ore than 40 bids poured in for a prized rare coin, one of just 15 examples traced, until it climbed all the way to $150,000 to lead Heritage Auctions’ Long Beach/Summer FUN U.S. Coins Signature Auction to $12,546,757 July 20-23. The event marked the first time in 45 years that the 1841 quarter eagle (VF-35 PCGS, struck from the JD-1 dies, High R.6) had reached the auction block. Longtime numismatic expert Norman Stack tagged
