Stack’s Bowers Galleries, in its position as an official auctioneer of the New York Worldwide Numismatic Conference (NYINC), all the time hosts one of many yr’s most hotly anticipated public sale occasions on the January NYINC. This yr’s public sale was no exception, with quite a few record-breaking outcomes that introduced the value realized totals throughout the traditional cash, world cash, and world foreign money classes to $12,398,470 (all costs embody the customer’s premium).
Claiming the place of top-selling lot was the colossal 1637 Austrian 20 Ducats of Ferdinand II. Very uncommon, exceptionally lovely, and graded MS64+, sturdy bidding introduced this lot to $360,000. One other Central European gold rarity, the 1639 Hungarian 10 Ducats, took second place at $192,000. The stunningly uncommon 1801 Pattern Ruble Novodel of Russian emperor Alexander I bought for $96,000, whereas a really particular Salzburg 10 Ducat Klippe from 1668 introduced $90,000, reinforcing the power of European coinage on the NYINC sale.
The agency’s choices of Latin American cash and countermarks at their NYINC gross sales have earned a fame for high quality, which was amplified this yr with a number of high-end rarities. The 1916 Mexican 60 Pesos from Oaxaca, persistently one of the vital desired and well-known problems with the huge Mexican Revolution sequence, realized $66,000, comfortably exceeding its estimate. Probably the most intriguing countermarks was an exceptionally uncommon bifacial Costa Rican 4 Reales countermark on a Bolivian host that impressed a bidding warfare leading to a powerful $52,800 realization. An impressive Peruvian gold medal that includes Simon Bolivar carried out admirably reaching $45,600. The chief among the many colonial points was a Mexican Cob 8 Escudos dated 1715, pedigreed to the well-known 1715 Plate Fleet shipwreck, which landed at $45,600 after aggressive bidding.
The annual NYINC public sale is Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ high venue for historic cash, and this yr’s strong choice was anchored by the S.P. Rutherford Assortment. The gathering’s high lot, a large Ptolemaic silver Pentakaidekadrachm of Berenike II, achieved $38,400, whereas one other outsized rarity, a Macedonian Dodekadrachm issued by the Derrones, crushed its estimate when it introduced $26,400. Different standouts embody an always-popular Syracuse Dekadrachm that realized $19,800 and a beautiful Mint State Year 2 Jewish War Shekel that bought for $18,000.
The Richard Margolis Assortment of outstanding French rarities had its personal devoted session which noticed intense competitors within the public sale room. The clear chief was an exquisite Proof Napoleon 40 Francs in MS65 that climbed to $144,000. Not far behind, one other Proof placing of Napoleon, this one a 5 Francs, introduced $102,000, properly exceeding its presale estimate. The immensely uncommon Specimen 20 Francs of Louis XVIII soared to $66,000.
As with Latin American cash, the NYINC has confirmed to be Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ premier venue for Latin American paper cash. Venezuelan banknotes have been particularly well-represented, with an unimaginable 1811 8 Pesos from the early days of the Republic main the outcomes at $60,000. Russian notes had a powerful displaying, with uncommon choices corresponding to a 3 Rubles from South Russia and a 1940 25 Aksha from Tannu Tuva, every of which bought for $31,200. A gorgeous high-grade Egyptian 50 Piastres of 1899 was the second-highest promoting lot among the many paper cash choices realizing $38,400.
The bodily cryptocurrency sale was led by a loaded 0.5 Bitcoin of the favored Casascius sort that bought for $58,800. The colourful “poker chip” sort comprised many of the different top-selling tons within the session, with a loaded 2016 0.1 Bitcoin reaching $16,800.
All outcomes from the January 2025 NYINC Public sale can be found at StacksBowers.com. These outcomes arrange Stack’s Bowers Galleries for one more yr of progress and market growth. The agency now seems forward to its busy 2025 calendar, starting with the February Collectors Selection On-line Public sale, adopted in March by Half II of the landmark L.E. Bruun Assortment and The Zurich Sale, going down in Zurich, Switzerland. Shortly after comes the April 2025 Hong Kong Public sale, the agency’s premier venue for high-end Asian numismatics.
To consign your historic cash, world cash, and world paper cash to an upcoming Stack’s Bowers Galleries occasion, go to StacksBowers.com, name 800-458-4646, or electronic mail [email protected].