Schwan Realizes $2,243,017 with Bowers

Earning the highest bid was a Rarity4 1799/8 large cent, Sheldon 188, rated Very Fine-35 by Numismatic Guaranty Corp with $48,300. Pedigreed to the Jack H. Robinson collection, the firm calls this piece "an exceptional example of this very scarce, very popular overdate issue."

Another 18th-century coin earned $34,500. The 1794 silver dollar, Bowers Borchardt 1, Bolender 1, of Rarity-4 distinction bears a net grade of Very Good-8 according to the auction house. This grade includes Fine-12 sharpness with some nicks and scratches.

A "King of the Morgan Dollars" garnered $33,350. The 1895 piece has a Professional Coin Grading Service mark of Proof-64.

A rare-date proof double eagle, as Bowers and Merena Galleries highlighted it, a 1906 called Proof-64 by PCGS, sold for $27,600.

An 1892 proof eagle also boasting a PCGS tag of Proof-64 came in next with a total of $25,300.

Showcasing the title "the first federal commemorative coin," an 1848 CAL. quarter eagle with PCGS Almost Uncirculated-53 grade eventually went for $24,150.

The earliest entry to make the top ten, Lot 83, followed with an even $23,000. PCGS assigned Mint State-65 Brown to this 1795, large cent, S-75, Rarity-3 coin with lettered edge.

An 1869 quarter eagle graded Proof65 by NGC brought in $18,975. The catalog states only 25 proofs of this coin were struck.

An 1851 Humbert octagonal slug or; this list earned $17,825. NGC called this Kagin-5, Rarity-5 item MS-62. It includes a reeded edge and "880 THOUS." as an inscription.

Closing out these lots is No. 2649 pedigreed to the F.C.C. Boyd and C.E. Gilhousen Collections. The 1907 High Relief Saint-Gaudens double eagle contains a wire rim and an MS-63 rating according to the auction house description.

All prices include a 15 percent buyer's fee.

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