A pair of highly desired gold eagles from the Philadelphia Mint in the 1870s reflected that desire in their prices realized during a December sale offering by Heritage Auctions.

With a mintage of 18,000, the 1855-O gold $10 eagle will always attract interest and an example graded AU-55+ was sold by Heritage for $14,400.

Key dates of the Coronet gold $10 eagles may be undervalued in today's market, with an EF-40 example of the 1864-S $10 coin, that Mint's rarest, proving the point at $57,600 in December at Heritage.

A 2014 American Eagle 1-ounce gold bullion coin that is a very subtle wrong planchet error, struck on a .9999 fine gold planchet intended for an American Buffalo coin, sold for $19,200.

The finest known 1966 Washington quarter dollar graded by PCGS is Mint State 68+, and the coin sold for $20,400 in a Stack's Bowers sale of modern coins.

Heritage's 11th auction of items from the Bob R. Simpson Collection, in connection January's FUN convention but held the week after the Orlando show, showcases prime gold pattern coins.

Multiple examples of the 2023 "Extra V" Lincoln, Shield Reverse cent are certified, with some starting to appear in sales such as Stack's Bowers Nov. 16 auction, where one of the finest sold for $780.

One of 15 1892 World’s Columbian Exposition half dollars graded Mint State 67+ by Professional Coin Grading Service sold by Heritage for $14,400 on Nov. 16.

Top selling lot in a Heritage Premier Session on Nov. 16 was a 1794 Flowing Hair dollar graded Extremely Fine 45 with a CAC sticker that realized $528,000 with another damaged example also sold.

A 1969 oil on canvas painting by Otis Kaye as a tribute to the holiday of Christmas had a decided numismatic theme and the work is being sold by Sotheby's.