THE LATEST COIN SALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
eritage Auctions’ recent US Coins Signature Auction featured a series of ‘Old West wonders’ including an 1870 ‘Carson City’ gold coin which achieved a record-breaking price of $1,620,000 (approximately £1,211,355). Carson City gold is well known as an avidly collected area of United States numismatics, and the $20 Liberty that sold at the US sale is one of the rare survivors out of the 3,789 reportedly minted. As our ‘Coin Miscellany’ feature explains on page 61 of this issue, the Carson City Mint was in operation at the peak of the silver boom and was located near a silver mine. Fifty issues of silver coins and 57 issues of gold coins were minted in Carson City, Nevada, between 1870 and 1893 and each featured the ‘CC’ mint mark. Sarah Miller, Heritage Auctions’ Senior Vice President, said: “The market for Carson City coinage continues to be very active, especially for scarce dates or top-grade examples. CC $20s in particular led the charge with strong bidding, as these three offerings from The
