U.S. Mint in 1795.

Another highlight of the sale is a 1915-S Panama-Pacific octagonal $50 graded NGC MS-65 (lot 3392). The was struck for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915, held in San Francisco to commemorate the opening of the Panama Canal a year earlier. Only 645 of the octagonal version were distributed and this is among the finest-graded.

1915-S Panama-Pacific octagonal $50 graded NGC MS-65.

Other NGC-certified highlights of the sale include:

a Massachusetts 1652 Pine Tree one-shilling graded NGC MS-65 and pedigreed to the Hanson and Partrick Collections (lot 3002)
an 1895 Morgan dollar graded NGC PF-67 (lot 3119)
an 1854-O gold $3 graded NGC MS-62 (lot 3164)
an 1876 gold $3 graded NGC PF-65 Ultra Cameo (lot 3167)
an 1879 Flowing Hair $4 Stella graded NGC PF-65 (lot 3168)
an 1879 Flowing Hair $4 Stella graded NGC PF-65 Cameo (lot 3169)
a 1797 Large Eagle $10 graded NGC MS-61 (lot 3235)
a 1913 Indian $10 graded NGC PF-67 (lot 3272)
an 1870-CC $10 graded NGC VF-25 (lot 3253)
an 1859-O Liberty $20 graded NGC AU-53 (lot 3300)
an 1862 Liberty $20 graded NGC MS-63+★ (lot 3309)
an 1878 Liberty $20 graded NGC PF-64 Cameo (lot 3339)
a 1915-S Panama-Pacific octagonal $50 graded NGC MS-64 (lot 3390)