Collectors are interested in the cents reportedly produced as a prototype for Confederate States of America coinage, and some seen today are restrikes, like the one sold May 3 for $102,000 by Heritage.

Heritage Auctions offered an 1861-D Indian Head gold dollar considered to be the rarest issue from the Dahlonega Mint and the coin sold for $31,200 during a Platinum Night session.

A couple of contemporary circulating counterfeits from the 1770s were offered in an online offering by Stack's Bowers Galleries of selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection.

A 1786 New Jersey Copper of the "No Coulter" variety and featuring a "Shaggy Mane" on the horse was offered by Stack's Bowers Galleries in an online selection from the Sydney F. Martin Collection.

The Wolf Family Collection offered in April by Sotheby's included works of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, including his full-standing figure of Victory, with resemblances to his coin designs.

The April 11 Collector’s Choice Online Auction session of the Stack's Bowers Galleries sales of the collection of Sydney F. Martin included a 17th century St. Patrick farthing that sold for $5,280.

Thirty record prices were realized during Heritage Auctions' third sale of selections from the Harry W. Bass Jr. Core Collection, with top quality gold rarities attracting spirited bidding.

A standout of the Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ auction of the Abigail Collection was a key 1921-D Walking Liberty half dollar graded Mint State 63+ by Professional Coin Grading Service, carrying a green Certified Acceptance Corp. sticker.

A pair of highly graded Walking Liberty half dollars from San Francisco brought identical bids of $11,400 in the Stack's Bowers sale of the Abigail Collection.

The Legend Regency 59 sale at the end of May will include top quality commemoratives from the Coronet Collection including one of the finest known 1935 Hudson Sesquicentennial half dollars.