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Demand For Numismatic Trophies Continues at FUN Auctions

The finest known example of a 1855 Kellogg & Co. Fifty Dollar PR64 Cameo PCGS. CAC. Kagin-4, High R.6 soared to a record $1.26 million to lead Heritage’s FUN US Coins Auction to $40,522,148 in total sales. That total, along with the $6,845,461 Collection of Walter J. Husak and The Liberty Cap Foundation US Coins Signature Auction that was part of FUN and Heritage’s $13,003,338 FUN Currency Signature Auction, boosted the combined total for the event to $60,370,947.

“Just when some people thought the marketplace for numismatic trophies might be starting to soften given the flurry of record prices we’ve set over the last few years, our bidders once again delivered some staggering results,” says Todd Imhof, Executive Vice President at Heritage Auctions.

Fort Worth coin dealer B.

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