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Item: 1903-S Gold $5 NGC, MS-61

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Category: Coins > $5.00 Gold > Liberty Head

PCGS:

PCGS: 008408

Cert:

Cert: 1504140001

Price:

Price: $910

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Lot #259 - 20th century U.S. type collection plus a short set of Mercury dimes and a collection of Proof Lincoln wheat cents in three Capital Plastics holders
Hammer: $1,100
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Witmor Farms Collection. That’s Capital! Three various Capital plastic board sets form this large group lot and includes a 20th century Type set, a proof Lincoln cent set, and a short set of Mercury dimes. The Lincoln proof set includes examples from 1950 through 1964 and the Mercury dime short set includes examples between Almost Uncirculated and Gem Uncirculated dating from 1941 through 1945. Without question the 20th century Type set is the highlight of the group and includes the following note worthy examples: a 1902 Indian cent (AU+), an 1883 “No Cents” Liberty nickel (AU), a 1936 Buffalo nickel (BU), a 1908 Barber quarter (AU-58), a 1926 Standing Liberty quarter (AU-58), a 1907-D Barber half-dollar (AU-58), a 1944 Walking Liberty half-dollar (BU), and a 1900 Morgan dollar (BU) (ck).

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11/1/2024 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #278 - Atocha Gold Bar, 790 grams
Hammer: $68,500
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Treasures that descended to the bottom of the ocean near Key West in 1622 on the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha included numerous coins, but also precious metal stock being taken to Spain for further processing. Gold and silver bars featured stamps symbolic of the King of Spain -- PHILIPPVS III and fineness stamped in Roman numerals -- XXI, or 21-karat gold fineness in this instance. Foundry/assayer SARGOSA PECARTA has been strongly stamped near the narrower end.
In the interest of efficiency, these bars were more or less shaped as elongated rectangles but their dimensions cannot be easily described with precision. For comparative purposes, we measure this example at approximately 8-1/8 inches in length, an inch in width and perhaps a quarter inch in thickness. As required for a recovery item like this, encrustation has been professionally conserved from the surface, yielding handsome bright yellow hue with some encrustation remaining. In addition to contemporary markings, the cataloger calls out a modern inscription near one end: "A 85 45(?)", the final figure being indistinct. The bar weighs 790 grams (27.87 oz.), per Scotsman measurements.
This gold bar obviously represents much more than a mere "souvenir" from the Atocha, given its high intrinsic value, and will be accompanied by the original photo certificate issued by the Fisher Salvage Company in 1985.