Spirited bidding in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles 2023 Spring Expo resulted in dozens of new price records and a total realization of more than $28.5 million.
The top performer in the sale was a 1792 cent in copper with a silver plug, pedigreed to the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation. Graded MS-61 BN by Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) and approved by CAC, this historic and controversial coin brought $576,000.
Close behind was an 1854 Kellogg & Co. $20 graded MS-65