A pair of 1796 gold coins struck during the early years of the Philadelphia Mint are among the top consignments featured at the Dec. 16 Legend Rare Coin Auctions Regency 49 sale in Las Vegas.

A Lafayette Monument dollar was among the items generating interest in the Heritage U.S. Coins Signature Auction with the certified Mint State 66+ example selling well above expectations.

An 1860 Seated Liberty dollar graded Proof 67 by Professional Coin Grading Service, with a green Certified Acceptance Corp. sticker, sold for $72,000 in the Heritage U.S. Coins Signature sale.

Heritage will be offering one of the final sales of calendar year 2021 with their Dec. 16 to 19 U.S. Coins Signature Auction, which promises some interesting pattern coins from the 19th century.

The Heritage U.S. Coins Signature Auction in November included an 1889-CC Morgan dollar graded Mint State 62 Deep Prooflike by Numismatic Guaranty Co. that sold for $30,000.

Collectors of sample slabs found an interesting listing in a reference book which identified an "Undated PCGS Holder with Cricket Remains" and GreatCollections sold it for almost $6,000.

The Prestwick Collection of Carson City Mint Coins came to the Heritage sale in November, topped by an 1870-CC Coronet gold $20 double eagle that set a sales record at $1.62 million.

A rarer medal from the World's Columbian Exposition is a service appreciation medal designed by artist Elihu Vedder, and an example issued to department chiefs recently sold for $4,080.

Morton & Eden's Nov. 26 sale in London includes several early American treasures handed down through a family for centuries: an undated New England shilling, a 1652 Pine Tree shilling and 1776 pewter dollars.

Participation medals from the 1892-1893 World's Columbian Exposition are not rare, but one for such a notable as Pope Leo XIII attracts interest, as this one did in a recent Stack's Bowers auction.