Bowers and Merena’s Official March 2006 Baltimore Auction

Rarities Abound in Bowers and Merena’s Official March 2006 Baltimore Auction Colonials, Errors, and Rare-Date Gold Particularly Well Represented

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Irvine, CA: On March 16-17, Bowers and Merena will be traveling to Maryland to conduct the Official Auction of the Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention. The sale is scheduled for three sessions, and it will be conducted at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore (410-528-1234). Online bids are currently being accepted at the Bowers and Merena website, www.bowersandmerena.com, where one can also view all lots in the online catalog.

“The Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention is currently in its 34th year, and the show keeps getting bigger and better every year,” said Bowers and Merena President Steve Deeds. “In fact, the show has added 50% more bourse tables to take its place as one of the true ‘super-bourse’ conventions of the 21st century. We have seen strong consignor participation in our Official Auction of the March Convention, and one of the areas that has proved particularly popular is Colonial-era coinage.

We have several seldom-offered types and uncommonly high-grade pieces in this sale, including a St. Patrick Farthing in silver that PCGS has graded VF-30, a lovely Thick-Planchet London Elephant Token in PCGS MS-63 Brown, a rarely encountered pewter striking of the 1779 Rhode Island Ship Token graded PCGS AU-50, and a perhaps even rarer 1794 Talbot, Allum & Lee Cent/British Token Mule in PCGS MS-64 Brown. The reverse of the Talbot, Allum & Lee Cent Mule displays a stork design.”

Continued Deeds: “Collectors of popular U.S. Mint errors will also find numerous important bidding opportunities in our March 2006 Baltimore Auction. We have on hand a rare 1873 Doubled LIBERTY Indian Cent certified MS-64 Brown by PCGS, an elusive 1917 Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Cent graded MS-65 Red at the same service, a top-of-the-pop 1955 Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Cent in PCGS MS-65 Red, and a highly desirable 1916 Doubled Die Obverse Buffalo Nickel in problem-free, PCGS-certified AU-55 condition.”

“Our extensive offering of rare-date gold in the Official March 2006 Baltimore Auction includes two particularly memorable coins,” stated Jeff Ambio, Director of Numismatics for Bowers and Merena. “The first is a simply extraordinary PCGS MS-64 example of the key-date 1909-O Indian Half Eagle. This coin is definitely premium quality for the assigned grade, and it is the sharpest struck and most carefully preserved representative of the issue that we have offered in recent memory. The other is a 1921 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle in PCGS MS-62. This issue is the primary condition rarity among regular-issue, collectible deliveries of this type.”

For more information and bidding venues for the March 2006 Baltimore Auction, call Bowers and Merena at toll free at (800) 458-4646. Printed catalogs can also be ordered by calling that number.

Additional Highlights

1787 New Jersey Copper, Large Planchet, Plain Shield, NGC MS-62 Brown

1803 Draped Bust Cent, 100/000, PCGS MS-64 Brown

1872 Indian Cent PCGS MS-65 Red

1913 Lincoln Cent PCGS MS-67 Red

1915 Buffalo Nickel NGC Proof-68

1918/7-D Buffalo Nickel NGC AU-58

1937-D 3-Legged Buffalo Nickel PCGS MS-65

1795 Flowing Hair Half Dime NGC MS-63

1849 Seated Half Dime NGC Proof-64

1918-S Standing Liberty Quarter NGC MS-66 Full Head

1926-S Standing Liberty Quarter PCGS MS-65 Full Head

1927-S Standing Liberty Quarter NGC MS-65

1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar PCGS AU-58

1812 Capped Bust Half Dollar NGC MS-66

1880 Seated Half Dollar NGC MS-67 Prooflike

1898-S Barber Half Dollar PCGS MS-66

1921-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar PCGS MS-63

1921-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar NGC MS-65

1878 8 Tailfeathers Morgan Dollar NGC Proof-67 * Cameo

1889-CC Morgan Dollar NGC MS-63 Deep Mirror Prooflike

1892-S Morgan Dollar PCGS MS-63

1921 Peace Dollar NGC Satin Proof-64

1877 Trade Dollar NGC Proof-67 Ultra Cameo

1854-D Liberty Quarter Eagle PCGS AU-58

1883 Liberty Quarter Eagle PCGS Proof-65 Deep Cameo

1893 Liberty Quarter Eagle NGC Proof-67 Ultra Cameo

1911-D Indian Quarter Eagle NGC MS-63

1854-D Three-Dollar Gold PCGS AU-58

1876 Three-Dollar Gold PCGS Proof-65 Deep Cameo

1795 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle, Small Eagle, PCGS MS-62

1802/1 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle PCGS MS-64

1813 Capped Head Left Half Eagle PCGS MS-64

1844-C Liberty Half Eagle PCGS AU-58

1844-D Liberty Half Eagle NGC MS-61

1876-CC Liberty Half Eagle NGC AU-58

1873 Liberty Half Eagle NGC Proof-63 Cameo

1801 Capped Bust Right Eagle NGC MS-60

1907 No Motto Indian Eagle PCGS MS-66

1911 Indian Eagle NGC MS-67

1908-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS MS-65

1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial Commemorative Half Dollar NGC Proof-66

1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial Commemorative Half Dollar PCGS Proof-64

1873 Pattern Double Eagle, Judd-1344, NGC Proof-61 Red and Brown

1873 Pattern Double Eagle, Judd-1345, NGC Proof-66 Cameo

For immediate release March 1, 2006
News media contact: Steve Deeds or Jeff Ambio, (800) 458-4646

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